Bakers

Bakers Puppy review

Name: Bakers Puppy
Brand: Bakers

33.7/100Average

DryPuppy

A cereal-led puppy kibble from one of the most widely stocked names on the shelf, in our Average band. The label describes almost everything by category, so the recipe can change from batch to batch without a word of the list changing. Plenty of dogs in this country have been raised on it all the same.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies already settled on it and doing well. Mid-growth is no time to switch without a reason
Owners who want a grain-led kibble
Restocking without a special trip, as it is one of the easiest puppy foods to find
A little greenery in the bowl: dried pea, dried carrot and spirulina

Worth watching

Only 4% is named as chicken; the rest of the animal content cannot be traced to a species
Cereals, oils and fats and vegetable protein are all unnamed, which rules it out for elimination work
No calcium figure, though the bag is sold for pups of any eventual size

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

33.7/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. If yours will grow large, ask the maker for a calcium figure, as the label prints none.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Bakers Puppy 33.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The placing has less to do with any single ingredient than with how little the label commits to.

What's in it

Cereals (wholegrains)49%A category, so wheat can be neither ruled in nor ruled out.
Meat and animal derivatives4% chickenBeyond the named chicken, no species given. The legal term spans a wide range of quality.
Derivatives of vegetable origin2.9% beet pulpBeet pulp is a well tolerated fibre; the rest of the entry is left open.
Oils and fatsSource not named.
GlycerolA sweet, syrupy carbohydrate that keeps the kibble soft. Part of why carbohydrate reaches an estimated 48.9% of dry matter.
Vegetable protein extracts
Minerals
Dried pea, dried carrot0.3% eachA flourish at this level.
Spirulina0.2%

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium dosed in print, the selenium as sodium selenite.

No calcium figure on the label. A large-breed pup has nothing to work from.

Carbohydrate at an estimated 48.9% of dry matter against 39.0% typical for a puppy kibble.

Named ingredients

Cereals (wholegrains 49%), Meat and animal derivatives (of which 4% chicken), Derivatives of vegetable origin (of which 2.9% dried beet pulp), Oils and fats, Glycerol, Vegetable protein extracts, Minerals, Vegetables* (of which 0.3% dried pea and 0.3% dried carrot), Spirulina* (0.2%), *natural ingredients, equivalent to 4% rehydrated vegetables

Against the range

One wholegrain puppy kibble. Cereals lead at 49%, then meat and animal derivatives with 4% named as chicken, and the grain, fats and vegetable protein are all written as categories.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

357 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

48.9%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

24.9%

Carbs

59%

Veg

5.3%

Oils

5.3%

Other

5.5%

Pricing & size