Vet's Kitchen

Vet's Kitchen Sensitive Care Senior review

Name: Vet's Kitchen Sensitive Care Senior
Brand: Vet's Kitchen

55.4/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A gentle, simply built senior kibble in our Good band, with turkey as the only animal on the label. What sets it apart is how carefully it is aimed: prebiotic chicory for a touchy gut and joint doses printed on the pack. Older dogs with stomachs that object to surprises are who it is for.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs with easily upset digestions
A single animal on the label, turkey
Stiffening seniors. Glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane at 355 mg/kg each, chondroitin at 250 mg/kg
Cereal-free households: no wheat or rice anywhere
Fish-avoiding dogs, with the omega fats from seaweed oil

Worth watching

The 30% turkey headline includes fat and gravy. Dried turkey at 22% carries the protein
Sweet potato and potato take up a good deal of the list
Glucosamine and chondroitin with no species printed. Talk to your vet before a strict turkey-only trial

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

How this scores

How we score

55.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Protein is mild by kibble standards, so it fits a steady older dog better than a hard-working young one.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Vet's Kitchen Sensitive Care Senior 55.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Structure holds it in the middle of the shelf: one substantial meat entry and a carbohydrate estimate above the typical, in a recipe aimed carefully at a delicate older gut.

What's in it

Turkey: dried turkey, turkey fat, turkey gravy30% (22%, 6%, 2%)Dried turkey is the part that counts. The fat and gravy are there for flavour.
Sweet potato26%
Potato19.5%No cereal anywhere on the list.
Peas, lucerne
Beet pulp, brewer's yeastSoluble and insoluble fibre, then B vitamins.
Chicory pulp2.4%Prebiotic FOS for the gut's own bacteria.
Minerals
Seaweed oil extractAn algal omega source, so nothing here comes from a fish.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate355, 355 and 250 mg/kgPrinted doses. Glucosamine usually comes from crustacean shells and chondroitin from cartilage, neither species named.

Taurine at 476 mg and L-carnitine at 961 mg, zinc and iron as amino acid chelates at 48 mg each, and selenium as plain sodium selenite.

Named ingredients

Turkey 30% (including Dried Turkey 22%, Turkey Fat 6%, Turkey Gravy 2%), Sweet Potato 26%, Potato 19.5%, Peas, Lucerne, Beet Pulp, Brewer's Yeast, Chicory Pulp (2.4% as a source of prebiotic FOS), Minerals, Seaweed Oil Extract, Glucosamine 355 mg/kg, Methylsulfonylmethane 355 mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 250 mg/kg.

Against the range

One grain-free turkey kibble for older dogs. Turkey is the only animal named, sweet potato and potato carry the starch, and chicory pulp and beet pulp look after the gut. The omega source is a seaweed oil, so no fish appears, and the joint set is printed with its doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

340.5 kcal/100g

Protein

21.5%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

23.4%

Fat

10.3%

Fibre

4.9%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

53.2%

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

28%

Added water

Carbs

61.8%

Veg

1.2%

Oils

0.4%

Other

6.5%

Pricing & size