Arden Grange Adult Light Dry Dog Food, Chicken, 2kg

Arden Grange Light with Fresh Chicken & Rice – 2kg

Arden Grange's Light recipe is lower in protein and oil than their standard adult range, which is how it carries fewer calories without shrinking the bowl. They are direct about what it is for: aiding weight reduction and the treatment of obesity, rather than simply being a lighter everyday food.

Two ingredients do the specific work. L-carnitine is included to increase the conversion of fat to energy and help hold on to lean body mass while the weight comes off, and yucca extract is there for its antioxidant properties — free radicals being more of a problem in an overweight animal. Arden Grange's full name for the recipe is Light with fresh chicken and rice.

Performance & Benefits

• Fewer calories than the standard Arden Grange adult diets, in Arden Grange's own words.
• Lower in protein and oil than the standard adult range rather than simply bulked out with fibre.
• L-carnitine to increase fat-to-energy conversion and maintain lean body mass.
• Yucca extract for antioxidant support during weight loss.
• Chicken and rice base, so a dog already on the standard recipe recognises it.
• Arden Grange state the range carries no added fillers, artificial flavours, colours or preservatives, and no wheat gluten, soya or dairy.

Suitable For

• Adult dogs carrying excess weight, on a planned reduction.
• Less active dogs and those whose exercise has been cut back.
• Small breeds, where a 2kg bag lasts a sensible length of time.
• Owners moving down from the standard Arden Grange chicken and rice without changing protein.
• Not a growth food and not a working diet — puppies, and dogs in hard work, need the standard Arden Grange Adult with Fresh Chicken and Rice or a puppy recipe.

Feeding

• Feed dry as a complete food, with fresh drinking water always available.
• Arden Grange publish a separate Light feeding guide by bodyweight — use that chart, not the standard adult one, and feed to the dog's target weight rather than its current weight.
• Weigh every meal. Guessing is what undoes most weight-loss diets.
• Split the daily ration into two meals so the dog is not waiting all day.
• Weigh the dog every two to four weeks and adjust; steady loss beats fast loss.
• Change over from the previous food across seven to ten days.

Composition & Analysis

• Chicken and rice base, reduced in protein and oil against the standard Arden Grange adult recipe.
• L-carnitine and yucca extract are both named by Arden Grange for this recipe.
• Arden Grange state the range carries no added fillers, artificial flavours, colours or preservatives, and no wheat gluten, soya or dairy.
• Arden Grange do not publish the declared composition or the typical analysis as readable text on their own website; both are printed in full on the bag, so no protein, oil, fibre or ash figure is stated here.
• 2kg bag. Arden Grange also list this recipe in 14kg and 2 x 14kg.

Care & Caution

• Sudden or unexplained weight gain can be a symptom rather than a matter of diet. Have a dog checked by a vet before starting a reduction diet, particularly an older one.
• Reduced protein and oil make this the wrong food for a growing puppy, a pregnant or lactating bitch, or a dog in hard work.