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Green Petfood InsectDog: High Protein With Insects & Salmon review

Name: Green Petfood InsectDog: High Protein With Insects & Salmon
Brand: Green Petfood

57.8/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Complete dry food built on insect protein, which almost no dog has met before. Five recipes share that base, from High Protein in our Good band to four in Average. For a dog whose system has fallen out with conventional meat, the quietest recipe here may still be the right one.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that have worked through chicken, beef and lamb without success
Owners who want a lower-impact protein in a complete dry food
Rotation within one base and one feeding system
Older dogs, taurine and L-carnitine dosed on every panel
Big dogs, several feeding tables running to 80kg

Worth watching

No insect species named, and unnamed oils and fats, enough to unpick a strict elimination trial
No zinc, copper or selenium on the High Protein panel
Starch carrying the Sensitive and Vitality, at 57.0% and 58.3% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

57.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors, the sizes varying by recipe and the Mini for small dogs. A 15kg dog eats about 225 grams a day on most recipes; match the size listing to your dog before choosing a bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

High Protein 57.8
Mini 47.7
Vitality 41.1
Sensitive 36.8
Hypoallergenic 32.9

Five recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The more of the bowl that comes from a named animal, the higher a recipe lands; none of that measures the job these foods are built for.

What's in it

Insects20%A protein almost no dog has met. The species is not named.
Pea flourStarch and concentrated plant protein.
Dried salmon protein18%
Dried red lentil, dried tapiocaThe grain-free build.
Oils and fatsNo source named.
Beet fibre, partially hydrolysed yeast, apple fibreGut support in small amounts.
Minerals, carob meal
Hydrolysed fish proteinA palatant, and more fish.
Psyllium husks, ground chicory rootSoluble fibre and inulin.

The full B group, vitamin C, taurine at 1.500 mg and L-carnitine, with no zinc, copper or selenium on the published panel.

The published additive panel lists no zinc, copper or selenium, where the other four print all three.

Named ingredients

Insects : 20 %, pea flour (natural source of amino acids), dried salmon protein : 18 %, dried red lentil, oils and fats, dried tapioca, beet fibre, partially hydrolysed yeast, minerals, apple fibre, carob meal, hydrolysed fish protein, psyllium husks, ground chicory root (natural source of inulin)

Against the range

Animal: Insects 20%, salmon protein 18%; Insects alone or with duck on the others.
Protein, dry matter: 32.6%; 21.7% to 27.2% on the others.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 38.8%; The lowest here; up to 58.3%.

The meatiest build in the range, and as much a fish food as an insect one.

Every recipe is built on insect protein, at 10% to 20%, and none names the insect. Some pair it with salmon or duck; the rest keep the animal side to insects alone. The plant side varies most: pea flour, lentil and tapioca in the grain-free builds, potato and sweet potato in two, rice leading the Sensitive and Vitality.

Unnamed oils and fats appear on four of the five, poultry fat on the Mini. Taurine and L-carnitine are dosed on every panel, and no label declares moisture, so the dry matter figures rest on an assumed 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

368.2 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

7.4%

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

Carbs

38.8%

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

38.5%

Carbs

49.7%

Veg

0.9%

Oils

5.5%

Other

5.4%

Pricing & size