Growling Tums

Growling Tums Senior/Light review

Name: Growling Tums Senior/Light
Brand: Growling Tums

46.4/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The plainest recipe Growling Tums makes, written for older dogs and easy keepers. Rice leads at 33% with fish meal at 20% behind it, fat is held to 8.7% of dry matter and calcium is declared. It sits in our Average band because cereal takes up so much of the bag, which is nothing an owner needs to lose sleep over.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs that need the fat kept down
Stiffening dogs: glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin are all on the list
Owners who want the animal protein from the sea. Fish meal is the only meat
Dogs that have done happily on cereal-based food for years
A vitamin and mineral panel printed with doses

Worth watching

Cereal carries most of the bag, with carbohydrate at 60.9% of dry matter
Poultry fat names no single bird, so chicken cannot be ruled out
Protein at 21.7% of dry matter is on the gentle side for keeping muscle on

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

How this scores

How we score

46.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. For a dog being slimmed, treat the label's table as the top end and settle the rest on the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Growling Tums Senior/Light 46.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The first ingredient explains the placing, and the label itself does its job well even where the recipe is plain.

What's in it

Rice33%An easily digested starch, chosen for older stomachs. It takes room meat is not taking.
Fish meal20%No water left in it, so 20% counts for more than a fresh ingredient would. The fish is not named.
BarleyFibre, selenium and copper with its starch, and gluten.
Poultry fatPoultry covers chicken, duck, goose and turkey; the label picks none out.
Beet pulp, peas
Brewers yeastB vitamins and a savoury note.
YuccaMakes the other end of the process easier to live with.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitinThe right instinct for older dogs, but undosed, so count them as a bonus.
Minerals and vitamins

Vitamins A and D3 and biotin, with iron, zinc, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium all dosed in milligrams.

Named ingredients

Rice (33%), fish meal (20%), barley, poultry fat, beet pulp, peas, brewers yeast, yucca, glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin, minerals and vitamins.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

342.2 kcal/100g

Protein

20%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

5.4%

Carbs

60.9%

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

20%

Carbs

68.3%

Oils

6.8%

Other

4.9%

Pricing & size