Dr John

Dr John Puppy review

Name: Dr John Puppy
Brand: Dr John

60.4/100Good

DryPuppy

A cereal-based growth kibble in our Good band, with poultry meal first and 30% of it declared as chicken. The tail puts numbers on beet pulp, salmon oil and FOS. Calcium is not printed anywhere.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies that do well on chicken
Owners who want the prebiotic weighed, with FOS at 0.625%
Coat and skin, with salmon oil at 1.25% and linseed behind it
Households comfortable with a grain-based kibble

Worth watching

No calcium figure, and large and giant growth leans hardest on it
Part of the poultry meal unnamed, plus fish from the salmon oil, so no exclusion diet on this label

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

How this scores

How we score

60.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a large-breed pup, ask Dr John for the calcium figure before you start, and move up the bag's chart as your pup grows.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Dr John Puppy 60.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Level with the typical puppy dry food on every reading: the declared tail is its best habit, the missing calcium line its largest omission.

What's in it

Poultry meal30% chicken, per the bracket. The rest of the bird goes unnamed and can shift between batches.
WheatThe cereal most often behind a sensitivity.
BarleyEasily digested once cooked.
Maize
Chicken fat
Maize glutenLifts the protein figure; harder for a dog to use than meat protein.
Beet pulp1.9%Mild, well tolerated fibre.
Salmon oil1.25%Marine omega 3, and fish on the label.
FOS0.625%A real prebiotic dose.
Minerals, linseed, yucca extract

No calcium figure and no additive panel. For a large or giant pup, ask Dr John for the calcium figure first.

Named ingredients

Poultry meal (30% chicken), wheat, barley, maize, chicken fat, maize gluten, beet pulp (1.9%), salmon oil (1.25%), FOS (0.625%), minerals, linseed, yucca extract.

Against the range

A single meat meal at the front, then three cereals and a plant protein. The tail is where the label is most useful, with a printed figure against the fibre, the fish oil and the prebiotic.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

360.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

43.4%

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

36.6%

Carbs

55.4%

Oils

4.5%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size