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Butchers Puppy Perfect Foil: Beef review

Name: Butchers Puppy Perfect Foil: Beef
Brand: Butchers

72.9/100Excellent

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Flavour

Peel-and-serve puppy trays built on farmed meat, with every animal named and given its own share. Behind the meat there is almost nothing: no cereal, no potato, carbohydrate estimated at 7.3% of dry matter. The beef and turkey trays sit in our Excellent band and the chicken one step back in Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want each animal printed with its share
Puppies fed away from grain; no cereal or potato on any list
Wet feeding for the water, moisture declared at 82.0%
A gut still finding its feet. Mannan-oligosaccharide at 0.2% and chicory both feed good bacteria
Meat as most of the bowl, protein at 47.2% of dry matter

Worth watching

No calcium figure. Ask Butchers for it before committing a large or giant pup
Chicken and beef in all three trays, and salmon oil in every one
At 85 kcal per 100g, portions run larger than the tray size suggests

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

How this scores

How we score

72.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Portions shift week to week while a pup grows, so start from the tray guide and let your pup's shape decide.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 72.9
Turkey 70.9
Chicken 68.9

Three recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The recipes hold their own in a strong part of the market, and what keeps them mid-table is the missing calcium figure.

What's in it

Chicken35%Leads the beef tray.
Beef20%The name on the front describes the character more than the meat split.
Salmon oil1%Marine omega 3 for a growing brain and coat. Puts fish in the allergen picture.
Mannan-oligosaccharide0.2%A yeast prebiotic.
ChicoryThe inulin in the root works as a second prebiotic.
Parsley, rosehip, mintSeasoning level.
Minerals

A modest panel of vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc at 20 mg, manganese at 2.5 mg and iodine at 0.5 mg per kilo.

No calcium figure on the label. For a large or giant breed pup, ask Butchers for it.

Named ingredients

British & Irish Farmed (Chicken 35%, Beef 20%), Salmon Oil (1%), Prebiotic (Mannan-Oligosaccharide 0.2%), Parsley, Rosehip, Chicory, Mint, Minerals.

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 35%, beef 20%; Chicken 45% and beef 10% on the chicken tray; chicken, turkey and beef on the turkey
Animals on the label: Chicken, beef, fish (oil); The turkey tray adds turkey
Analysis: Same as the range; Identical on all three

Chicken still leads it, but it carries the most beef in the range and tops it on our scoring.

Every tray is British and Irish farmed meat with each animal given its own percentage, and chicken and beef appear in all three; the turkey tray adds a third meat. Salmon oil at 1% and mannan-oligosaccharide at 0.2% follow, then parsley, rosehip, chicory and mint. No grain, potato or thickening starch anywhere. The analysis is the same on all three: protein 47.2% and fat 33.3% of dry matter, carbohydrate 7.3%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

85 kcal/100g

Protein

8.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.2%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

47.2%

Fat

33.3%

Fibre

1.1%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

7.3%

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

46.9%

Added water

17%

Veg

9.7%

Oils

Other

25.4%

Pricing & size