Techni-Cal

Techni-Cal Solutions: Hypoallergenic review

Name: Techni-Cal Solutions: Hypoallergenic
Brand: Techni-Cal

41.4/100Average

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

41.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

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

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

PeasLeads the list.
Rice
Horse beansBroad beans, a legume, with nothing to do with horses.
Rapeseed oil
Pea protein, brewers yeastPlant protein, generally less complete than meat protein.
Beet pulp
LinseedThe omega source, taking the omega 3 declaration to 11.41 g.
Calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, dried sea weedSea weed brings iodine.
Hydrolysed yeast and lupineFor flavour.
Fructo-oligosaccharides, psyllium husksGut support, with the beet pulp.

Vitamins A, D3, C and E at 380 mg, the B group and choline chloride at 1640 mg; no trace element doses are published.

No meat, fish or dairy anywhere on the list. Watch how a dog does on it over months, not weeks.

Named ingredients

Peas, rice, horse beans, rapeseed oil, pea protein, brewers yeast, beet pulp, linseed, calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, dried sea weed, hydrolysed yeast and lupine, fructo-oligosaccharides, psyllium husks.

Against the range

Protein source: Peas, horse beans, pea protein; Three birds in Bone & Joint.
Fat: 11.0%; 13.0% in Bone & Joint.
Fibre: 4.0%; 2.5% in Bone & Joint.
Vitamin E: 380 mg per kilo; 180 mg in Bone & Joint.

A plain plant diet for the dog that has tried every meat going.

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

361 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25.8%

Fat

11.8%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

51.6%

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

16.3%

Carbs

73.6%

Oils

5.3%

Other

4.8%

Pricing & size