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My Pet Says Grain Free Large Breed: Turkey, Sweet Potato & Cranberry review

Name: My Pet Says Grain Free Large Breed: Turkey, Sweet Potato & Cranberry
Brand: My Pet Says

67.4/100Good

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

67.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

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

Turkey

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

Turkey: fresh turkey, dried turkey, turkey fat, turkey stock50% (28%, 18%, 2%, 2%)The fat is pinned to the same bird as the meat.
Sweet potato24%
Peas, potato7% (peas)
Beet pulp
Pea protein, potato proteinLift the protein figure without adding to the animal share.
Omega 3 supplement, vegetable stock, linseedPlant omega 3 from the linseed takes weeks to show in a coat.
Minerals, vitamins, cranberry0.2% (cranberry)
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, copper, iodine and selenium, each printed per kilo.

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

Named ingredients

Turkey 50% (including Freshly Prepared Turkey 28%, Dried Turkey 18%, Turkey Fat 2% & Turkey Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (24%), Peas (7%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Pea Protein, Potato Protein, Omega 3 Supplement, Vegetable Stock, Linseed, Minerals, Vitamins, Cranberry (0.2%), Glucosamine (170mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170mg/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, Copper (Copper (II) Sulphate Pentahydrate) 15mg, Iodine (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 1mg, Selenium (Sodium Selenite) 0.3mg.

Against the range

Protein, as declared: 29%; 24% on the Salmon with Trout
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 42.4%; 47.3% on the fish recipe
Plant proteins: Pea and potato protein; None in the fish recipe
Copper and selenium: Printed; Not printed on the fish recipe

The higher-protein pick and the scoring leader, with some of that protein from plants.

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

367 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

42.4%

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

2.8%

Carbs

47.6%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size