Carnilove

Carnilove Active Junior Large Breed review

Name: Carnilove Active Junior Large Breed
Brand: Carnilove

76.5/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A grain-free salmon and turkey kibble for big youngsters still filling out, and a well-made one, in our Excellent band. Protein is declared at 34.0% and the whole additive panel is in print, calcium included. That calcium reads high for large-breed growth, so this is a food to measure out.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Big juniors with plenty of go in them, at 364 kcal per 100g
Pups who suit fish: fresh salmon opens the recipe and salmon oil sits further down
Grain-free homes, as yellow peas and chickpeas take the place of cereal
Owners who read every line. Vitamins, minerals and calcium are all printed
Juniors on plenty of exercise, with taurine at 1,500 mg/kg and choline chloride at 2,400 mg/kg

Worth watching

Calcium at 1.67% of dry matter, above where large-breed growth plans normally sit
Salmon, turkey and beef fat together, so no single-protein plan here
Hydrolysed liver at 3% names no animal, the entry to query on a strict exclusion diet

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

How this scores

How we score

76.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large-breed puppies. Feed to the guide and keep the youngster lean, and talk to your vet first if the breed has a known joint history.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Carnilove Active Junior Large Breed 76.5

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Meat leading the list, a moderate starch load and a fully printed panel carry this one well clear of the typical puppy kibble.

What's in it

Fresh salmon26%Goes in with its water and cooks down.
Turkey protein24%Arrives dry, so it gives more to the kibble than second place suggests.
Yellow peasLead the plant side.
Beef fat8.5%Carries most of the energy, and puts beef into the food.
Turkey hydrolysed protein7.5%
Dried apple pulp, pea protein, pea flour, chickpeas, pumpkin, carrotsThe pea protein and pea flour add plant protein to the declared total.
Hydrolysed liver3%Names no animal.
Linseed, salmon oil1% salmon oilThe omega 3 that growing brains and coats draw on.
Sea buckthorn, ginger, blueberries, rosemary, cranberries, thyme0.2% down to 0.1%Flavour and shelf life.
Crustacean shells, chicory root, cartilage extract, brewer's yeast, yucca0.022% down to 0.0085%Glucosamine, FOS, chondroitin and MOS sources, given as recipe shares. Light support.

A full panel in mg/kg, with taurine at 1,500, choline chloride at 2,400 and vitamin E at 530 among the doses.

Calcium converts to 1.67% of dry matter, above the large-breed growth range. Feed to the guide, never to appetite.

Named ingredients

Fresh salmon (26%), turkey protein (24%), yellow peas, beef fat (8.5%), turkey hydrolysed protein (7.5%), dried apple pulp, pea protein, hydrolysed liver (3%), chickpeas, linseed, pumpkin, salmon oil (1%), carrots, potassium chloride, pea flour, dried sea buckthorn (0.2%), dried ginger root (0.1%), dried blueberries (0.1%), dried rosemary (0.1%), dried cranberries (0.1%), dried thyme (0.1%), hydrolysed crustacean shells (source of glucosamine, 0.022%), chicory root (source of fructo-oligosaccharides, 0.0163%), cartilage extract (source of chondroitin, 0.014%), brewer's yeast (source of mannan-oligosaccharides, 0.013%), Mojave yucca (0.0085%).

Against the range

Fresh salmon at 26% and turkey protein at 24% head the list, with hydrolysed turkey and liver behind them. Yellow peas and chickpeas stand in for grain. Calcium is printed and converts to 1.67% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

364.1 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

14%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

7.4%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

37.8%

Fat

15.6%

Fibre

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

34.4%

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

60.5%

Carbs

21.3%

Veg

6.3%

Oils

9.5%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size