Fish4Dogs

Fish4Dogs Finest Puppy Complete: Finest Salmon review

Name: Fish4Dogs Finest Puppy Complete: Finest Salmon
Brand: Fish4Dogs

66.9/100Good

DryPuppy

Flavour

A fish-led growth kibble in two recipes, both in our Good band. Fish arrives twice on each label, fresh and as salmon meal, and nothing else animal appears. The gap is calcium: neither bag prints it, which matters most for a big pup.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups that do better on fish than on poultry or red meat
Grain-free households. A root vegetable and pea starch bind the kibble
Skin and coat, with salmon oil declared on both bags
Owners who like a moisture line on the panel, so the rest can be read properly
Taurine printed as a dose, at 1 g per kilo

Worth watching

No calcium figure on either recipe, the line large breed growth depends on most
Carbohydrate at 42.1% of dry matter against the 39.0% typical puppy dry food
Only iodine named in the mineral panel; the rest sits under minerals

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

How this scores

How we score

66.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Use the chart on the bag, weigh the food out, and let your pup's waistline settle the final amount.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Finest Salmon 66.9
White fish 57.7

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The fish content is good and the panel honestly printed; the starch share and the missing calcium and mineral lines are what hold both recipes back.

What's in it

Salmon28%Fresh, so it sheds much of its weight in baking.
Sweet potato26%The starch, with a little more fibre and beta carotene than plain potato.
Salmon meal20%Already dried, so its protein comes through to the kibble.
Pea starchBinds the kibble.
Salmon oil8%Marine omega 3 for brain and eye development.
Beet pulpA well tolerated fibre.
Brewers yeastB vitamins.
Sunflower oil
MineralsNot listed individually.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, taurine at 1 g and iodine at 1.6 mg per kilo, kept fresh with tocopherol-rich extracts.

No calcium figure on the label, the number a large or giant breed pup's growth depends on most.

Named ingredients

Salmon (28%), Sweet Potato (26%), Salmon Meal (20%), Pea Starch, Salmon Oil (8%), Beet Pulp, Brewers Yeast, Sunflower Oil, Minerals.

Against the range

Fish: Salmon only; The white fish bag adds salmon meal and oil to white fish.
Root: Sweet potato, 26%; Potato at 20% in the white fish.
Salmon oil: 8%; 10% in the white fish.

For a pup kept to one fish and nothing else, this is the bag.

Two recipes, both fish only: fresh fish at the top and salmon meal a few places down, which together lift protein to 32.6% of dry matter. Salmon oil is declared at its own percentage on each. Pea starch and a root vegetable bind the kibble and neither bag carries a cereal.

Both print the same analysis, with moisture at 8.0% and carbohydrate at an estimated 42.1% of dry matter. What varies is the lead fish (salmon or white fish), the root (sweet potato or potato) and the oil share.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

381 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

14%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

42.1%

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

48%

Carbs

40.2%

Oils

9.2%

Other

2.6%

Pricing & size