71/100Excellent
Buddy
Buddy Tasty Duck Bites review
63.9/100Good
DryAdult
Buddy Tasty Duck Bites shrinks the brand's grain-free formula down for small breeds. Dried duck protein comes first at 35%, free-range duck fills the fresh slot at 15%, and peas with sweet potato sit where the cereal would be. Prebiotics and kelp fill out the small print with a printed joint pair, and the recipe holds our Good band.
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Our view
Likely to suit
If the small dog in your house has big opinions, this bowl was built to win the argument.
- Small breed dogs, since the recipe and its bite are sized for them
- Fussy little eaters, with free-range duck and a liver coating working on appeal
- Dogs moving off the usual chicken and beef routine, because duck heads the label in both dried and fresh form
- Owners avoiding grain, as the starch comes from peas and sweet potato
Worth watching
Before you commit a fussy dog to it, two ingredients need a moment of honesty.
- Chicken fat and hydrolysed chicken liver back up the duck, so a strict single-bird or poultry-free plan needs another label
- Salmon oil runs through the recipe, worth knowing if fish is off your dog's menu
Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.
How this scores
How we score63.9/100Good
Protein and processingGood
Nutritional balanceAverage
TransparencyOutstanding
ValueGood
The Details
Dog fit
If the small dog in your house has big opinions, this bowl was built to win the argument. Before you commit a fussy dog to it, two ingredients need a moment of honesty.
Food type
Dry
Life stage
Adult
Breed size
Small
Main protein
Duck
The score, in context
This small-breed recipe holds our Good band, the same one the typical adult dry food reaches. Duck declared in two forms, carbohydrate kept below what is typical and a complete, dosed additive panel are what hold it there.
What's in it
Ingredients, as declared: dried duck protein (35%), peas, free-range duck (15%), sweet potato, chicken fat (preserved with tocopherols), dried apples, hydrolysed chicken liver (2%), salmon oil, carrots, dried kelp (ascophyllum nodosum), glucosamine (0.026%), chondroitin sulphate (0.016%), mannan-oligosaccharides (0.015%), fructo-oligosaccharides (0.012%), Mojave yucca (0.01%), citrusextrakt (0.005%), curcumaextrakt (0.005%) och rosemarinextrakt (0.005%). Tillverkare: Petbuddy AB
Named ingredients
Dried duck protein (35%), peas, free-range duck (15%), sweet potato, chicken fat (preserved with tocopherols), dried apples, hydrolysed chicken liver (2%), salmon oil, carrots, dried kelp (ascophyllum nodosum), glucosamine (0.026%), chondroitin sulphate (0.016%), mannan-oligosaccharides (0.015%), fructo-oligosaccharides (0.012%), Mojave yucca (0.01%), citrusextrakt (0.005%), curcumaextrakt (0.005%) och rosemarinextrakt (0.005%). Tillverkare: Petbuddy AB
Nutritional additives
Vitamin A (3a672a) 20 000 I.E., vitamin D3 (3a671) 1 500 I.E., vitamin E (3a700) 400 mg, biotin (3a880) 0,6 mg, zink (3b606) 85 mg, järn (3b106) 75 mg, mangan (3b504) 35 mg, jod (3b201) 0,7 mg, koppar (3b406) 15 mg, selen (3b810) 0,2 mg.
Ingredient notes
The duck arrives in the right order: the dried protein at 35% first, where its concentration does the heavy lifting, then free-range duck at 15% for the fresh element. Protein converts to 28.9% of dry matter and the carbohydrate estimate to 42.8%, comfortably below the 46.2% typical of adult dry food.
Peas lead the plant side with sweet potato behind, keeping the recipe grain free, while dried apples and carrots add fibre and a touch of natural sweetness.
The gut pair is spelled out: 0.015% mannan-oligosaccharides and 0.012% fructo-oligosaccharides, plus dried kelp and Mojave yucca at printed trace inclusions.
Chicken fat carries the energy and hydrolysed chicken liver at 2% carries the flavour. That is standard practice, but worth flagging all the same: with salmon oil also present, the label carries fish and chicken alongside its duck.
Glucosamine at 0.026% and chondroitin sulphate at 0.016% are printed with their doses, a habit more labels could copy. The citrus, turmeric and rosemary extracts at the tail are there for freshness rather than medicine.
Price and value
£8.40 a kilo, in 2kg, 5kg and 17kg bags.
As a comparison point, feeding a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition would take about 238 grams and £2.00 a day on the standard 840 kcal maintenance assumption (110 × bodyweight^0.75). The small dogs this food is aimed at will get through far less.
Nutritional analysis
Declared analysis
Energy
353.2 kcal/100g
Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*
Protein
26%
Fat
15%
Fibre
3%
Ash
7.5%
Moisture
10%
Dry weight
Protein
28.9%
Fat
16.7%
Fibre
3.3%
Ash
8.3%
Carbs
42.8%
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
52%
Carbs
35.4%
Veg
6%
Oils
6.5%
Other
0.1%
Pricing & size
- Pack size
- 2 kg · 5 kg · 17 kg
- Retailer pricing
- Coming soon
Live retailer pricing is not yet available for this food. Prices, cost per day and where to buy will appear here once retailer data is live.
Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.
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