Canidae Pure Foundations Puppy Formula review

Canidae Pure Foundations Puppy Formula settles into our Good band, comfortably inside the mark, and the middle of the puppy dry field sits in that same band. Its transparency pillar reads Excellent, with nutritional balance and protein and processing each reading Good. The meat share is stated honestly, but the legumes and potatoes are doing a real share of the lifting.

Ingredients, as declared: Chicken (18%), Menhaden Fish Meal (18%), Lentils (18%), Peas (18%), Potatoes, Dried Whole Egg (5%), Chicken Fat, Suncured Alfalfa, Flaxseed, Gravy.

Chicken at 18% and menhaden fish meal at 18% open the list together. The fish meal has already been dried, so its share travels further into the finished kibble than the chicken above it, and naming the species is more than a good many labels bother to do. Protein is declared at 30.0%, which converts to 33.3% of dry matter.

Lentils at 18% and peas at 18% sit either side of potatoes and between them carry the starch. Carbohydrate is estimated at 36.5% as fed, or 40.7% of dry matter, close to the 39.0% typical of a puppy dry food. That is a recipe where the plants are pulling real weight.

Dried whole egg at 5% is welcome in a growth food, being about as complete a protein as an ingredient list can carry. Chicken fat supplies the energy, flaxseed brings plant omega 3, and suncured alfalfa adds a modest amount of fibre.

Fat is declared at 12.0%, or 13.3% of dry matter, which is restrained for a puppy food, and the energy estimate of 335 kcal per 100g follows from that. Set against the 376 typical it means slightly bigger bowls for the same growth, which suits a pup who eats calmly rather than one who empties the dish in seconds.

There is no calcium figure in the analysis, and for a large or giant breed owner that is the line that matters most. Canidae lists the food for puppies of every size, so a big pup's owner will need to ask the maker for that number. For small and medium pups the question is a much quieter one, since their growth is over sooner and their frames are far more forgiving.

Sold in 1.8kg and 10.8kg bags.

Growth portions shift every month, and they shift again with the adult size your pup is heading for. Lean on the feeding chart and let their waistline fine-tune the amount.