Collards

Collards Puppy Salmon & Potato review

Name: Collards Puppy Salmon & Potato
Brand: Collards

59.3/100Good

DryPuppy

The tidiest label in Collards' puppy line, and it reads in our Good band. Salmon is the only animal ingredient, at 44%, with sunflower oil in place of any animal fat. Transparency reads Outstanding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies kept to a single protein. Nothing brings in a second species by the back door
Large and giant puppies, with calcium at 1.47% of dry matter, inside the range growth works to
Owners who want the fish split out: 28% fresh salmon and 16% salmon meal
Pups that need a gentler calorie level, an estimated 358 kcal per 100g against a puppy typical of 376
Homes keeping maize and wheat out of the bowl

Worth watching

Sorghum and barley are both grains, whatever the potato in the name suggests
Potato protein at 8%, so not all of the declared protein is fish
Ash at 9.2% of dry matter with monosodium phosphate on the list, so a pup on a mineral restriction needs the panel read closely

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

How this scores

How we score

59.3/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

A growth food for puppies of every size. The bag's table stops at 12kg, so past that weigh the bowl and adjust by your pup's growth and shape.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Collards Puppy Salmon & Potato 59.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

One named fish and nothing else animal, percentages carried right down the list and a declared calcium figure put it level with the middle of the puppy shelf.

What's in it

Salmon: fresh salmon, salmon meal44% (28% and 16%)The meal is already dried, so it gives more finished protein than its share suggests.
Dried potato12%Leads the starch.
Whole sorghum, whole barley11%, 10.5%Sorghum is gluten free and barley is not, so this is lower gluten, not gluten free.
Potato protein8%A plant protein inside the total.
Whole linseed, sugar beet pulp4% eachFibre from a seed and a root.
Sunflower oilThe only added fat, so no second species.
Monosodium phosphateKeeps calcium and phosphorus in step.
Dried alfalfa, seaweed meal0.8%, 0.4%Trace minerals.
Fructo-oligosaccharide0.25%The prebiotic, from chicory root.
Salts, methionine, yucca, L-carnitine, marigold, rosemary

The vitamin and trace element panel is the one thing left unquantified, given only as nutritional additives.

The calorie figure is our estimate, not the label's, so let your pup's shape set the portion.

Named ingredients

Salmon 44% (Fresh Salmon 28%, Salmon meal 16%), Dried Potato 12%, Whole Sorghum 11%, Whole Barley 10.5%, Potato Protein 8%, Whole linseed 4%, Sugar Beet Pulp 4%, Sunflower Oil, Monosodium Phosphate, Dried Alfalfa 0.8%, Natural Seaweed Meal 0.4%, Fructo-Oligosaccharide (from chicory root extract 0.25%), Sodium chloride, Potassium chloride, Methionine, Yucca extract 0.01%, L-Carnitine, Marigold extract 0.005%, Rosemary extract 0.005%.

Against the range

One salmon puppy recipe in which salmon is the only animal on the list, fresh and as meal. Sunflower oil does the fat work, and dried potato, whole sorghum and whole barley carry the starch. Calcium is declared.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

358.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

30%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

39.2%

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

44%

Carbs

45.5%

Veg

1.2%

Oils

1.9%

Other

7.4%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £7.00 (RRP)
Pack: 2 kg resealable bag, 10 kg bag - the page lists: 2kg Salmon & Potato dry food resealable bag; 10kg Salmon & Potato dry food bag
A 15kg dog eats (our estimate): 210 to 255 g a day, 235 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £1.65

Puppy feeding runs in bodyweight steps, so the daily amount moves as your pup grows.

Premium end of the market for a dry food, and you pay more than the analysis alone would justify.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.