Buddy

Buddy Puppy Love review

Name: Buddy Puppy Love
Brand: Buddy

67.1/100Good

DryPuppy

A puppy kibble that opens on two named animals, salmon at 42% and fresh turkey at 26%, with no cereal anywhere. Calcium is declared at 1.56% of dry matter, the most useful number on any growth label. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies of any expected adult size, calcium at a level a growing skeleton can build on
Cereal-free homes. Peas bind it, with sweet potato and dried apple behind
Pups that clear the bowl and come back hopeful, protein at 40.0% of dry matter
Owners who want joint and gut support printed as doses

Worth watching

Salmon, turkey and chicken all appear, so not for a pup raised on one animal
The salmon is not described as fresh or dried, and the two carry very different water

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

How this scores

How we score

67.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Take the daily amount from the bag's chart by age and expected adult size, then adjust as your pup fills out.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Buddy Puppy Love 67.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Level with the typical puppy kibble, carried by a balanced analysis and a label that prints its doses and its calcium.

What's in it

Salmon42%Not stated as fresh or dried.
Fresh turkey26%Loses most of its water in the oven.
Chicken fatPreserved with tocopherols.
Peas, sweet potato, dried appleGrain-free starch.
Hydrolysed chicken liver2%Flavour, and the reason chicken goes on the allergy checklist.
Salmon oilMarine omegas for a growing brain and coat.
Carrots, dried kelp
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.036%, 0.026%Early joint support.
Mannan-oligosaccharides, fructo-oligosaccharides0.018%, 0.015%
Mojave yucca; citrus, curcuma and rosemary extracts0.012%; 0.006% each

Vitamins A, D3 and E with biotin, and zinc, iron, manganese, iodine, copper and selenium, each with a printed dose.

Named ingredients

Salmon (42%), fresh turkey (26%), chicken fat (preserved with tocopherols), peas, sweet potato, dried apple, hydrolysed chicken liver (2%), salmon oil, carrots, dried kelp (ascophyllum nodosum), glucosamine (0.036%), chondroitin sulphate (0.026%), mannan-oligosaccharides (0.018%), fructo-oligosaccharides (0.015%), Mojave yucca (0.012%), citrusextrakt (0.006%), curcumaextrakt (0.006%) och rosmarinextrakt (0.006%).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375.7 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

36%

Fat

19%

Fibre

Ash

7.8%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

40%

Fat

21.1%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

28%

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

70%

Carbs

16.5%

Veg

4.3%

Oils

9.1%

Other

0.1%

Pricing & size