Green Petfood

Green Petfood InsectDog: Vitality With Insects & Duck review

Name: Green Petfood InsectDog: Vitality With Insects & Duck
Brand: Green Petfood

41.1/100Average

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

41.1/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

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

Medium

Main protein

Duck

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

RiceFirst on the list.
Insects10%
Dried duck protein10%A second named animal.
Oils and fatsNo source named.
Hydrolysed yeast, beet fibre
Yeast4%
Minerals, psyllium husks, ground chicory root0.1% (chicory)
Herbs and fruits, raspberry to fennel0.1%

The highest vitamin E dose of the five at 400 mg, L-carnitine at 300 mg, and zinc and copper as glycine chelates.

Named ingredients

Rice, insects : 10 %, dried duck protein : 10 %, oils and fats, hydrolysed yeast, beet fibre, yeast : 4 %, minerals, psyllium husks, ground chicory root (natural source of inulin) : 0.1 %, herbs, fruits (raspberry, peppermint, parsley, chokeberry, chamomile, licorice root, blueberry, marigold, fennel) : 0.1 %

Against the range

Animal: Insects and duck, 10% each; Salmon on the High Protein; insects alone on three.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 58.3%; The starchiest in the range.
Vitamin E: 400 mg; 130 mg to 350 mg on the others.

For a dog that prefers a familiar animal alongside the insects.

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

363 kcal/100g

Protein

20%

Fat

10.5%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

5.7%

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

11.4%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

6.2%

Carbs

58.3%

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

20%

Carbs

40.8%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

13.3%

Other

25.8%

Pricing & size