Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food

Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food Grain-Free Adult: Pork With Sweet Potato & Apple review

Name: Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food Grain-Free Adult: Pork With Sweet Potato & Apple
Brand: Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food

65.7/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free small-dog range in our Good band that changes only the animal from bag to bag. Every label declares 50% animal content and shows exactly how that splits between fresh, dried and stock. The additive side is the weak half: minerals and vitamins appear as bare words.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog that gets on with the recipe shape but not with one animal
Half the bag declared as named animal ingredients
Small breed homes, since the range is built and portioned for little dogs
Rotation feeding, with only the animal changing
Less common proteins, pork and venison among them

Worth watching

An omega 3 supplement with no source named, so no bag can carry a strict elimination plan alone
Salmon in the venison and tuna recipes as well as the salmon one
Fat runs from 8.7% to 15.2% of dry matter, so a flavour change shifts the energy
No trace mineral doses published on any of the six

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

How this scores

How we score

65.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adults. The labels' tables are written for much smaller dogs than our 15kg guide, so feed to the dog you have and let condition settle it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Duck 66.3
Pork 65.7
Lamb 65.5
Venison 64.8
Salmon 62.6
Tuna 61.9

All six Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Duck finishes highest and tuna lowest with the rest bunched between, so choose by the animal your dog suits.

What's in it

Pork: freshly prepared, dried, stock50% (31%, 18%, 1%)Pork is genuinely uncommon in dog food.
Sweet potato22%The lowest in the range.
Peas, potato9% peas
Beet pulp, linseed
Omega 3 supplementUnnamed source.
Minerals, vitamins, vegetable stock
Apple0.7%
FOS, MOS96 mg/kg, 24 mg/kg

Named ingredients

Pork 50% (including Freshly Prepared Pork 31%, Dried Pork 18% & Pork Stock 1%), Sweet Potato (22%), Peas (9%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Vitamins, Vegetable Stock, Apple (0.7%), FOS (96 mg/kg), MOS (24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: Pork, 31% fresh; 26% to 36% fresh elsewhere.
Sweet potato: 22%; Up to 27% on the venison.
Analysis: Matches duck and lamb; Leaner on salmon and tuna.

A useful starting point for a dog the usual animals have already upset.

One recipe built six ways. Every bag declares 50% animal content and splits it into fresh, dried and stock weights, with the dried figure the one that tells you what lands in the kibble. Protein converts to 28.3% of dry matter on all six. Sweet potato carries the starch with peas and potato, and no wheat, maize, rice or barley appears anywhere.

Linseed, an unnamed omega 3 supplement and FOS and MOS at printed doses sit on every label. What varies is the animal, the fat (8.7% to 15.2% of dry matter) and a signature fruit or vegetable at a fraction of a percent.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

354 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

44.5%

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

32%

Added water

18.6%

Carbs

44.4%

Veg

0.7%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size