Vet's Kitchen

Vet's Kitchen Protect & Care review

Name: Vet's Kitchen Protect & Care
Brand: Vet's Kitchen

53.7/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Vet's Kitchen Protect & Care is the brand's salmon recipe for adults and dogs heading into their later years, and it reads like a label written by someone who expected it to be checked. Taurine is dosed at 475mg per kilo beside a full joint set and a live gut culture. Fat is kept modest. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adults and older dogs taking life at an easier pace
Owners after heart minded extras: taurine is dosed, not just mentioned
Dogs that take to fish more happily than to poultry
Stiffening dogs. Glucosamine and MSM come at 355 mg/kg each, chondroitin sulphate at 250 mg/kg
A delicate gut, with both prebiotics at 315 mg/kg and a live Enterococcus faecium culture

Worth watching

Chicken fat on the list behind the salmon, so it cannot rule chicken out on a trial
Rice and oats in the recipe
Protein at 25.0% of dry matter, a gentler bowl than a meat forward kibble

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

How this scores

How we score

53.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The label's table asks 140 to 300 grams a day for a dog between 11kg and 25kg, so let the waistline place your dog in that range.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Vet's Kitchen Protect & Care 53.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Construction and a fully dosed label carry it, and the plant-heavy analysis is a fair trade for an older dog with a slower engine.

What's in it

Salmon: freshly prepared, dried, stock, oil38.5%Fresh at 26% loses most of its weight in the oven, so the dried 10% is the harder working entry.
Brown rice26%About as easy on a dog's digestion as a cereal gets.
White rice, oatsOats bring fibre and a spread of minerals.
Beet pulp
Chicken fatThe one entry that does not fit the salmon story.
Minerals, brewer's yeast
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane355mg/kg eachThe joint set, with a dose printed.
Mannanoligosaccharides, fructooligosaccharides315mg/kg eachPrebiotics.
Chondroitin sulphate250mg/kg
Yucca extract, seaweed oil extract, beta glucans, nucleotides

Taurine at 475mg, L-carnitine at 155mg and methionine at 1,500mg per kilo, with zinc and iron partly as chelates and a live Enterococcus faecium culture.

No copper or selenium on the trace element panel, a shorter list than its stablemates.

Named ingredients

Salmon 38.5% (including Freshly Prepared Salmon 26%, Dried Salmon 10%, Salmon Stock 1.5%, Salmon Oil 1%), Brown Rice 26%, White Rice, Oats, Beet Pulp, Chicken Fat, Minerals, Brewer's Yeast, Glucosamine 355mg/kg, Methylsulfonylmethane 355mg/kg, Mannanoligosaccharides 315mg/kg, Fructooliogosaccharides 315mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 250mg/kg, Yucca Schigidera Extract, Seaweed Oil Extract, Beta Glucans, Nucleotides.

Against the range

A single recipe. Salmon makes up 38.5% of the list, split into fresh, dried, stock and oil with a share on each, and brown rice, white rice and oats do the starch. Fat is held at 9.2% of dry matter and carbohydrate runs to 54.9%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

346 kcal/100g

Protein

23%

Fat

8.5%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

9.2%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

54.9%

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

37%

Added water

1.5%

Carbs

55.9%

Oils

Other

3.6%

Pricing & size