Venison is not an everyday protein for most dogs, which is exactly the point of putting it in a sensitive-diet food — a protein a dog has not eaten before is less likely to be one it already reacts to.

This recipe leads with fresh venison (26%), alongside sweet potato and potato rather than grain. Arden Grange add a long list of named plant extracts at low, stated levels: dried elderberries (340mg/kg), rosehips (230mg/kg), black pepper (200mg/kg), blackcurrants (200mg/kg), blackberries (190mg/kg), blueberries (150mg/kg), raspberries (150mg/kg) and curcumin (100mg/kg), alongside glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate. Metabolisable energy is 367kcal per 100g.

• Available in two bag sizes
• Fresh venison (26%)
• Grain free, using sweet potato and potato
• Protein 25%, fat content 14%, crude ash 9%, crude fibre 3%
• Metabolisable energy 367kcal/100g

On the long ingredient list. Each named berry, spice or extract here sits between 100mg/kg and 340mg/kg — a fraction of a percent each. Do not choose this food expecting the extracts to be the main event; the actual case for it is the novel venison protein and grain-free carbohydrate base, and Arden Grange publish no evidence on this card for what those small extract levels individually do.

Who it's for: a dog with sensitive skin or digestion who has not done well on more common proteins like chicken or beef, rather than a dog with no history of food sensitivity.