Red Mills

Red Mills Tracker review

Name: Red Mills Tracker
Brand: Red Mills

26.6/100Poor

DryAdult

A lean, low-fat working dog kibble in our Poor band, with a label made almost entirely of category terms. Which cereal and which animal are in the bag stays unknown. It does two things properly: it prints every vitamin and mineral dose, and it declares its moisture.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs carrying a little more condition than they should, with fat at 8%
Kennels and working homes wanting one plain recipe for a group
Owners who like mineral amounts printed, down to iodine at 2.45 mg per kilo
Older, steadier dogs whose appetite has started to outrun their exercise

Worth watching

Category terms for every main entry, so the bag is taken on trust
Fish, never named to a species
Carbohydrate at 58.5% of dry matter against a typical 46.2%

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

How this scores

How we score

26.6/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs, with no size given. Protein at 22.2% of dry matter is gentle for a dog in hard daily work, so watch condition if yours is one.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Red Mills Tracker 26.6

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

Almost all of the gap to the typical adult dry food comes from what the label leaves unsaid, with a light analysis and high carbohydrate adding to it.

What's in it

CerealsCould be rice, wheat, maize or any mixture.
Meat and animal derivativesCovers prime muscle meat to the parts nobody puts on a label. Animal not named.
Oils and fats
Fish and fish derivativesNo species given.
Derivatives of vegetable originBroader still.
Vegetable protein extractsPlant protein lifting the protein figure. A dog gets less from it than from meat.
Minerals
Chicory extractInulin for the gut's own bacteria.
Yeast extractA palatant, to make a plain recipe worth finishing.

Every dose printed, from vitamin D3 at 2000 IU to selenium at 0.33 mg, though the minerals are oxides and sulphates with no chelates.

Fish is in the recipe but never named. It counts for a dog that must avoid fish.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives, Oils and Fats, Fish and Fish Derivatives, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Minerals, Chicory Extract, Yeast Extract.

Against the range

One recipe written almost entirely in category terms: cereals, meat and animal derivatives, oils and fats, fish and fish derivatives. Fat is declared at 8.0%, and every vitamin and mineral dose is printed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

322.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

20%

Fat

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

22.2%

Fat

8.9%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

7.8%

Carbs

58.5%

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

36.8%

Carbs

51.5%

Veg

1.2%

Oils

8.4%

Other

2.1%

Pricing & size