Lamb is the standard next step when chicken has stopped agreeing with a dog. It is gentler on digestion for a lot of them, it is highly palatable, and unlike some alternative proteins it does not carry a premium price for being unusual.

Lamb is 36% of this — dried lamb at 31% and fresh at 5% — with rice at 22% 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%, linseed at 1.5%, glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin. The analysis is crude protein 25%, crude fat 16%, crude ash 8.9% and crude fibre 2.5%, with omega-6 at 2.91% and omega-3 at 0.71%. There is no added wheat, gluten, soy or dairy.

• Complete food for adult dogs, 12KG
• Lamb 36% — dried 31%, fresh 5%
• Rice 22%
• Crude protein 25%, crude fat 16%
• Prebiotic FOS 900mg/kg and MOS 400mg/kg
• No added wheat, gluten, soy or dairy

It is a lamb recipe that still contains chicken. Chicken oil and chicken digest are both in the composition — which matters, because Arden Grange themselves position lamb as the option for dogs with poultry sensitivities, and a good many people buy it for exactly that reason. Refined oil and digest are a long way from chicken meat and most poultry-sensitive dogs cope with them perfectly well, but if your dog reacts badly to chicken in any form, read the composition rather than the front of the bag and talk to your vet.

Who it's for: adult dogs who have not done well on chicken-led food, and anyone who wants an alternative protein without moving to something exotic.