Country Kibble

Country Kibble Grain Free Puppy review

Name: Country Kibble Grain Free Puppy
Brand: Country Kibble

72.9/100Excellent

DryPuppy

Flavour

Two grain-free puppy recipes in our Excellent band, a step clear of the middle of the puppy dry field. Each takes 60% of the bag from animals and prints where every part of it comes from. One mixes chicken, turkey and salmon; the other stays with fish throughout.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies kept clear of poultry, on the all-fish recipe
Owners who want the full analysis, moisture included
Large and giant-breed pups, with calcium declared inside the range bone growth works to
Homes leaving cereal out, as sweet potato and potato take that job
Early joint support, dosed on both labels

Worth watching

White fish unnamed to species in the fish recipe
Chicken, turkey and salmon together in the mixed bag, so not for a single-protein plan
Carbohydrate above the typical puppy dry food, at 44.1% and 42.0% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

72.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies from toy to giant. Follow the chart for weight and expected adult size, and adjust month by month as the pup fills out.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Country Kibble Grain Free Puppy 72.9
Salmon 72.4

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The itemised meat share and a complete analysis carry both to the same place; the starch share is what keeps them from pressing higher.

What's in it

Freshly prepared chicken, dried chicken20%, 14%Dried chicken adds far more protein than its figure implies.
Freshly prepared turkey, freshly prepared salmon, dried turkey7% each
Dried salmon, chicken stock3%, 2%Completing a 60% animal share.
Sweet potato22%Leads the plant side.
Potato
Linseed, omega 3 supplementThe supplement does not name its source.
Beet pulp, minerals, vitamins
Carrot, peas0.2%, 0.07%Garnish level.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate170, 170, 125 mg/kgJoint support, dosed.
Vegetable stock, nucleotides, FOS, MOS

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium all dosed.

Three animals in the bag, chicken, turkey and salmon, so it will not serve a single-protein plan.

Named ingredients

Chicken, Turkey & Salmon 60% (including Freshly Prepared Chicken 20%, Dried Chicken 14%, Freshly Prepared Turkey 7%, Freshly Prepared Salmon 7%, Dried Turkey 7%, Dried Salmon 3% & Chicken Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (22%), Potato, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Beet Pulp, Minerals, Vitamins, Carrot (0.2%), Peas (0.07%), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), Vegetable Stock, Nucleotides, FOS (96 mg/ kg), MOS (24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: Chicken, turkey, salmon; Salmon, haddock and white fish in the fish recipe.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 44.1%; 42.0% on the fish.
Energy: 384 kcal per 100g; 359 on the fish.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.3%; 1.41% on the fish.

The one to reach for if poultry has never been an issue in your house.

Both recipes take 60% of the bag from animal ingredients and itemise every part of it, fresh, dried and stock. Sweet potato leads the plant side with potato behind it, and there is no grain. Both declare a full analysis including moisture, and calcium on each sits inside the range growth needs.

The joint and gut extras are dosed and shared: glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane at 170 mg/kg each, chondroitin sulphate at 125 mg/kg, FOS and MOS. What varies is the protein: birds and salmon in one bag, fish only in the other.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

384 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

44.1%

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

64.6%

Added water

3.1%

Carbs

28.3%

Veg

0.2%

Other

3.8%

Pricing & size