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Growling Tums Adult: Luscious Lamb & Rice review

Name: Growling Tums Adult: Luscious Lamb & Rice
Brand: Growling Tums

56.8/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Three no-frills kibbles built to one short, easy plan, with the trace element panel printed in full. The lamb and the salmon sit in our Good band alongside the typical adult dry food, and the chicken lands a step down in Average. Feeding more than one dog makes food this straightforward appealing.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Multi-dog households, with bags up to 20kg on two recipes
Dogs that hold condition easily, as fat runs from 8.0% to 12.0%
Steady middle-aged dogs that do better on a moderate bowl
Red-meat lovers: lamb meat meal at a minimum of 26%
Fish lovers, with fresh salmon, salmon meal and salmon oil in one recipe

Worth watching

Poultry fat names a family and not a bird, so a strict elimination diet has nothing to anchor to
Chicken on the front, but poultry meal on the list
Fishmeal in the chicken and salmon throughout the salmon, so neither is fish free
No calcium figure on any of the three

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

How this scores

How we score

56.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Feed to the ribs and adjust from the bag's guide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Luscious Lamb 56.8
Scrumptious Salmon 52.6
Comforting Chicken 46.4

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

What the labels name and what the analyses carry decide the order, and the unnamed poultry meal is most of why the chicken finishes lowest.

What's in it

Lamb meat mealmin 26%Names its species. Meal holds its weight through the oven.
Ricemin 26%
Barley
Brewer's yeast
Poultry fatThe only other animal entry, and unnamed.
Beet pulp
Yucca, minerals and vitamins

Vitamins A and D3 with iron, zinc, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, each printed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Lamb meat meal (min 26%), rice (min 26%), barley, brewers yeast, poultry fat, beet pulp, yucca, minerals and vitamins.

Against the range

Fish: None; Fishmeal in the chicken, salmon throughout the salmon.
List length: Shortest in the range; The others add oats or a second fat source.
Protein, declared: 22.0%; 20.0% on the chicken, 23.0% on the salmon.

The fish-free choice of the three, and the top scorer.

Every recipe follows one plan: a meat entry and a carbohydrate entry each declared at a minimum of 26%, then cereal or potato, beet pulp, yucca and the vitamin and mineral pack. A minimum is honest as far as it goes, and the true share may sit higher.

The meat forms differ. The chicken uses poultry meal, the lamb uses lamb meat meal, and the salmon pairs fresh salmon with salmon meal. Poultry fat is the added fat in all three. The trace element panel is shared and every figure is printed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

353.1 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

55.5%

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

26%

Carbs

57.2%

Oils

5.2%

Other

11.6%

Pricing & size