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Applaws Senior - Chicken review

DrySeniorGrain freeNaturalJoint careFussy eatersSkin and coatDigestion
Good

A solid, honest dry food. 65% declared meat content leads the label, and the label keeps too much vague. The breakdown below shows exactly where every point went.

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Top 46%scores higher than 54% of rated foodsacross all 3530 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
65%declared meat content

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 72/100 across 36 ingredients (declared percentages used for 3, position estimates for the rest).
28.9 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (cellulose plant fibres) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 24% of the recipe (+1.4); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
5.4 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 65%.
15 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 28% dry matter (low); fat 17.4% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 5.7% DM (+1.5); ash 8.7% DM - sensible mineral load (+1.5); functional extras: omega-3 source, joint support, named botanicals, pre/probiotics (+2).
9.1 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 28, 2026 · full methodology public
74 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 74 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 28.9 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15.

The label declares 65% meat, which is unusually specific - most brands never print a figure at all, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

Chickenfrom dried chickenchicken mince 9%

Carbs & grains

cellulose plant fibres

Fruit & veg

peas 8%potato starch 7%beet pulptomato from dried tomatocarrotlucerne mealseaweed/kelpcranberry

Oils & fats

poultry oilsource of omega-6salmon oil source of omega-3coconut oil

Supplements & extras

poultry saucewhole egg from dehydrated eggmineralsvitaminschicory extract FOSglucosaminechondroitinpeppermintpaprika powderturmericthyme extractcitrus extracttaurine 1000mg/kgyucca extractfennel extractcarob bean extractgingerrosehip extractdandelion extractrosemary oil extractoreganoprobiotics
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
2 kg--
7.5 kg--

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 188 g a day.

No reliable price data for this food yet, so no cost estimate - we only show numbers we can back.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 15 kg dog works out near 725 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 356 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

40.2 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

17.4 % DM
Directory average: 14.9

Est. carbs

28 % DM
Directory average: 45.1

Fibre

5.7 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

8.7 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Moisture isn't declared on this label - dry-matter figures assume 8% (typical for a dry food) and are marked estimated.

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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