Growling Tums

Growling Tums Gourmet Puppy review

Name: Growling Tums Gourmet Puppy
Brand: Growling Tums

72/100Excellent

DryPuppy

Three animals on the front of the bag, and the label then shows its working on every one. It sits in our Excellent band, with protein declared at 29.0% and no grain anywhere. The gut and joint extras all come with a dose attached.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies who eat better with variety, with chicken, turkey and salmon each broken down by share
Grain-free households. Sweet potato at 19% and potato do the binding
Owners who want joint supplements in figures, glucosamine and MSM both at 170 mg/kg
An unsettled young digestion: FOS and MOS sit alongside added nucleotides
Active pups that get through a lot of food

Worth watching

Three animals, one of them salmon, so no single-protein or fish-free plan
No calcium figure, the one to ask for before rearing a large or giant breed on it
Carbohydrate at an estimated 44.1% of dry matter, above the 39.0% typical of a puppy kibble
An omega 3 supplement and a vegetable stock that name no source

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

How this scores

How we score

72/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, toy to giant. A large-breed owner should ask Growling Tums for the calcium figure first, then follow the pack's chart by age and expected adult weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Growling Tums Gourmet Puppy 72.0

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

An evenly earned position: the itemised meat and the dosed supplements lift it, and the starch share sets the ceiling.

What's in it

Chicken, turkey and salmon60%Itemised on the label. The fresh shares lose their water in cooking; the dried ones carry more than their figure suggests.
Freshly prepared chicken, dried chicken20%, 14%Chicken is the meat most often implicated in intolerance.
Turkey, fresh and dried7% eachLeaner and easily digested.
Salmon, fresh and dried, chicken stock7%, 3%, 2%The marine omega fats a growing brain and coat lean on.
Sweet potato19%A slow-release starch with fibre and beta carotene.
Potato, beet pulp
Omega 3 supplement, linseed, minerals, vitaminsThe omega 3 source is not named.
Carrots, peas, vegetable stock25gms and 8.5gms per KgDeclared honestly as equivalents. A garnish.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate170 mg/kg, 170 mg/kg, 125 mg/kgJoint support, every one dosed.
Nucleotides, FOS, MOS92 mg/kg, 23 mg/kgPrebiotics for the friendly bacteria in the large intestine.

Vitamins A and D3 with a dosed trace panel: iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium.

No calcium figure on the label, though it is listed for large and giant breed pups.

Named ingredients

Chicken, Turkey & Salmon 60% (including 20% Freshly Prepared Chicken, 14% Dried Chicken, 7% Freshly Prepared Turkey, 7% Freshly Prepared Salmon, 7% Dried Turkey, 3% Dried Salmon & 2% Chicken Stock), Sweet Potato (19%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Omega 3 Supplement, Linseed, Minerals, Vitamins, Carrots (equivalent to 25gms per Kg of product) Peas (equivalent to 8.5gms per Kg of product), Vegetable Stock, Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), Nucleotides, FOS (92 mg/kg), MOS (23 mg/kg)

Against the range

One recipe: a 60% meat share broken down by animal and by form, chicken, turkey and salmon, fresh and dried. Sweet potato and potato bind it with no grain, and every gut and joint supplement carries a dose.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

384 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

44.1%

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

65.4%

Added water

3.3%

Carbs

28.4%

Other

2.9%

Pricing & size