Go Native

Go Native Puppy review

Name: Go Native Puppy
Brand: Go Native

76.7/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A salmon puppy kibble with real fish behind the front of the bag, and a place in our Excellent band. Fresh salmon at 40% and dehydrated salmon at 25% lead, with salmon oil adding 8%, and no other meat is named. The starch is held back: carbohydrate is estimated at 28.5% of dry matter against 39.0% typical for a puppy kibble.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups who take to fish more readily than poultry
A pup kept to one fish, with salmon fresh, dried and as oil
Grain-free households: the binding is potato starch, sweet potato and pea starch
Busy, quick-growing pups, at 392 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical
Skin and coat, with salmon oil at 8% and whole linseed for the omega fats

Worth watching

Hydrolysed liver protein at 1% names no species, which only a strict exclusion trial has to reckon with
No calcium figure. Get it from the maker before starting a large or giant pup
Fat declared at 22.0%, so weigh the portions for a laid-back pup

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

How this scores

How we score

76.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. A 10kg pup of four to twelve months gets through roughly 181 to 221 grams a day, so set the portion from the pack chart and check the ribs every couple of weeks.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Go Native Puppy 76.7

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The lift comes from how much of it is genuinely fish and how much restraint went into the starch.

What's in it

Fresh salmon40%
Dehydrated salmon25%The share to weigh properly: dried fish delivers more to the biscuit, pound for pound, than fresh.
Potato starch, sweet potatoStructure, not nutrition, and used sparingly. No grain anywhere.
Salmon oil8%The main omega source.
Pea starch
Whole linseed, dried seaweedPlant omega 3 with fibre attached; seaweed for iodine.
Hydrolysed liver protein1%No species given. Broken down small enough that it rarely provokes a reaction.
Sodium chloride, yeast extract, dried apple
Dried spinach, dried ginger, glucosamine, chondroitin5% and 4% fresh equivalentThe joint pair is a good sign in a growth food, but neither carries a dose.
Botanicals: alfalfa, blueberry, carrot, cranberry, marigold and othersSeasoning. The recipe stands on its fish.

A dosed panel, generous with zinc: some as the oxide and more as a chelated amino acid form, the better absorbed of the two.

No calcium figure on the label. Ask the maker before rearing a large or giant breed on it.

Named ingredients

Fresh Salmon 40%, Dehydrated Salmon 25%, Potato Starch, Sweet Potato, Salmon Oil 8%, Pea Starch, Whole Linseed, Dried Seaweed, Hydrolysed Liver Protein 1%, Sodium Chloride, Yeast Extract, Dried Apple, Dried Spinach Powder (5% fresh spinach equivalant), Dried Ginger Extract (4% fresh Ginger Equivalant), Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulphate, BOTANICALS: Alfalfa, Dried Blueberry, Dried Carrot, Dried Cranberry, Dried Marigold, Oregano, Dried Rosehip, Turmeric, Yucca schidigera.

Against the range

One grain-free puppy kibble where salmon does nearly all the animal work, fresh, dehydrated and as oil. Potato starch, sweet potato and pea starch bind it in modest amounts, and fat takes up the space the starch leaves.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

392.1 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

33%

Fat

22%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

36.7%

Fat

24.4%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

28.5%

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

66%

Carbs

21.6%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

Other

2.7%

Pricing & size