Exe Valley

Exe Valley Essential Range Puppy: Turkey review

Name: Exe Valley Essential Range Puppy: Turkey
Brand: Exe Valley

63.8/100Good

DryPuppy

A plainly built growth kibble that runs on turkey and nothing else. Turkey meal opens the list at 33%, and the analysis is printed down to the ash line with calcium declared, which many puppy labels skip. It lands in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies kept to turkey alone
Owners who look for a calcium line on a growth food
Small and medium breed pups
Every part named, down to the alfalfa, seaweed and chicory, each with its measure

Worth watching

Rice, barley and oats, so no use in a grain free or gluten avoiding household
Calcium at 1.96% of dry matter is above what large breed growth plans usually work to: talk to your vet first for a pup who will finish large

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

How this scores

How we score

63.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies. The daily amount climbs through the first months and then levels off, so start from the maker's chart and adjust to the shape of the pup in front of you.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 63.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It settles just above the middle of the puppy field, held there by how much cereal and potato protein carry the bowl, with no single failing to point at.

What's in it

Turkey meal33%Water gone before the mix, so this third of the label reaches the kibble close to the printed figure.
Rice26%Leads the starch side.
Barley, oatsBarley carries gluten.
Rapeseed oilOne of the better vegetable oils, low in saturated fat.
Linseed3%Plant omega 3.
Potato proteinLifts the protein figure, and is less digestible and complete for a growing dog than meat protein. Keep it in view when reading the 29.0% on the front.
Turkey gravyPalatability, from the same bird.
Beet pulpA gentle, well tolerated fibre.
Alfalfa, minerals, seaweed, chicory1%, 0.5%, 0.3%Seaweed brings iodine; chicory brings inulin.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine, and selenium as sodium selenite, the industry's standard form.

Calcium at 1.96% of dry matter suits small and medium pups. For a large or giant breed, take the figure to your vet first.

Named ingredients

Turkey Meal (33%), Rice (26%), Barley, Oats, Rapeseed Oil, Linseed (3%), Potato Protein, Turkey Gravy, Beet Pulp, Alfalfa (1%), Minerals, Seaweed (0.5%), Chicory (0.3%).

Against the range

Turkey is the only animal on the label, as meal and as gravy. Rice, barley and oats carry the starch, potato protein lifts the protein line, and calcium is declared.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

353.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

41.3%

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

35.6%

Carbs

55.9%

Veg

1.8%

Oils

3.1%

Other

3.6%

Pricing & size