Scooch

Scooch Air Dried Digestive & Anal Gland Wellness review

Name: Scooch Air Dried Digestive & Anal Gland Wellness
Brand: Scooch

79/100Excellent

DryAdult

One recipe built around one animal and one job, and it sits in our Excellent band. Wild boar makes up 80%, gently air dried and never near an extruder. The tail of the list works on the gut, and the joint ingredients each come with a milligram dose printed on the label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A gut that needs steadying, with chicory root, fermented whey and beet pulp pulling the same way
A meat your dog has never met. Wild boar is a long way from chicken and beef
Dogs kept off cereal, with sweet potato and pumpkin for starch
Stiffening adults: glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM all carry a printed dose
One meat in the bowl and no other

Worth watching

Dried fermented whey is dairy, so read the list twice for a milk-sensitive dog
Fat at 27.3% as fed suits a busy dog and asks for a measured hand with a settled one
Small pieces hold a lot of energy, so weigh the first week's meals

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

How this scores

How we score

79/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Written for adult dogs of every size, worth knowing if a puppy shares the house. For a 10 to 20kg dog the label sets 135 to 225 grams a day; start there and watch the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Wild Boar

The score, in context

Scooch Air Dried Digestive & Anal Gland Wellness 79.0

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A high named meat share, a list itemised down to the parsley and gut ingredients that are chosen, never decorative, carry it a long way.

What's in it

Wild boar80%The only meat, and a genuinely novel protein for most British dogs.
Dried sweet potatoThe main starch, with no cereal.
Vegetable oil glycerine (from rapeseed oil)Keeps an air-dried piece from going hard. Naming the source oil is more than most labels do.
Minerals, dried pumpkin
Dried fermented wheyBrings the fermentation, and it is dairy.
Chicory rootInulin, a soluble fibre the gut bacteria live on.
Dried banana, Ascophyllum nodosumThe seaweed adds iodine and trace minerals.
Beet pulpFirms a loose stool, which is what does the work for the anal glands too.
Calcium carbonate, broccoli, dried parsley
Glucosamine HCL, chondroitin sulphate, MSM2,000mg/kg, 2,000mg/kg, 1,000mg/kgDoses on the packet, so you can see what your dog gets.

Every trace element as a chelate of protein hydrolysates, the form chosen because more survives digestion, with vitamins A and D3 and selenium as sodium selenite.

Named ingredients

Wild Boar (80%), Dried Sweet Potato, Vegetable Oil Glycerine (derived from Rapeseed Oil), Minerals, Dried Pumpkin, Dried Fermented Whey, Chicory Root, Dried Banana, Ascophyllum Nodosum, Beet Pulp, Calcium Carbonate, Broccoli, Dried Parsley, Glucosamine HCL 2,000mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 2,000mg/kg, MSM 1,000mg/kg

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

465 kcal/100g

Protein

24.5%

Fat

27.3%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

6.8%

Moisture

18.7%

Dry weight

Protein

30.1%

Fat

33.6%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

8.4%

Carbs

26.1%

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

80%

Carbs

10.4%

Veg

2.9%

Oils

3.3%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £41.33 (RRP)
Pack: 1.5 kg pack. Sold as 1 pack (1.5 kg), 2 packs (3 kg) or 3 packs (4.5 kg) - one recipe, three price tiers, not separate products.
A 15kg dog eats: 135 to 225 g a day, 180 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £7.44

Air-dried food is dense, so the bowls look small next to a wet food for the same dog.

Fair value for the quality on offer.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.