Bob & Lush

Bob & Lush Puppy Kibble review

Name: Bob & Lush Puppy Kibble
Brand: Bob & Lush

58.9/100Good

DryPuppy

A puppy kibble that stays a duck food all the way down the list, which is rare in a growth recipe. Fresh duck leads at 55%, and duck fat and duck stock follow from the same bird. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies kept to a single animal, with duck the only one on the label
Grain free homes: potatoes at 26% do the binding, peas behind
Owners who like their prebiotics named. FOS and MOS are both printed
Heart nutrients covered, with taurine and L-carnitine dosed on the panel

Worth watching

No calcium figure, though the bag covers pups up to giant breeds
Carbohydrate at 44.5% of dry matter, above the 39.0% typical for a puppy dry food, so measure portions
Not the bag for a pup that has already reacted to duck

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

How this scores

How we score

58.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a large or giant breed pup, get the calcium figure from Bob & Lush before ordering, and weigh to the bag's chart by age and expected adult size.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Bob & Lush Puppy Kibble 58.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The label is the strength, and the starch share plus a missing calcium figure hold it short of the band above.

What's in it

Fresh duck55%Fresh meat carries its water, so the finished kibble holds less duck than the figure suggests.
Potatoes26%Largely starch, and the reason carbohydrate runs high.
Peas9%
Duck fat, duck stock4%, 1%Same bird, so no second animal slips in.
Linseed, sunflower oil1% eachPlant omega 3, and a fat rich in vitamin E.
Brewer's yeast1%B vitamins.
Beet pulp1%Mild fibre for a young gut.
Minerals, vitamins
Yucca extract0.3%Tones down the smell in the garden, handy while house training.
FOS, MOS0.1% eachPrebiotics from plants and from yeast cell walls.

A thorough panel, with taurine at 1,100 mg/kg and L-carnitine at 500 mg/kg beside the vitamins and trace minerals.

No calcium figure, on a food offered to pups from toy to giant. A large-breed owner needs that number most.

Named ingredients

Fresh Duck (55%), Potatoes (26%), Peas (9%), Duck Fat (4%), Duck Stock (1%), Linseed (1%), Brewer's Yeast (1%), Beet Pulp (1%), Sunflower Oil (1%), Minerals, Vitamins, Yucca Schidigera Extract (0.3%), FOS (0.1%), MOS (0.1%).

Against the range

Duck is the only animal on the label, from the fresh meat through the fat and the stock. Potatoes and peas carry the starch, with no cereal anywhere.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

386 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

44.5%

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

56%

Carbs

36%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size