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My Pet Says Grain Free Large Breed: Salmon with Trout, Sweet Potato & Asparagus review

Name: My Pet Says Grain Free Large Breed: Salmon with Trout, Sweet Potato & Asparagus
Brand: My Pet Says

64.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free kibble for big adult dogs, with half of each recipe declared as named animal and the fresh and dried split printed. The joint package and the gut extras are the same in both, so choosing really means choosing an animal. Both sit in our Good band, the turkey just ahead of the fish.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large dogs whose joints need daily help: glucosamine and MSM at 170 mg/kg, chondroitin at 125 mg/kg
Owners who want the meat share split into fresh and dried
A big dog kept off grain
Alternating a bird and a fish on the same build
Temperamental guts, with beet pulp and dosed FOS and MOS

Worth watching

All-fish animal entries in the salmon with trout, so the turkey is the one for a fish-avoiding dog
Pea and potato protein in the turkey
No named source for the omega 3 supplement

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

64.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large-breed adults. Portion for the dog you have from the label's table, which runs up to the 35kg to 45kg bracket.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Turkey 67.4
Salmon 64.6

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The printed meat split and a dosed mineral panel put both ahead of the typical dry food, with the turkey just in front on protein.

What's in it

Salmon and trout: fresh salmon and trout, dried salmon, salmon stock50% (33%, 15%, 2%)Every animal entry is fish. The dried share counts for more than its place implies.
Sweet potato24%The starch, with no grain anywhere.
Peas, potato9% (peas)
Beet pulpBulk fibre.
Linseed, omega 3 supplementThe supplement's source is not named.
Minerals, vitamins, vegetable stock
Asparagus0.3%
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate170, 170 and 125 mg/kgEvery joint entry carries a figure.
FOS, MOS96 and 24 mg/kgPrebiotics, small and dosed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese and iodine as sulphates and iodate, each printed per kilo.

The omega 3 supplement has no named source, which a strict exclusion diet needs answered.

Named ingredients

Salmon and Trout 50% (including Freshly Prepared Salmon & Freshly Prepared Trout 33%, Dried Salmon 15%, Salmon Stock 2%) Sweet Potato (24%), Peas (9%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Vitamins, Vegetable Stock, Asparagus (0.3%), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), FOS (96 mg/kg), MOS (24 mg/kg). Vitamins: Vitamin A 15,000 IU, Vitamin D3 2,000 IU, Vitamin E 95 IU. Trace Elements: Zinc (Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) 50mg, Iron (Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate) 50mg, Manganese (Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate) 35mg, Iodine (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 1mg.

Against the range

Meat: Salmon and trout, all fish; Turkey only in the other
Protein, as declared: 24%; 29% on the Turkey
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 47.3%; 42.4% on the Turkey
Plant proteins: None; Pea and potato protein on the Turkey

The one for a big dog that suits fish better than poultry.

Both labels declare 50% named animal and print the fresh and dried split behind it. Sweet potato at 24% leads the starch, with peas and potato behind and no grain anywhere. Beet pulp brings the fibre, linseed and an unnamed omega 3 supplement the fats.

The joint package is the same in both and fully dosed, and so are the FOS and MOS. What changes is the animal, and the turkey adds pea and potato protein that the fish recipe manages without.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

362 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

47.3%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

48%

Added water

3.3%

Carbs

38.3%

Other

10.3%

Pricing & size