Greenwoods

Greenwoods Dry: A Whole Lotta Lamb with Potatoes review

Name: Greenwoods Dry: A Whole Lotta Lamb with Potatoes
Brand: Greenwoods

52.8/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A short label done properly, with three grain free recipes in our Good band. Every ingredient carries its own percentage, from the meat down to the last pinch of dried pumpkin. The beef is the one to pick for a single animal; the other two bring poultry in behind the headline meat.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who read labels closely
Dogs kept off grain
Rotation feeders. Only the animal changes between recipes
Keen and fussy eaters, with fresh meat opening every label at 28% or better
Dogs that need beef and nothing else, in Beef Beef Hooray

Worth watching

Unnamed poultry in the lamb and turkey, so use the beef for a strict elimination plan
No calcium figure on any of the three, the number to have for a big youngster
Energy dense, so a sofa supervisor wants the low end of the guide

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

How this scores

How we score

52.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The labels put a 15kg adult at 190 to 265 grams a day; let the ribs settle where in that range.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Ready Steady Turkey 64.7
Beef Beef Hooray 62.6
A Whole Lotta Lamb 52.8

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The spread inside the range comes down to construction: the beef and turkey carry more protein and less starch than the lamb.

What's in it

Fresh lamb28.0%Brings a lot of water, which the oven drives off.
Dried poultry protein22.6%No bird named, so this is lamb led, not lamb only.
Potato flakes18.8%
Potato starch17.9%A binder first and a nutrient second; part of why this recipe is starchier.
Desugared beet pulp5.7%Fibre, with the sugar already taken out.
Poultry fat4.5%
Dried cranberries, dried spinach1.0% each
Hydrolysed dried poultry liver0.5%A palatant, doing nothing to the nutrition at that share.

The B group dosed one by one, choline chloride declared and zinc at 127mg per kilo; selenium comes as sodium selenite, the commoner form.

Dried poultry protein sits behind the lamb, so it will not serve a strict elimination plan.

Named ingredients

28.0% fresh lamb, 22.6% poultry protein (dried), 18.8% potato flakes, 17.9% potato starch, 5.7% beet pulp (desugared), 4.5% poultry fat, 1.0% cranberries (dried), 1.0% spinach (dried), 0.5% poultry liver (hydrolysed and dried)

Against the range

Starch: Potato flakes and potato starch; Lentils on the beef, sweet potato and peas on the turkey
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 45.5%; 42.4% and 42.3% on the others
Protein, dry matter: 27.4%; Lowest of the three

The starchiest of the three, for a dog that does well on lamb.

Three grain free recipes built to one plan: fresh meat first, a dried protein behind it, then potato, sweet potato, lentils or peas for the starch and desugared beet pulp for fibre. A percentage is printed against every ingredient. The vitamin and mineral panel is dosed in full, B group included.

Fat comes from the animal in each: poultry fat in the lamb and turkey, beef fat in the beef. Moisture is not declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%. Only the turkey adds DL-methionine.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

375.3 kcal/100g

Protein

25.2%

Fat

15.1%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.5%

Dry weight

Protein

27.4%

Fat

16.4%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

45.5%

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

51.1%

Carbs

42.4%

Veg

Oils

4.5%

Other

Pricing & size