Pooch & Mutt

Pooch & Mutt Wellbeing Slim & Slender Dry Food review

Name: Pooch & Mutt Wellbeing Slim & Slender Dry Food
Brand: Pooch & Mutt

61.6/100Good

DryAdult

A grain free chicken kibble for a dog who needs to lose a little and still enjoy dinner. The slimming is done with fibre, not by stripping the fat: beet pulp and psyllium lift fibre to 5.0% of dry matter, and energy comes in at 348 kcal per 100 grams. Our scale reads it Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs carrying a few extra kilos
Dogs who beg between meals, as the fibre makes a smaller portion feel like more
A single animal diet: chicken supplies every animal ingredient
A dog off grain
Joints carrying more than they should, with glucosamine and chondroitin declared

Worth watching

Fat at 13.3% of dry matter is ordinary, so the portion still does most of the work
Pea protein at 6% behind the chicken
Carbohydrate at 46.6% of dry matter, so this is not a low starch approach

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

How this scores

How we score

61.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The label asks 175 to 350 grams for a dog of 10kg to 25kg, and a slimming dog should sit under that, with the target set by your vet.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Pooch & Mutt Wellbeing Slim & Slender Dry Food 61.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It does what the front of the bag says, matching the middle of the dry shelf on a label that names everything.

What's in it

Fresh chicken25%The headline, though most of its water goes in the oven.
Sweet potato22%
Chicken protein16%Quietly the bigger contributor to what your dog eats.
Potatoes, peas
Pea protein6%Plant protein, less complete and less digestible than meat.
Dried beet pulp6%Leads the fibre that fills a dog up without much energy.
Chicken fat, chicken gravy2% eachNo generic animal fat, no second species.
Linseed, alfalfa, psyllium husk and seeds2%, 1.5%, 0.08%Linseed for omega 3.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.026%, 0.016%
Cranberries, MOS, FOS, yucca, inactivated Lactobacillus acidophilusEach with a figure in print.

Named ingredients

Fresh Chicken (25 %), Sweet Potato (22 %), Chicken Protein (16 %), Potatoes, Peas, Pea Protein (6 %), Dried Beet Pulp (6 %), Chicken Fat (2 %), Chicken Gravy (2 %), Linseed (2 %), Alfalfa (1.5 %), Psyllium Husk & Seeds (0.08 %), Dried Cranberries (0.04 %), Glucosamine (0.026 %), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.016 %), Mannan-oligosaccharides (0.015 %), Fructo-oligosaccharides (0.01 %), Mojave Yucca (0.01 %), Lactobacillus acidophilus HA-122 inactivated (15x109 cells/kg).

Against the range

Chicken is every animal entry, named at each point it appears. Sweet potato, potatoes and peas carry the starch with no cereal, and almost every minor ingredient carries a percentage.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

348.5 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

6.6%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

27.8%

Fat

13.3%

Fibre

Ash

7.3%

Carbs

46.6%

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

43%

Carbs

49.3%

Veg

1.5%

Oils

Other

4.2%

Pricing & size