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Mixing bowl composition
This is the ingredients list as printed on the packaging or manufacturer's website.
Think of the 'mixing bowl' composition like a recipe - all the ingredients you would need to put in a 'mixing bowl' in order to make the food.
Ingredients have to be listed in descending order of their weight so the higher it appears, the more there is.
Highlighted ingredients
Ingredients that we believe to be controversial or inferior are highlighted in yellow with particularly low grade, highly contentious or excessively vague ingredients in red.
Information in italics is not usually avaialble on the ingredients list but has been provided to us by the manufacturer to help with our ratings.
As fed composition
While the 'mixing bowl' composition is useful for knowing what went into the food, it doesn't always reflect what your dog is actually eating. This is because the processes that turn the ingredients into the finished pet food can significantly alter the relative weights of the ingredients.
For this reason we've calculated the approximate 'as fed' percentages for the main ingredient categories in the finished product.
Please note that these figures are very approximate. They are estimates based on the information provided by the manufacturer in the ingredients list so the clearer the terminology and the more percentages they provide, the more accurate our estimates will be. Wherever information is lacking, we always assume the worst.
Ingredient categories
◉ Meat ingredients: includes all meat and fish ingredients except isolated fats/oils.
◉Added oils and fats: includes all isolated oil and fat ingredients.
◉ Carb-rich ingredients: includes all ingredients derived from grains, pseudo-grains, potatoes and other starchy root vegetables, sweet potato and legumes (except whole peas which are categorised under fruit and veg) except for isolated protein and extracted oils. Also includes fibre supplements.
◉ Fruit and veg: includes all whole vegetables and fruits.
◉ Other: all other ingredients. Mostly made up by nutritional supplements and additives.
For more information on any ingredient, please take a look at our Dog Food Ingredient Glossary
The dry matter level of a nutrient is the percentage there would be in the food if all of the water was removed.
With water taken out of the equation, these figures allow the nutrient levels of foods of different types (like wet and dry) to be compared on an even playing field.
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93 out of 100 - Excellent
Our unique nutritional ratings are calculated based on a number of characteristics including the quality and quantity of the stated ingredients, certain nutritional and technological additives and the processing methods used to create the food. They are designed to indicate how healthy a food is likely to be for the majority of dogs when fed on a daily basis for an extended period. Click here for more information
Country of origin: Canada
John Tuckey• 3 years ago
I am in the opposite camp to spooks review. I tried my puppy Golden Retriever on Eden dog food which they advise is suitable for all ages yet he suffered incredible diarrhoea from it, even after a gradual introduction over two weeks. I moved him onto this great food and instantly his stools firmed up and he started looking in great condition again. He was always a fussy eater and would turn his nose up at all food. This gets eaten up straight away and he looks at me for more every time!Great food with quality ingredients listed plainly on the packaging with simple feeding guidelines.It highlights that different food just sometimes doesn't agree with some dogs. You can buy the best food out there but sometimes it just doesn't fit with the dog. Lucky for me, in this instance, it did!
spooks• 4 years ago
I don't disagree with this being a great quality food at all. Brilliant ingredients. Unfortunately, it caused my 8 month old German Shepherd to have chronic diarrhea from pretty much the day we put him on it. We spent a fortune at the vets ruling out parasites/internal problems, hoping it wasn't the food. But it was the food. It just did not agree with him. It happens. Switched him to Millies Wolfheart Hunter Mix and no longer do I have an explosive mess to try clean up several times a day.