Growling Tums

Growling Tums Gourmet Senior review

Name: Growling Tums Gourmet Senior
Brand: Growling Tums

62.3/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A Good senior fish kibble that keeps the fat down and prints its extras. Fat converts to 8.7% of dry matter, and L-Carnitine is dosed at 480 mg per kilo. Glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin come with their doses too, so you can see exactly what the joints are getting.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs carrying a little too much
Stiffening seniors: glucosamine and MSM at 170 mg and chondroitin at 125 mg per kilo
Dogs kept off land meat, as trout and salmon are the only animals here
One bag for any build, toy to giant
A senior bowl with no cereal, sweet potato and potato carrying the starch

Worth watching

Pea protein and potato protein lift the protein figure without matching fish for quality
Vegetable gravy at 2% names no plant
Carbohydrate is estimated at 51.6% of dry matter, above the typical dry food

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

How this scores

How we score

62.3/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size. An older dog doing less often needs less than the table says, so let the waistline decide the portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Trout

The score, in context

Growling Tums Gourmet Senior 62.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Open labelling props the score up, while a carb-heavy analysis and two plant proteins hold the nutrition and protein readings at Average.

What's in it

Freshly prepared trout30%The oven takes a lot of water out, so this is not 30% of what lands in the bowl.
Sweet potato24%Leads a grain-free plant side.
Dried salmon11%The fish entry that carries furthest into the finished kibble.
Potato, peas, sugar beet pulp
Freshly prepared salmon, salmon gravy4%, 2%
Pea protein, potato proteinProcessing by-products. A dog takes less from plant protein than from fish.
Whole linseed, salmon oilSalmon oil 3%The salmon oil gives marine omega 3 an older dog can use straight away; linseed adds the plant form.
Vitamins and minerals, vegetable gravyGravy 2%The gravy names no plant.
Asparagus7.5g per kilo of food.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate, FOS, MOSAll dosed per kilo: 170 mg, 170 mg, 125 mg, then 92 mg and 23 mg for the gut bacteria.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, L-Carnitine at 480mg to help burn fat stores while keeping lean muscle, and five trace minerals as sulphates and iodate, each dosed.

Calcium converts to 1.09% of dry matter, a comfortable level for an adult or older dog.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Trout (30%), Sweet Potato (24%), Dried Salmon (11%), Potato, Peas, Sugar Beet Pulp, Freshly Prepared Salmon (4%), Pea Protein, Whole Linseed, Salmon Oil (3%), Potato Protein, Salmon Gravy (2%), Vitamins & Minerals, Vegetable Gravy (2%), Asparagus (equivalent to 7.5g per Kg of product), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), FOS (92 mg/kg), MOS (23 mg/kg).

Against the range

One senior kibble built on fish, with trout and salmon the only animals on the label. The base is grain free, led by sweet potato at 24%, and the joint, gut and L-Carnitine extras all carry doses per kilo.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

340 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

51.6%

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

47%

Added water

Carbs

46.3%

Oils

Other

1.7%

Pricing & size