Darf

Darf Complete Puppy review

Name: Darf Complete Puppy
Brand: Darf

74.2/100Excellent

Cold pressedPuppy

A low-temperature pressed food aimed at growth, and an Excellent one on our scale. Four animals share a 60% meat block, every entry carries a percentage, and the calcium level is judged well enough to suit a large-breed puppy.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies growing into large and giant frames, as the calcium level is pitched for them
Owners who want variety for a young dog, with four animals in the meat
Small puppies with small stomachs. At 434 kcal per 100g the portion stays modest
Families moving a litter onto solid food who would sooner avoid high-heat kibble

Worth watching

Beef, chicken, lamb and goat are all in, so it cannot keep a pup clear of a named meat
Krill puts a marine ingredient in the pellet

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

How this scores

How we score

74.2/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. A 10kg pup between four and twelve months works out at roughly 163 to 200 grams a day on our estimate, so keep the scales out as it grows.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Darf Complete Puppy 74.2

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The itemised meat block and a percentage against every entry lift it, with nutritional balance the one pillar at Average.

What's in it

Beef18%
Chicken necks12%The bone entry, doing real structural work in a growth food.
Lamb, chicken9% each
Goat3%Unusual on a British label, and a lean red meat.
Beef heart, beef lung, beef liver3% eachLiver for vitamin A, copper and the B group; heart adds taurine.
Dried carrot, dried apple15%, 14%Part of what holds the pellet together.
Millet5%The only grain, and no wheat.
Krill2%A marine ingredient.
Coconut oil, nettle2%, 1%

A vitamin and mineral supplement at 0.5%, declared as one inclusion, so the doses are taken on the maker's word.

Named ingredients

60% meat (18% beef, 12% chicken necks, 9% lamb, 9% chicken, 3% goat, 3% beef heart, 3% beef lung, 3% beef liver), 15% dried carrot, 14% dried apple, 5% millet, 2% krill, 2% coconut oil, 1% nettle

Against the range

Meat makes up 60% of the pellet, spread across beef, chicken, lamb and goat, with chicken necks for bone and beef heart, lung and liver for the organ share. Dried carrot, dried apple and millet hold the pellet together with no wheat. Calcium converts to 1.03% of dry matter, and the vitamins and minerals are declared as one inclusion.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

433.5 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.62%

Ash

5.13%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.5%

Fat

13.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

5.2%

Carbs

52.3%

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

62.6%

Carbs

5.1%

Veg

30.3%

Oils

Pricing & size