A dog that works a full day burns through a bowl of food differently to one that naps on the sofa between walks, which is the whole reason "working dog" foods exist as their own category rather than a marketing label stuck on an ordinary recipe.

This one leads with chicken at 39% — split between dried chicken (23%), freshly prepared British free-run chicken (14%) and chicken stock (2%) — ahead of sweet potato (37%), dried peas, beet pulp (10%), poultry oil and salmon oil (0.5%). It is grain free, and Taylors add a small amount of brewer's yeast extract (0.1%) as a source of prebiotic MOS and beta-glucans, alongside a "superfoods blend" (0.1%) including blueberry, seaweed and spinach at fractions of a percent each.

• Chicken 39% (dried, fresh and stock combined)
• Grain free
• Protein 25.0%, fat 11.0%, crude fibre 4.0%, crude ash 7.5%, calcium 1.5%
• Sweet potato as the main carbohydrate, at 37%
• Salmon oil included at 0.5%
• 12KG sack

On the "hypoallergenic" claim. Taylors describe this as formulated without grains "for a hypoallergenic option" — that's the manufacturer's own framing on a recipe with no grain, not a clinical claim we're able to check or stand behind, and a genuinely food-sensitive dog is a conversation for your vet before it's a conversation about ingredients on a bag.

Who it's for: owners of adult or senior working and sporting dogs who want a grain-free recipe with a named, weighed chicken content rather than a generic "meat meal", bought in a sack size that suits a dog eating through it at pace.