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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: Germany
A technological additive is any substance added to a pet food "for a technological purpose and which favourably affects the characteristics of feed".
The most common categories of technological additives include preservatives and antioxidants, gelling agents and thickeners and probiotics.
While the primary effects of technoloical additives are certainly 'favourable' (increased shelf life in the case of preservatives & antioxidants, better food texture and consistency in the case of gelling agents and thickeners etc.) some have been linked to health problems in pets and should be treated with caution.
Unfortunately, many technological additives do not have to be declared by the manufacturer so just because they do not appear on the label does not necessarily mean they are not in the food. If in doubt, ask the manufacturer directly exactly what technological additives their foods contain.
abby simmonds• 11 months ago
Is Gentle food suitable for cockerpoos? Mine might have allergies (ear infections and itching) so I'm wanting to find a food suitable
Esther Harvey
abby simmonds• 8 months ago
Something to watch out for is that some dogs are allergic to chicken, so maybe try a food with fish, beef, venison instead. I use Guru (cold pressed like Gentle) surf and turf (beef and fish) and mine has no problems on that, but he can’t eat chicken.
Camilla
abby simmonds• a month ago
My cockapoo is on the Gentle fish & she does really well on it!
Claire mcneill• a year ago
Hi. Since my dog has been on gentle, approx 1 year. She has started to chew her feet excessively. Could their be something in it that was making her do this?Thanks.
Camilla
Claire mcneill• 5 months ago
I have found the same.. my dog has been on gentle approx 7 or 8 months and has started chewing her paws excessively.. She loves this food but I’m switching to the fish to see if it makes a difference.
FoxDixon
Camilla • 2 months ago
My dog is chewing his feet after meals too! Think it could be the chicken. Did the fish make difference for your dog?
Camilla
FoxDixon• a month ago
Yes I switched to the fish and she rarely chews her paws anymore. I also bought some special wipes for her paws though so it’s hard to know if it was the food or not!
Laura Walter• a year ago
Hi I have my puppy on eden and he seems to be doing well but was looking into changing to gentle as like the fact its cold pressed and ethically sourced and produced. They have a similar rating however gentle has less meat content than gentle....im jot sure how its calculated. Would switching to gentle be ok or should I stick to eden?
knivor• 2 years ago
Hello.Can it be good for a dog to take a few extra pounds?
Tessa Bowater• 2 years ago
My pup is on the chicken variety of Gentle but i think she's developed sensitivity/allergy to chicken. I'd love to see an All About Dog Food review on Gentles other 2 varieties - fish, goat.
Just Sayin• 2 years ago
I am using the chicken variety of this for an 14.5 year old with pancreatitis and it has settled down and is under control now. Very good food which is easy on the digestion for elderly dogs.
Maia Hall• 3 years ago
I have fed Gentle on its own and with raw meat. My Springer suffers from pancreatitis and can be very fussy but loves gentle and it's low fat so doesn't cause flare ups. My working cocker puppy is conveniently on the same, although I bought her the small bite fish for her first few months. The level of protein in the raw made her a bit hyper but feeding gentle on its own is clean, good value and nutritious. It covers all bases healthwise which is something I worried about when my Springer was on chicken and rice a lot of the time.
Chris• 3 years ago
I feed my dog Markus Mühle (made in same cold pressing factory) & animal welfare is a concern of mine also Janice. My enquiries to MM were passed to Gentle who assured me they share these values. Better than that I can’t say, as certainly on MM food there is no such clearly stated claim. Claire, thank you for the link to the forum that is most helpful as are the articles, I feel reassured in my choice. I note MM/Gentle aren’t on the PETA approved list of ethical pet foods so I contacted PETA who said they didn’t have any information on this company nor had they been in contact with them.
Mark felstead
Chris• 2 years ago
I have fed my parson russell Gentle, Guru and Marchus muhle and feel they are equally as good but MM is some 18 pounds cheaper a bag so that is my regular buy with the other two now and then for a change.
Janice• 3 years ago
Is Gentle food made ethically from animals that are well cared for?
Claire Paylor
Janice• 3 years ago
Janice, have a read on this post about the company who make Gentle dog food and their process in making cold-pressed food. It's an excellent article which I am sure, will reassure you as to the ethics of the company and the source of the animals that are used to make the food :)
https://www.allaboutdogfood...
Pat Price• 4 years ago
Did I see that Gentle have produced a meat roll type of dog food?
Maia Hall
Pat Price• 3 years ago
Yes. Look on their website. It's all buffalo meat incl offal
Rachel Ireland• 4 years ago
Ihh
Jacquelyn Freeman• 5 years ago
I'm hoping someone can help, I'm at my wits end. I have a JRT who is very sensitive in more ways than one. I have tried, Wainwrights Grain Free turkey & Veg. Wellness Simple salmon & potato, which did help with his loose poo's, but at £13.99 for a 1.8kg bag is too expensive also P@H have stopped selling it. I have tried weaning him onto Fishmongers but this has made him very windy and loose poo's. Any advice would be welcome thank you.
Tony Cruse
Jacquelyn Freeman• 5 years ago
There maybe other reasons why your dog has loose stools and wind. It may not be the food itself.Ensure he is not eating too much if the food ( a common mistake)
Ensure he has more than one meal a day. Perhaps split his daily quoter into three or four meals a day?
Slow his eating down by using something like a Green Feeder. This stops the gulping and hence possibly...the wind!
Are there any factors that make him anxious. Just like us, if a dog gets stressed it will effect his digestion.
Perhaps get a vet check and make sure there are no underlying health issues which maybe effecting his digestion.
Hope that helps. :)
Jacquelyn Freeman
Tony Cruse• 5 years ago
Tony Cruse, thanks for your comment, my JRT was recently very poorly, and was diagnosed with pancreatitis, he may well have had this problem when we had him. He is now been fed on a vets prescription food, (Specific, Allergy Management) Salmon. His stools are now firm, but he is now waiting to have a course of vitamin B12 injections and a further blood test. He has put on weight, but we are still having problems with his behaviour ie barking at cars also he barks at me or my husband to go out, you open the door but he just jumps up hysterically, so it is difficult to know what he wants. We have to put him in his own corner to calm him down. When he is calm we let him back in with us, but we go through it all over again. It is very frustrating, as he is a very affectionate chap. Also, we have always had JRT and never come across this problem before, also they both lived till they were 17 and 15.
Pat Price
Jacquelyn Freeman• 4 years ago
These are behaviour problems and unlikely to be caused by the current food he is on. Your best bet is to see a behaviourist from either COAPE or APBC.
Tracey Webb
Jacquelyn Freeman• 4 years ago
Jacquelyn.... hopefully things have settled down now, but if not... have you considered raw feeding? I've never done it myself, but on researching it, I spoke to someone at Natural Instinct and asked a few general questions..she said she moved her dog onto it and it really helped with his pancreatitis...so I'm guessing it could be worth a look...good luck 😊
Raclette• 5 years ago
I feed raw but wanted a compatible food that I could easily switch to for those times when raw is not easy ie holidays. I was recommended Gentle (by Paws with a Cause in Brighton) and have not looked back. I feed my 2yr old Wire Haired Hungarian Vizsla Gentle for breakfast and raw for supper. He loves it and I am happy to have such a high quality food which he obviously loves. Bloat is never far from my mind especially with this breed and Gentle is reassuring in that it breaks down so quickly but not before they have had a good crunch!
Good value too.
We have a puppy also who will be being introduced to Gentle very soon. If raw ever became a problem then I would have no hesitation in feeding Gentle exclusively. Have yet to try the new fish flavour :-)
Lesley Robinson
Raclette• 5 years ago
I feed Gentle and I feed raw, I totally agree with your comment, its a good quality food that can be fed alongside raw as its cold pressed and breaks down easily unlike kibble which can stay in the gut for hours making it dangerous to mix with raw.
Jo Amsel• 5 years ago
Excellent food, no problems at all with digestion. We use this on boarders with sensitive tums. I just wish that they made this for very small dogs too as some find the large size difficult and although they like it, we oftrn have to break it into smaller pieces.
tarfgi
Jo Amsel• 5 years ago
I believe a small size is about to be (or has been) launched.
Lyn Dearing• 5 years ago
My Finnish Lapphund is fussy and has been on Burns but he has been always a bit on the loose sticky smelly side poop wise. Since being on gentle his poops are much better and he isn't quite as hypo of night. He loves the nuggets and I'll definitely be getting more!
Lesley Robinson• 5 years ago
My two golden retrievers are fed on Gentle, they are aged 12 years and 18 months, they love this food, and after hours of trawling websites for the best food with the best natural ingredients I have found all I was looking for with Gentle. Highly recommended
AT• 6 years ago
Hi,I wanted to know if Gentle is supplied by any distributor in IndiaThanks
AT
Jas
AT• 5 years ago
I very much doubt it! You'll have to import it..
AT
Jas• 5 years ago
Had asked that more than a year back :). My dogs are absolutely fine with local food available everywhere in India
Raclette
AT• 5 years ago
Maybe you should have approached Gentle online rather than enquiring here - they are excellent
Anj Jamieson• 6 years ago
My puppy was fussy and uninterested in food, and subsequently looked as skinny as a rake. What she did eat caused her to have the runs and wind! Looking for an alternative to Raw diet in a dry food, I came across this and haven't looked back. The first day my pup tried this she loved it and has continued to love it as much a year down the line!
I feel happy knowing I'm feeding her the best I can and it shows in her shiny healthy coat and excellent weight.
If I had to fault it, it would be that I needed to feed quite a bit higher than the recommended amount just to keep a covering on my dog as she grew and even once she stopped growing, she is still fed more than the recommended 1% of body weight. Although, she is a very active Springer spaniel so it could just be that the food is more suited to something a little less hyperactive :) I still rated it 5 out of 5 as I am just happy knowing my dog loves it and it's good for her. The customer service from them direct is also very good too
LocalNumberFife• 6 years ago
Gentle is actually rated 4.8 out of 5!
http://www.allaboutdogfood....The 'Gentle' bones are taking off well now and unsurprisingly are rated 5 out of 5!
http://www.allaboutdogfood....
tarfgi• 6 years ago
I have had dogs all my (long) life and currently have three Welsh Springer Spaniels.The best dog food I've come across in that time is Gentle! My dogs, including Rosie - 14 years old and rather picky, love it! The other two eat anything, but with Gentle they all thrive - nice kickable poos, great coats etc. I hope to have a litter in October (my third in 14 years, so defo not a puppy farmer lol ) I plan to wean the puppies on Gentle, and I'll give the new puppy owners a bag of Gentle each! IMHO the best dog food available in the `UK! If I wasn't a veggie, I might eat it myself!
Amelia Campbell• 6 years ago
Tried Gentle for my 14 week old puppy. Unfortunately it didn't suit him. He developed major diarrhoea and became quite lethargic. We do think now that he may have a sensitivity to chicken so it may not be the foods fault at all!I will say the customer service was wonderful when I rang to discuss it. A lady called Beate was very kind and together we discussed options. Sadly it was not to be. The pup did love the food though! So it clearly tastes great.Just wish we could have made it work.
Mandelina
Amelia Campbell• 5 years ago
There's a fish version now.. Might be worth a try 😬
Clair Weldon• 6 years ago
Switched my mastiff cross puppy onto this food 3 weeks ago... he now has colitis and is passing Frank blood.... so it doesn't suit all dogs... my lurcher is fine on it.... obv we will be switching onto a food that doesn't contain chicken herring or rice to try and work out his allergies :-(
Paddy Wilmot• 6 years ago
Can't recommend this Gentle enough. Switched my 4 month old husky cross immediately, ie not gradually from wainwrights. She loves the food. Her pooh went instantly hard and she no longer farts...! Result,
Zoe• 7 years ago
I switched from Eden to Gentle in December and have not looked back. On Eden my lab puppy suffered from frequent loose stools. He is now on bag 4 of Gentle and he still drools when waiting for it. I would recommend it for anyone who is having problems with a 80/20 food.
LocalNumberFife• 7 years ago
This food is an unbeatable combination of quality and value. Formulated to mimic a natural diet, this food does not compromise quality for price. It leaves all the so called top extruded products standing! As it is cold-pressed, it has superb digestibility and this combined with the resulting low feed rate makes it the best value food in the market today, It's also perfect for any breed, regardless of age or activity level so for multi dog-owners there's no need to have your kitchen cluttered with different types of food.
Pippa D.• 7 years ago
Gentle is a great food and two of my cavaliers will eat it enthusiastically, maintaining solid, healthy bowel movements, not showing any signs of increased energy or hyperactivity and displaying healthy, silky coats.Unfortunately, my other cavalier cannot tolerate Gentle at all. Whilst I'm not sure what it is in the food that she reacted so badly to (she's a sensitive dog in general but this was the worst food reaction we've had) so can't be too specific on the ingredient at fault, whenever she's sampled Gentle she has started reverse sneezing and vomiting. This was especially unpleasant when we settled down for bed and, feeling lousy and wanting some comfort, I'm sure, she came to cuddle on my pillow, and threw up all over me and my side of the bed! We've now switched to Orijen, which all the dogs enjoy just as much and which has not resulted in midnight Exorcist style bed coatings.I'd still recommend Gentle for dogs without allergies/digestive upsets, but I'd recommend trying to get a sample before trialing it on a gut-sensitive dog.
Piers Smart• 8 years ago
Without a doubt the best cold pressed food available in the UK.
Perfect when fed with raw or low processed high quality wet foods like Natures Menu
Shirley Hull• 8 years ago
Gentle is a fantastic new food
It is a complete cold pressed food full of quality , traceable meat sauces
And fruit ,veg and herbs . Can be used for all life stages ,
All of my dogs love it and nice firm stools too which is a must for me and my dogs
The new northeast retailer is happy tails pet supplies
Email shirleyhull@live.co.uk for samples and orders
Jennifer Dick
Shirley Hull• 7 years ago
Hi there, is it suitable for puppies?