My Pet Says

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

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

A pair of lower-fat senior kibbles for medium dogs, written for the stage where the stairs get taken one step at a time. The trout recipe declares 50% fish and prints every entry, joint supplements dosed. The turkey recipe never publishes its ingredient list, so the range carries no score for now.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium dogs past the middle of life
An older dog carrying a bit too much, with fat at 8% on the trout and 9% on the turkey
Fish-eating seniors: 30% freshly prepared trout leads, dried salmon and salmon oil behind
No separate joint supplement needed, as the trout recipe doses glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin
A house with an older dog and a younger one, as both labels cover adult and senior

Worth watching

No ingredient list for the turkey recipe, so a dog with a known sensitivity is better on the trout
Fish top to bottom in the trout, salmon oil included
Starch carries a fair share: carbohydrate is estimated at 51.6% of dry matter on the trout and 47.9% on the turkey

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium adults and seniors. If one ingredient must be avoided, the trout recipe is the one you can check properly today.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

There is no score on this range, and the reason is straightforward. The turkey recipe declares its analysis but never publishes the ingredient list behind it, and half a label is not enough to judge a food on. Without the entries and their percentages there is no way to see what the protein is made of or how much of the recipe is animal. The trout recipe is declared in full, and rather than assess one half of a range and leave the other blank, we have held both until the turkey list appears.

Everything the two labels do declare is on this page, so you can still read the analysis, the energy figures and the feeding tables for both, and the complete ingredient list for the trout recipe. As soon as the turkey list is published, this page gets its assessment.

What's in it

Freshly prepared trout30%Leads the 50% fish share.
Dried salmon, freshly prepared salmon11% and 4%The dried salmon does more work than its place suggests once the water is cooked out.
Salmon oil, salmon stock3% and 2%Salmon oil does more for a coat than the linseed.
Sweet potato24%
Potato, peaspeas 6%No grain anywhere.
Beet pulpThe bulk.
Pea protein, linseed, potato proteinTwo refined plant proteins that lift the protein figure without adding to the animal side.
Minerals, vitamins, vegetable stock, asparagusasparagus 0.3%
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate170, 170 and 125 mg/kgAll three carry a figure.
FOS, MOS96 and 24 mg/kg

Vitamins A, D3 and E, L-Carnitine at 480mg to help a dog work through fat stores, and zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine, all dosed.

Named ingredients

Trout & Salmon 50% (including Freshly Prepared Trout 30%, Dried Salmon 11%, Freshly Prepared Salmon 4%, Salmon Oil 3%, Salmon Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (24%), Potato, Peas (6%), Beet Pulp, Pea Protein, Linseed, Potato Protein, 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. Provitamin: L-Carnitine 480mg. Trace Elements: Zinc (Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) 50mg, Iron (Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate) 50mg, Manganese (Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate) 35mg, Copper (Copper (II) Sulphate Pentahydrate) 5mg, Iodine (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 1mg.

Against the range

Ingredient list: Published in full; Not published for the turkey.
Fat, declared: 8%; 9% on the turkey.
Energy: 340 kcal per 100g; 343 on the turkey.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.09%; 1.63% on the turkey.

The lighter of the two, and the only one whose label you can check entry by entry.

Two lower-fat senior recipes for medium dogs, one led by trout with salmon and one by turkey. Both hold fat down, at 8% and 9%, and both cover adult and senior.

Only the trout recipe publishes its ingredients: 50% fish with the split printed, sweet potato at 24%, no grain, and a dosed joint package with L-Carnitine. The turkey recipe prints its analysis, energy, calcium and feeding table, and no ingredient list at all.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

340 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

51.6%

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

2.4%

Carbs

47.2%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size