Feedwell

Feedwell Puppy review

Name: Feedwell Puppy
Brand: Feedwell

38/100Average

DryPuppy

An old-fashioned growth kibble with a six-item recipe, landing in our Average band. Milk and egg are genuinely useful things to find in a young dog's bowl. The label does not name the animal behind the meat meal, though, or print any figure beyond protein, fat and fibre.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies that take well to milk and egg alongside their meat
Owners raising working pups. The largest sack carries the maker's working puppy name
Households that prefer a short, familiar recipe with nothing unusual in it
Pups already settled on a maize-based kibble
A simple, traditional meal without a wall of ingredients

Worth watching

Meat meal with no species, which rules out a proper elimination diet
Soya oil, for a pup that has reacted to soya before
Maize and milk powder, so not for a grain-free or dairy-free home
No calcium, ash or moisture figure, and calcium is what large breed growth leans on hardest

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

How this scores

How we score

38/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Weigh against the maker's chart and re-check every fortnight or so as the pup fills out, and ask Feedwell about the zinc figure before buying in quantity.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Feedwell Puppy 38.0

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

How little the label declares decides this one: a maize-led recipe around an unnamed meat meal, and an analysis that stops after fibre.

What's in it

Whole maizeDigestible once cooked, but starch does more of the work here than meat.
Meat mealA solid protein source with no animal named, so the species cannot be pinned down from the pack.
Soya oilThe added fat. Carries far less of the plant's protein than soya meal would.
Milk powderHighly digestible protein that suits a young digestion. Puts dairy on the allergen picture.
Whole egg powder
Vitamins and minerals

Iron, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium dosed per kilo, though zinc at 14 mg reads strikingly low beside manganese at 80.64 mg, as if the two were printed the wrong way round.

Zinc at 14 mg per kilo is low for a growth kibble. Ask the maker before buying in quantity.

No calcium figure on the label. For a large breed pup, ask Feedwell for it.

Named ingredients

Whole maize, meat meal, soya oil, milk powder, whole egg powder, vitamins and minerals

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

338.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

2.2%

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

37.1%

Carbs

44.7%

Oils

9.5%

Other

8.7%

Pricing & size