Carnilove

Carnilove True Fresh Junior Large Breed review

Name: Carnilove True Fresh Junior Large Breed
Brand: Carnilove

66.2/100Good

DryPuppy

A Good duck-led growth kibble for big pups, on a grain-free base of yellow peas, chickpeas and red lentils. The joint supplements carry their doses. Calcium is declared, which plenty of large breed foods skip, but it converts above the level those growth plans usually aim for.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Big-framed puppies, the size the recipe is built for
A grain-free bowl, pulses carrying the starch
Joint support named with doses: glucosamine at 0.022%, chondroitin at 0.014%
Gut support spelled out, chicory root and brewer's yeast for the prebiotics
Steady growers, at 360 kcal per 100g against a typical 376

Worth watching

Calcium at 1.67% of dry matter, above where large breed growth plans usually work, so a pup heading for a giant frame wants a plan agreed with your vet
Beef fat, salmon oil and an unnamed liver alongside the duck, so no use for a strict elimination diet
Egg shells on the list

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

How this scores

How we score

66.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed puppies. The bag's chart runs by age and expected adult size; weigh meals against it and let body condition settle the call.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Carnilove True Fresh Junior Large Breed 66.2

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Three pillars come back Good and nothing leans on a single strength; the calcium line, not the ingredients, holds it back.

What's in it

Fresh duck60%Weighed with its water, so less reaches the kibble than the front suggests.
Yellow peasMost of the binding.
Beef fat, hydrolysed liver3% eachThe liver names no animal.
Linseed, chickpeas3% (chickpeas)
Pea protein, pea flourPlant protein where more meat could have gone, on a food already leaning on peas.
Pumpkin, salmon oil2% eachSalmon oil splits the fat between land and sea.
Red lentils, dried apple pulp, carrots1% (apple)
Egg shells, potassium chloride, sodium chlorideMuch of the calcium comes from here.
Sea buckthorn, ginger, blueberries, rosemary, cranberries, thyme0.2% down to 0.1%Garnish.
Crustacean shells, chicory root, cartilage extract, brewer's yeast, yucca0.022% down to 0.0085%The joint and prebiotic pairs.

A full vitamin and trace mineral panel, with taurine at 1,500 mg and choline chloride at 2,400 mg per kilo.

Calcium converts to 1.67% of dry matter, above what large breed growth plans generally aim for.

Named ingredients

Fresh duck (60%), yellow peas, beef fat (3%), hydrolysed liver (3%), linseed, chickpeas (3%), pea protein, pumpkin (2%), salmon oil (2%), red lentils, dried apple pulp (1%), carrots, egg shells, potassium chloride,sodium 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

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

359.6 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

14%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

7.7%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

31.1%

Fat

15.6%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

40.5%

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

64.2%

Carbs

21.5%

Veg

4.2%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size