Country Kibble

Country Kibble Grain Free Puppy: Salmon review

Name: Country Kibble Grain Free Puppy: Salmon
Brand: Country Kibble

72.4/100Excellent

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

72.4/100Excellent

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

Salmon

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 salmon, dried salmon21%, 16%The dried salmon does more than its figure suggests.
Freshly prepared haddock11%
Freshly prepared white fish10%No species named.
Salmon stock2%
Sweet potato20%
Potato, beet pulp
Peas6%A real inclusion here, part of why fibre reads higher.
Linseed, omega 3 supplement, minerals
Asparagus0.1%
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate, nucleotides, FOS, MOS170 mg/kg down to 24 mg/kgThe same dosed set as its sibling.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine; no selenium is listed.

White fish is not named to species, which matters if you are tracking one fish.

Named ingredients

Salmon, Haddock & White Fish 60% (Freshly Prepared Salmon 21%, Dried Salmon 16%, Freshly Prepared Haddock 11%, Freshly Prepared White Fish 10% & Salmon Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (20%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Peas (6%), Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Asparagus (0.1%), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), Nucleotides, Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 96 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: Salmon, haddock, white fish; Chicken leads the other, with turkey and salmon.
Peas: 6%; 0.07% in the mixed recipe.
Ash, dry matter: 9.2%; 7.6% in the mixed recipe.
Energy: 359 kcal per 100g; 384 in the mixed recipe.

The clean choice for a pup that does not get on with poultry, though a busy one may need a little more of it.

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

359 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

42%

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

55.7%

Added water

10%

Carbs

32.1%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size