Pro Plan

Pro Plan Small & Mini Adult Everyday Nutrition review

Name: Pro Plan Small & Mini Adult Everyday Nutrition
Brand: Pro Plan

42.1/100Average

DryAdult

The plain option in the brand's small-dog line, with a genuine 20% of named chicken at the head of the label. Cereal fills much of the bowl and several entries go unnamed, which puts it in our Average band. For a small adult with no dietary history to worry about it is an uncomplicated everyday food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and mini adults with no known food sensitivities
Owners who want a stated meat share, chicken at 20% and first on the list
Active little dogs: at 395 kcal per 100 grams a modest bowl carries plenty of energy
Small dogs who take persuading, with digest, dried egg and yeast working on taste

Worth watching

Wheat second on the list and wheat gluten lower down
Dried poultry protein and animal fats that name no species
Soya meal, the usual check for a reactive stomach

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

How this scores

How we score

42.1/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adults. The label asks 105 grams a day at 5kg and 165 grams at 10kg, so weigh rather than scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Pro Plan Small & Mini Adult Everyday Nutrition 42.1

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The cereal load holds it a step below the shelf average, though the analysis underneath is respectable.

What's in it

Chicken (back and chest)20%Fresh, so most of that is water before the kibble is formed.
Wheat
Dried poultry proteinCarries much of the finished protein; poultry names a family, never one bird.
Corn, rice7% (rice)
Animal fatsNo species named.
Soya mealMost dogs handle it; a sensitive few do not.
Dried beet pulpThe fibre.
Corn protein meal, wheat glutenRefined plant proteins, so the 28.0% on the panel is not all animal.
Minerals, dried egg, fish oilEgg is one of the most digestible proteins a recipe can carry.
Digest, yeastTaste, mostly. The digest names no animal.

Vitamins A, D3, E and C with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%, and no calcium figure is printed.

Named ingredients

High quality chicken (including back and chest) (20%), Wheat, Dried poultry protein, Corn, Rice (7%), Animal fats, Soya meal, Dried beet pulp, Corn protein meal, Wheat gluten, Minerals, Dried egg, Fish oil, Digest, Yeast

Against the range

One recipe: chicken at 20% heads the label, then wheat, dried poultry protein, corn and rice, with corn protein meal and wheat gluten concentrating the protein figure. Dried egg, fish oil, digest and yeast close the list. Moisture is not declared.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

395 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

40.7%

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

39.1%

Carbs

53.8%

Oils

4.1%

Other

Pricing & size