Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Senior Dry review

Name: Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Senior Dry
Brand: Sainsbury's

28.1/100Poor

DryAdultSenior

A senior kibble from the supermarket shelf with the joint pair written into the recipe, in our Poor band. Most of the list is given by category, which is what holds it there. For an older dog eating well and holding condition, it stays a straightforward food to keep buying.

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Our view

Likely to suit

An older dog happy with the bowl it knows
Joint ingredients cooked into the food, with nothing extra to buy
One bag for an older dog and a middle-aged one
The weekly shop: it goes in the trolley
Senior dogs of any size; the feeding guide runs up to 50kg

Worth watching

Molluscs and crustaceans supply the glucosamine, so it is not shellfish free
Chicken named at 4%; the rest of the animal share stays a category
Carbohydrate at an estimated 57.0% of dry matter against 46.2% for typical adult dry food

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

How this scores

How we score

28.1/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The pack asks 155 to 355 grams for a dog of 10kg to 30kg, so set the bowl by your own dog's shape.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Senior Dry 28.1

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

Unnamed categories and a high starch share pull it down; the declared joint pair, and saying where the glucosamine comes from, pull the other way.

What's in it

CerealsNo grain named, so the label can neither rule wheat in nor rule it out.
Meat and animal derivatives25.5%4% of it chicken. The category covers any warm-blooded land animal and its by-products.
Chondroitin0.025%Inside the meat block. A gentle background helping.
Oils and fatsNo source named.
Vegetables0.5% dried peas, equal to 4% peas.
Minerals
Molluscs and crustaceansThe source of the glucosamine, at 0.025%. Shellfish is on the list.

Vitamins A, D3 and E dosed, with minerals in the traditional oxide and sulphate forms and selenium as sodium selenite.

No moisture on the pack, so the dry-matter figures assume the standard 8% for a kibble.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives (25.5% including 4% Chicken, 0.025% Chondroitin), Oils and Fats, Vegetables (0.5% Dried Peas equivalent to 4% Peas), Minerals, Molluscs and Crustaceans (0.025% Glucosamine).

Against the range

A cereal-led kibble written in broad categories, with glucosamine and chondroitin each declared at 0.025%. The animal share is 25.5% meat and animal derivatives, 4% of it named as chicken.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

345 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

57%

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

29.9%

Carbs

46%

Veg

7.6%

Oils

9.7%

Other

6.8%

Pricing & size