McAdams Sensitive Turkey
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Is McAdams Sensitive Turkey a good dog food?
We score it 73/100 (Good). This reflects the ingredient quality, composition and label transparency of the recipe as declared on the label.
Why this score?
This food achieves an overall score of 73 out of 100 based on several key factors. The overall quality of the ingredient list contributes +7.5 to the score, while the meat content adds +3.8. Additionally, printing percentages on the label provides a boost of +3.2. However, the carbohydrate content impacts the total with a deduction of -5.7.
Only part of the analytical constituents are declared, so the nutritional picture is incomplete.
- Recipe73
- Nutritionallow95
- Transparency60
- Safety100
- Evidencelimited33
The Recipe score measures how attractive and transparent the declared ingredient list is. It is not, by itself, proof that the food is nutritionally appropriate for long-term feeding. The Nutritional and Evidence scores measure what we can verify towards that stronger claim.
Complete baked dry food for adult dogs, with turkey, sweet potatoes and tapioca as the main ingredients.
Why you might choose it
- Scores 73, in the top quarter of dry foods we track.
- Meat makes up an estimated 33% of the dry matter (65% as fed).
- Prints ingredient percentages on the label.
Why you might not
We found no significant drawbacks in the data we hold for this product.
Estimated composition
Typical analysis (as fed)
- Protein
- 21%
- Fat
- 14%
- Fibre
- 3.50%
- Ash
- 8%
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- 0.60%
- Omega-6 fatty acids
- 1.50%
Additives & feeding info
Nutritional additives
Vitamin A 14423 IU; Vitamin D3 2000 IU; Vitamin E 96 IU; Zinc 48 mg; Iron 48 mg; Manganese 34 mg; Copper 5 mg; Iodine 0.96 mg; Selenium 0.19 mg
Technological additives
Preserved naturally with mixed tocopherols
Who is this food for?
Suits
- Labelled by the manufacturer for adult dogs
- Grain-free: no grain ingredients listed
- Doesn't list chicken, beef, lamb, venison, pork, duck as ingredients
Consider something else if:
- Your dog avoids turkey: the label lists turkey
- Your dog avoids fish: the label lists green-lipped mussel
- You want a single-protein recipe: this one lists more than one animal protein
These points are derived from declared ingredients and analysis, not a substitute for veterinary advice. If your dog has a diagnosed condition, food choice is a medical nutrition decision: speak to your vet. Use the homepage filter to find foods that fit your dog.
Ingredients (22)
| # | As declared | Matched | Category | Tier | Declared % | Est. % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whole British Free Range Turkey with Turkey Fat and Gravy (64.5%) | Turkey | meat | medium | 64.5 | 64.5 |
| 2 | Sweet Potato (25%) | Sweet Potatoes | carb | good | 25 | 25.0 |
| 3 | Tapioca (6.5%) | Tapioca | carb | medium | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Lentils | Lentils | veg | good | - | 0.3 |
| 5 | Minerals | Vitamins and minerals | supplement | medium | - | 0.3 |
| 6 | Vegetable Fibres | Vegetable fibre | fibre | medium | - | 0.3 |
| 7 | Algae Oil | Algae Oil | oil | good | - | 0.3 |
| 8 | Prebiotics | Prebiotics | supplement | good | - | 0.3 |
| 9 | FOS (0.15%) | Fructo-oligosaccharides | supplement | good | 0.15 | 0.1 |
| 10 | MOS (0.15%) | Mannanoligosaccharides | supplement | good | 0.15 | 0.1 |
| 11 | Yucca Extract | Yucca Schidigera | supplement | good | - | 0.3 |
| 12 | Dried Marigold | Dried Marigold | veg | good | - | 0.2 |
| 13 | Hand Cut Irish Seaweed (0.03%) | Seaweed | veg | good | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| 14 | Dried Orange | Orange | veg | medium | - | 0.2 |
| 15 | New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel | Green-Lipped Mussel | supplement | good | - | 0.2 |
| 16 | Camomile | Chamomile | veg | good | - | 0.2 |
| 17 | Carrots | Carrots | veg | good | - | 0.2 |
| 18 | Cranberries | Cranberries | veg | good | - | 0.2 |
| 19 | Spinach | Spinach | veg | good | - | 0.2 |
| 20 | Tomatoes | Tomato | veg | good | - | 0.2 |
| 21 | Lavender | Lavender | veg | good | - | 0.2 |
| 22 | Dried Rosemary | Rosemary | veg | good | - | 0.2 |
Brand
- [email protected]
- Phone
- +44(0) 1494 932 150
- Address
- McAdams Pet Foods Symply Pet Foods Ltd Thomas Road Wooburn Green Buckinghamshire HP10 0PE
- Contact page
- mcadamspetfoods.com
Trust and provenance
- Recall history
- No recalls recorded in our database
- Label data last checked
- 2026-09-15
- Scored with
- Model v2 (methodology)
- Product page
- mcadamspetfoods.com
Recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score. Dates are when we recorded the data, not when the manufacturer last changed the recipe.
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Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated
Scored with model v2 on 2026-09-22. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.
| Component | Input | Coefficient | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base score | - | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Average ingredient quality | 0.8 | 9.915 | +7.50 |
| Meat share of dry matter | 33.1% | 0.116 | +3.84 |
| Carb share of dry matter | 50.5% | -0.113 | -5.68 |
| Oil share of dry matter | 1.7% | -0.088 | -0.15 |
| Vegetable share of dry matter | 5.2% | -0.002 | -0.01 |
| Supplement share of dry matter | 7.8% | -0.009 | -0.07 |
| Undeclared quantities | 3.7% | -0.131 | -0.48 |
| Prints ingredient percentages | yes | 3.194 | +3.19 |
| Complete diet | yes | 1.703 | +1.70 |
| High meat (30%+ of dry matter) | yes | -0.506 | -0.51 |
| Meat share × printed percentages | 33.1 | -0.073 | -2.43 |
| Processing multiplier | 1.00 | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Processing: Dry Baked | yes | -2.321 | -2.32 |
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| Component | Input | Coefficient | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base score | - | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Average ingredient quality | 0.8 | 9.915 | +7.50 |
| Meat share of dry matter | 33.1% | 0.116 | +3.84 |
| Carb share of dry matter | 50.5% | -0.113 | -5.68 |
| Oil share of dry matter | 1.7% | -0.088 | -0.15 |
| Vegetable share of dry matter | 5.2% | -0.002 | -0.01 |
| Additive share of dry matter | 0.0% | 0.177 | +0.00 |
| Supplement share of dry matter | 7.8% | -0.009 | -0.07 |
| Other share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.371 | +0.00 |
| Unrecognised share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.022 | +0.00 |
| Recipe graded poor | 0.0% | -0.045 | +0.00 |
| Poor-quality meat in recipe | 0.0% | -0.182 | +0.00 |
| Number of poor ingredients | 0 | -0.868 | +0.00 |
| Largest single poor ingredient | 0.0% | 0.056 | +0.00 |
| Undeclared quantities | 3.7% | -0.131 | -0.48 |
| Prints ingredient percentages | yes | 3.194 | +3.19 |
| Complete diet | yes | 1.703 | +1.70 |
| Frozen or chilled fresh | no | 11.440 | +0.00 |
| High meat (30%+ of dry matter) | yes | -0.506 | -0.51 |
| Low meat (under 10% of dry matter) | no | -1.988 | +0.00 |
| High carb and low meat | no | -1.250 | +0.00 |
| Meat share × printed percentages | 33.1 | -0.073 | -2.43 |
| Meat share × fresh | 0.0 | -0.339 | +0.00 |
| Fresh × high meat | 0.0 | 16.475 | +0.00 |
| Additive penalty | 0.00 | 0.236 | +0.00 |
| Processing multiplier | 1.00 | 32.336 | +32.34 |
| Processing: Raw | no | 13.322 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Chilled | no | 7.712 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Frozen | no | 6.583 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Refrigerated | no | 4.857 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Shelf | no | 0.072 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Freeze Dried | no | 11.127 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Air Dried | no | 9.320 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Cold Pressed | no | 4.569 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Baked | yes | -2.321 | -2.32 |
| Processing: Dry Extruded | no | -6.996 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Semi Moist | no | -6.833 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Muesli | no | -10.711 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Wet Pate | no | 2.935 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Wet Chunks | no | 2.292 | +0.00 |
- Processing-type offset
- +0.05
- Additives declared on label
- +2 transparency bonus
- Nearly all quantities printed on label
- +2 full-disclosure bonus
- Subtotal
- 73.3
- Final score
- 73/100
Contributions are rounded to two decimals, so they may not sum exactly to the subtotal. The full coefficient table is published on the methodology page.
Score history across model versions
The score shown above is always computed with the latest published model. Earlier scores are kept for the record and are never edited or deleted; a scoring change ships as a new model version with a public write-up on the methodology page.
| Model | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| v2 | 73/100 | current |
| v1 | 72/100 | |
| v1.9 | 75/100 |
Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges
How the declared analysis compares with FEDIAF reference ranges for adult dogs. The label prints as-fed values; we convert to a dry-matter basis before scoring, and the bands are dry-matter ranges. Scores rise to 100 at the band midpoint: the reference is adequacy, not maximisation. Nutrients with a published upper limit taper again above it; fat is policed through calorie density rather than a direct penalty.
| Nutrient | As fed (label) | Dry matter (scored) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 21 | 24.7 (band 18 to 40%) | 88.3 |
| Fat | 14 | 16.5 (band 5.5 to 20%) | 100 |
| Fibre | 3.5 | 4.1 (band 0.5 to 5%) | 100 |
| Omega fatty acids (omega-6 and omega-3) | - | - | 100 |
Omega fatty acids (omega-6 and omega-3): scored as the mean of its declared components (omega-6 100). The FEDIAF minimum for omega-6 is linoleic acid specifically.
Scored over 4 declared nutrients (combined weight 60); undeclared nutrients do not affect the score. Moisture was not declared and was estimated at 15% from the food type.
Low confidence: partial analysis or moisture estimated from the food type.
This measures agreement with published reference ranges, not suitability for an individual dog. For medical conditions, follow veterinary guidance.
Transparency: what the label discloses
How much the manufacturer discloses, measured against the FEDIAF Code of Good Labelling Practice and Regulation 767/2009. Mandatory items dominate the weighting.
| Item | Points |
|---|---|
| Ingredient list on the label (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Printed percentages on the label (96.3% of the recipe mass) (voluntary) | 19.3/20 |
| Analytical constituents declared (mandatory) - not on file | 0/15 |
| Additives declared (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file | 0/5 |
| Complete/complementary designation (mandatory) | 5/5 |
| Feeding guidance given (mandatory) - not on file | 0/10 |
| Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Country of manufacture stated (voluntary) | 10/10 |
| Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file | 0/5 |
Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Analytical constituents declared, Feeding guidance given, Batch and date labelling).
Safety: recall history
Recall and safety-notice history, time-decayed. This dimension is shown alongside the score and never feeds the headline number.
No recalls recorded in our database.
See all current recalls we track.
Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it
The marketing claims made on the pack and product page, and how much evidence sits behind them. We record the claims as stated; we do not assess whether they are true.
| Claim | Type | Substantiation |
|---|---|---|
| gently baked and highly digestible (on page) | Functional | Manufacturer assertion |
| suitable for small breed dogs with allergies and intolerances (on page) | Functional | Manufacturer assertion |
| Turkey is a great low-allergen protein for dogs who have sensitivities (on page) | Functional | Manufacturer assertion |
| sustainably sourced Algae Oil, which has the same health benefits as Salmon Oil, but is less likely to trigger allergies (on page) | Functional | Manufacturer assertion |
| New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel and Hand Cut Irish Kelp in all of our recipes for healthy joints and they are both excellent sources of antioxidants that can help prevent inflammatory responses in pets (on page) | Functional | Manufacturer assertion |
| Free from grain and meat meals (on page) | Free-from | Manufacturer assertion |
| our only protein source is fresh boneless free range turkey meat (on page) | Content | Manufacturer assertion |
| Free Range Turkey (on page) | Content | Manufacturer assertion |
| get 60% fresh turkey into every bite (on page) | Content | Manufacturer assertion |
| With hypoallergenic superfoods from the oceans (on page) | Content | Manufacturer assertion |
| Made with meat sourced exclusively from RSPCA Assured Farms (on page) | Content | Manufacturer assertion |
| We never use powdered meat-meals or grains (on page) | Free-from | Manufacturer assertion |
| Ultra-premium complete food made with a single protein source (on page) | Content | Manufacturer assertion |
| Only McAdams uses RSPCA Assured, Free Range British Turkey meat in all our Sensitive recipes (on page) | Content | Manufacturer assertion |
| More fresh meat than any other dry dog food (on page) | High/low level | Manufacturer assertion |
Limited: at least one claim rests on manufacturer assertion alone.
The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.
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