Growling Tums

Growling Tums Adult Small Breed review

Name: Growling Tums Adult Small Breed
Brand: Growling Tums

46.1/100Average

DryAdult

A plain, old-fashioned kibble for little dogs, sitting in our Average band. Poultry meal and rice open the list in equal measure, and neither the meat nor the fat is pinned to a bird. What it does well is the print: a mineral panel dosed in milligrams.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adults raised on meat meal and cereal kibble and doing fine on it
Owners who like the additions dosed in print, down to selenium at 0.3 mg per kilo
Dogs that digest rice, barley and oats comfortably
Fussy little eaters. Fishmeal and brewer's yeast both make the bowl smell worth finishing

Worth watching

Poultry meal and poultry fat name a family, no bird, so the label cannot clear chicken
Fishmeal on the list, so it is not fish free
Carbohydrate estimated at 55.5% of dry matter against protein at 21.7%, which suits a steady little dog more than a working one

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

How this scores

How we score

46.1/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. No calcium figure is declared, so keep it to the grown dogs in the house.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

The score, in context

Growling Tums Adult Small Breed 46.1

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The score is held back by meat that never names a bird and cereal that matches the animal side, while the label itself is unusually open.

What's in it

Poultry mealmin 26%Meal is the form you want at the top: the water is gone before it reaches the mixer. Poultry covers chicken, duck, goose and turkey, and can change between batches.
Ricemin 26%Matches the meat share.
Barley, oatsEasy starch. Oats bring fibre; barley carries gluten.
Poultry fatNo bird named here either.
Beet pulpDoes the fibre work.
FishmealThe second animal source, concentrated and strongly savoury. It rules out a fish free bowl.
Brewer's yeastB vitamins and a savoury note.
YuccaUsually there to make the garden easier to live with.
Minerals and vitamins

Iron, zinc, manganese and copper as sulphates, the plainer form, with iodine and sodium selenite, all dosed per kilo on the pack.

No calcium figure declared, so this bag is for adult dogs, not a growing puppy.

Named ingredients

Poultry meal (min 26%), Rice (min 26%), barley, oats, poultry fat, beet pulp, fishmeal, brewers yeast, yucca, minerals and vitamins.

Against the range

One recipe. Poultry meal and rice share the top of the list at a minimum of 26% each, with barley and oats behind them and fishmeal as a second animal source further down. The added minerals are sulphates, dosed per kilo on the pack.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

346.2 kcal/100g

Protein

20%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

9.8%

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

65.4%

Oils

4.3%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size