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Pro Plan Medium & Large Adult 7+ Sensitive Skin review

Name: Pro Plan Medium & Large Adult 7+ Sensitive Skin
Brand: Pro Plan

49.6/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The salmon recipe in Pro Plan's older-dog line, for medium and large dogs whose skin needs the diet helping out. It sits in our Average band. A steady, unshowy food for an older dog who does well on fish.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium and large dogs past seven whose skin and coat want the recipe working for them
Older dogs kept off chicken. Salmon is the only species named
A dog slowing down, with fat declared at 14%
A fussier older dog: digest and dried egg make the bowl worth finishing
Trace minerals dosed one at a time, zinc at 120 mg per kilo

Worth watching

Animal fats and digest name no creature, so no strict exclusion diet
Corn as grain, starch and protein meal, for a maize-sensitive dog
Soya meal, a common flashpoint for a genuinely sensitive dog
No calcium figure, which a growing large-breed dog sharing the bowl would need

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

How this scores

How we score

49.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium and large dogs from seven. Start from the maker's chart and let the waistline settle the amount.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Pro Plan Medium & Large Adult 7+ Sensitive Skin 49.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

It does the ordinary things adequately; the unnamed animal fats, the soya and the sheer amount of corn hold it back.

What's in it

Salmon (head, bone, meat)17%A fair description. Fresh, so the oven takes most of its weight.
Rice16%The largest plant entry.
Corn protein mealConcentrated plant protein. Not all the protein came from the fish.
Dried salmon proteinPicks up the slack from the fresh salmon.
Corn starch, corn
Soya mealMost dogs live with it happily; a smaller number react.
Animal fats, mineralsNo creature named on the fat.
Dried beet pulp, dried vegetable fibre
Dried egg, soyabean oil
Digest, fish oilDigest is the palatant, again with no species. Fish oil brings the marine omega 3.

Vitamins A, D3, E and C, with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc each dosed in print.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

High quality salmon* (including head, bone, meat) (17%), Rice* (16%), Corn protein meal*, Dried salmon protein*, Corn starch, Corn*, Soya meal*, Animal fats, Minerals, Dried beet pulp*, Dried vegetable fiber, Dried egg*, Soyabean oil, Digest, Fish oil

Against the range

One recipe: salmon at 17% and rice at 16%, corn in three forms, and fats from soyabean oil, dried egg, fish oil and an unnamed animal fat.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

377 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

14%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

43.5%

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

34.2%

Carbs

60.3%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

1.7%

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size