Pro Plan Medium & Large Age Defence 7+ Senior Dry Dog Food Chicken

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Pro Plan Medium & Large Age Defence 7+ Senior Dry Dog Food Chicken

DryCompleteSeniorContains grainFish oil
27/ 100
WeakTied 669th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • 16% meat
  • Some meat not named by animal
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: High quality chicken (including back and chest) (16%), dried poultry protein, wheat, rice (12%), corn… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
16%
Protein, dry weight
32%
Carbs, dry weight
~39%
kcal/100 g
386

Ingredients

Listed first: High quality chicken. 16% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 16%
  • Grain 12%
  • Plants 5.5%
  • No amount given 66.5%

High quality chicken (including back and chest) (16%), dried poultry protein, wheat, rice (12%), corn, corn protein meal, vegetable oil fractions (5.5%), dried beet pulp, soya meal, minerals, wheat gluten, animal fats, digest, fish oil

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

IU/kg: Vit A: 38 000; Vit D3: 1 200; Vit E: 650; mg/kg: Vit C: 165; Iron (II) sulphate monohydrate: (Fe: 140); Calcium iodate anhydrous: (I: 2.3); Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate: (Cu: 15); Manganous sulphate monohydrate: (Mn: 54); Zinc sulphate monohydrate: (Zn: 130); Sodium selenite: (Se: 0.16)

How we read this label

First ingredient: “High quality chicken”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
High quality chicken (including back and chest) (16%)Named meat16%
dried poultry proteinMeat, animal not namedPart of the item above
wheatGrainNot given
rice (12%)Grain12%
cornGrainNot given
corn protein mealGrainNot given
vegetable oil fractions (5.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant5.5%
dried beet pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
soya mealOtherNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
wheat glutenFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
animal fatsFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
digestFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
fish oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 32% and carbs about 39%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein29%32%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat15%17%
Carbohydrate~35%~39%
below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre9%10%
Ash2%2.2%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy386 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 27

The kind of meat scored best (9 of 15). Meat scored lowest (7.6 of 45).

  1. How much meat?

    7.6 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label5.6 / 35 points

      16% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level2 / 10 points

      Protein is 32.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    7 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 38.9% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    4 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and digest or flavouring.

  4. What kind of meat?

    9 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed9 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as fresh and unnamed meal, which earns 75% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat0 / 3 points

      No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Tied 669th of 1,171 dry foods. 30 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 39% to 24% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

Best wet foods →

Ingredient notes

Nothing flagged in 24 ingredients.

24 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, beet pulp, chicken, digest (rendered meat digest), fish oil, maize (corn), maize (corn) gluten, minerals, oils and fats, poultry, rice, soya (soybean), tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), wheat, wheat gluten

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc

We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 18% since 10 Aug.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Pets at Home14kg · £41.99 up 18% since 10 Aug14kg£41.99£3.00/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 18%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home14kg£41.99£3.00/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home14kg£37.79£2.70/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home14kg£35.69£2.55/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

2 dry foods score 8 to 10 points higher and cost up to 14% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
41% this food 16%
Carbs
about 46% this food about 39%
To feed
2% more per 1,000 kcal

+10 pointsCompare

Meat
41% this food 16%
Carbs
about 47% this food about 39%
To feed
14% more per 1,000 kcal

+8 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Matches the maker’s own page.

Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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