Techni-Cal

Techni-Cal Solutions: Bone & Joint review

Name: Techni-Cal Solutions: Bone & Joint
Brand: Techni-Cal

66.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Two recipes aimed at opposite dogs. Bone & Joint is a poultry-led kibble in our Good band with glucosamine and chondroitin printed at 1300 mg. Hypoallergenic sits in our Average band with no animal protein at all, built for the dog with a long list of reactions behind it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older or stiff-jointed dogs, on Bone & Joint
Dogs with no trouble around poultry
An exclusion trial. Hypoallergenic has no animal protein for a dog to react to
Dogs that struggle on rich food, given the gentle peas, rice and beans recipe
Owners who like to take the whole list in at a glance

Worth watching

Salmon oil in Bone & Joint, so that bag is not fish free
Grains in Bone & Joint: rice, maize, maize middlings and barley
All of Hypoallergenic's protein is plant and yeast, a real change for a meat-fed dog
No zinc, copper or selenium figure on either label

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

How this scores

How we score

66.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Both are listed for adults. Bone & Joint's label asks 190 grams for a 12kg dog and 275 grams for a 20kg one; where that and the waistline disagree, go by the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Bone 66.6
Hypoallergenic 41.4

Two recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The gap between the two comes from how each is built: our reading leans on named animal ingredients, and Hypoallergenic has none by design.

What's in it

Dehydrated chicken, turkey and duckWater gone before mixing, so what is listed lands near what reaches the kibble.
Rice, maize, barley
Peas, maize middlings
Chicken fat
Salmon oil (cold pressed)Brings the omega 3 declaration to 5.37 g, and fish alongside three birds.
Dried whole eggs, crude lecithins
Sodium chloride, calcium carbonate, brewers yeast
Chicory inulinA prebiotic.
Glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate1300 mgThe joint case, made in print.

Vitamins A, D3, E at 180 mg and C, the B group, choline chloride and L-carnitine at 100 mg; no trace element doses are published.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated chicken, turkey and duck, rice, maize, barley, peas, maize middlings, chicken fat, salmon oil (cold pressed), dried whole eggs, sodium chloride, calcium carbonate, crude lecithins, chicory inulin, brewers yeast, glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate 1300 mg.

Against the range

Protein source: Chicken, turkey, duck; None from animals in Hypoallergenic.
Protein, dry matter: 28.6%; 25.8% in Hypoallergenic.
Energy: 375 kcal per 100g; 361 in Hypoallergenic.
Omega source: Salmon oil; Linseed in Hypoallergenic.

The one for a stiff dog that eats poultry happily.

Two recipes for two different problems. Bone & Joint opens on dehydrated chicken, turkey and duck, with rice, maize and barley carrying much of the bowl and cold pressed salmon oil for the omegas. Hypoallergenic has no meat, fish or dairy at all: peas, rice and horse beans do the work, with linseed as the omega source.

Both publish a vitamin and fatty acid panel and stop there, so no trace element is dosed in print on either bag. Neither runs to a long botanical tail.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

5.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

Carbs

48.4%

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

59.7%

Carbs

38.2%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

1.4%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size