Pooch & Mutt

Pooch & Mutt Superfoods Senior Dry Food review

Name: Pooch & Mutt Superfoods Senior Dry Food
Brand: Pooch & Mutt

62.9/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Pooch & Mutt's chicken recipe rebuilt for later life: the same animal, with less fat, more fibre and fewer calories. Energy comes down to 335 kcal per 100 grams. Our scale reads it Good, level with the typical adult dry food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs on shorter walks, with fat at 9.4% of dry matter
Seniors carrying a little extra, helped by fibre at 5.0% of dry matter
A meat figure counted dry: chicken protein at 30% opens the list
A stiffening back end. Glucosamine is declared at 0.1%
An adult and a senior fed from one bag

Worth watching

Lignocellulose at 3%, a purified plant fibre added for bulk
Carbohydrate at 51.1% of dry matter against 46.2% typical
Chicken three times over, as protein, fat and liver
Fish throughout, from salmon oil and microalgae oil

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

How this scores

How we score

62.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The bag's span for 10kg to 25kg dogs is wide, so let the waistline decide where yours sits.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Pooch & Mutt Superfoods Senior Dry Food 62.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Gentle recipes often pay for it on our scale and this one does not, though the starch share holds it back from climbing higher.

What's in it

Chicken protein30%A dried concentrate, so it will not shrink further in the oven.
Sweet potatoes, potatoes23%Sweet potato leads, with more fibre and vitamin A.
Chickpeas4%
Hydrolysed chicken liver4%Keeps an older appetite interested.
Dried pumpkin, dried apple pulp4% eachGenuine inclusions.
Lignocellulose3%Indigestible by design, for bulk without energy.
Chicken fat2%The senior decision: fat cut right down.
Linseed, salmon oil, microalgae oil2%, 2%, 0.3%Plant and marine omega 3.
Hydrolysed yeasts, MOS, FOS1%, 0.15%, 0.1%
Glucosamine, chamomile, cranberries, seaweed, berries and leaves0.2% down to 0.01%Glucosamine at 0.1% is the one most senior owners will care about.

Named ingredients

Chicken Protein (30 %), Sweet Potatoes (23 %), Potatoes, Chickpeas (4 %), Hydrolysed Chicken Liver (4 %), Dried Pumpkin (4 %), Dried Apple Pulp (4 %), Lignocellulose (3 %), Chicken Fat (2 %), Linseed (2 %), Salmon Oil (2 %), Hydrolysed Yeasts (1 % - a source of inositol and amino acids), Potassium Chloride (0.4 %), Microalgae Oil (0.3 %), Carrots (0.3 %), Dried Chamomile (0.2 %), Dried Cranberries (0.2 %), Dried Seaweed (0.2 %), Mannan-oligosaccharides (0.15 %), Fructo-oligosaccharides (0.1 %), Glucosamine (0.1 %), Dried Blackcurrant (0.05 %), Dried Spinach (0.05 %), Dried Rosehips (0.05 %), Dried Pomegranate (0.05 %), Dried Kale (0.05 %), Mojave Yucca (0.01 %).

Against the range

Dried chicken protein leads, sweet potato and potatoes carry the starch, and lignocellulose adds bulk without energy. Nearly every entry carries a percentage, down to the berries at 0.05%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

335 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

8.5%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

27.8%

Fat

9.4%

Fibre

Ash

6.7%

Carbs

51.1%

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

34%

Carbs

41.9%

Veg

8.7%

Oils

4.3%

Other

11.1%

Pricing & size