This is the everyday bag, and there is a reason it is the one people keep coming back for: chicken and rice is the combination most dogs do well on, and there is very little cleverness in it to go wrong. It is the default, and defaults are underrated.

Chicken is 32% — dried chicken at 27% and fresh at 5% — with rice at 23% and maize behind it. Arden Grange add prebiotic FOS at 900mg/kg and MOS at 400mg/kg, plus nucleotides, yucca extract, dried krill, whole dried egg at 1%, glucosamine and MSM. The analysis is crude protein 25%, crude fat 15%, crude ash 7% and crude fibre 2.5%, with omega-6 at 3.18% and omega-3 at 0.5%. There is no added wheat, gluten, soy or dairy.

• Complete food for adult dogs, 12KG
• Chicken 32% — dried 27%, fresh 5%
• Rice 23%
• Crude protein 25%, crude fat 15%
• Prebiotic FOS 900mg/kg and MOS 400mg/kg
• No added wheat, gluten, soy or dairy

It contains grain, and for most dogs that is entirely fine. Rice and maize are both in this, so it is the wrong bag for a dog with a diagnosed grain problem — but grain-free has become a default choice for a lot of owners whose dogs never had an issue with grain in the first place, and rice is one of the gentlest carbohydrates there is. If your dog is doing well, there is nothing here that needs changing.

Who it's for: healthy adult dogs with no known intolerances, and anyone who wants a reliable everyday food rather than a specialist one.