Growling Tums

Growling Tums Puppy review

Name: Growling Tums Puppy
Brand: Growling Tums

61.3/100Good

DryPuppy

A chicken growth kibble on a conventional cereal base, with a longer list of extras than most bags at this end of the market, and a Good result in our scoring. The declared calcium converts to 1.3% of dry matter. That is where a growing skeleton wants it, whatever size the pup is heading for.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies that do well on chicken, with dried chicken heading the recipe at 30%
A big pup's owner who checks the calcium line first
One bag for a pup of any build, toy to giant
Steady eaters: 377 kcal per 100g, level with the typical puppy kibble
Coat and skin support from linseeds, egg powder and salmon oil

Worth watching

Rice at 19% and maize at 18% right behind the chicken make this a conventional cereal base
Glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin with no dose printed
Neither the dried fish nor the poultry fat is pinned to a species

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

How this scores

How we score

61.3/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Take the amount from the bag's growth chart, then let what you feel over the ribs settle the rest.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Growling Tums Puppy 61.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The label tells you a great deal and then builds its base from cereal, and the readings say exactly that.

What's in it

Chicken dried30%No water waiting to cook away, so it is worth more than a fresh figure.
Rice19%
Maize18%
Oats
Poultry fatNo bird named.
Beet pulp
Fish dried, chicken gravyThe fish is unnamed and a second animal protein.
Linseeds, egg powder, brewers yeast, salmon oilPlant and marine omega 3, so the coat gets both; yeast for B vitamins.
Minerals and vitamins, yucca extract
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitinListed, but with no dose their part cannot be judged from the bag.

Vitamins A and D3, with zinc, iron and copper each paired as an amino acid chelate and a sulphate, plus manganese, iodine and selenium.

Named ingredients

Chicken Dried (30%), Rice (19%), Maize (18%), Oats, Poultry Fat, Beet Pulp, Fish Dried, Chicken Gravy, Linseeds, Egg Powder, Brewers Yeast, Salmon Oil, Minerals and Vitamins, Yucca extract, glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin, minerals and vitamins.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

376.8 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

9.2%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

10%

Carbs

39%

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

37.3%

Carbs

56.5%

Oils

4.7%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size