Growling Tums

Growling Tums Superfood Adult: Superfood Buffalo review

Name: Growling Tums Superfood Adult: Superfood Buffalo
Brand: Growling Tums

73.4/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

All four in our Excellent band, on one construction with the animal swapped. Fresh meat leads each label and the dried meat behind it does more of the work than the front of the bag suggests. The buffalo is the outlier, with three red meats and the range's only joint support.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who like the 65% animal share broken into its parts
Dogs better off cereal
Rotating proteins without changing the recipe underneath
A temperamental digestion, with prebiotic FOS and MOS in every bag
Older dogs feeling their joints, on the buffalo

Worth watching

No source for the omega 3 supplement, so none of the land-meat bags can be promised fish free
The buffalo blends buffalo with dried beef and dried lamb

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

How this scores

How we score

73.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A 15kg dog eats roughly 190 grams a day of the birds or salmon and 230 of the buffalo; let the waistline decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Buffalo

The score, in context

Superfood Chicken 75.7
Superfood Salmon 75.5
Superfood Duck 74.1
Superfood Buffalo 73.4

All four Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A large itemised animal share and a light carbohydrate load carry all four, so the choice is which protein your dog gets on with.

What's in it

Buffalo, lamb and beef: Italian buffalo 35%, dried beef 14.5%, dried lamb 10%, lamb fat 4%, lamb gravy 1.5%65%A blend of three red meats.
Sweet potato
Beans
Dried superfood blend: basil, blackberry, turmeric, flaxseed, appleEach item equivalent to 4% fresh, so the blend sits well below the beans.
Beet pulpSoluble and insoluble fibre.
Omega 3 supplement, mineralsNo source given.
FOS, MOS192 mg/kg and 48 mg/kg
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate170, 170 and 125 mg/kgThe only joint support in the range.
Olive extract0.01%

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, all dosed, the minerals as sulphates.

Dried beef and dried lamb sit behind the buffalo, so this does not rule out a single red meat.

Named ingredients

65% Buffalo, Lamb & Beef (35% Freshly Prepared Italian Buffalo, 14.5% Dried Beef, 10% Dried Lamb, 4% Lamb Fat, 1.5% Lamb Gravy), Sweet Potato, Beans, Dried Superfood Blend* (including Basil, Blackberry, Turmeric, Flaxseed, Apple), Beet Pulp, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Fructooligosaccharides (FOS, 192 mg/kg), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS, 48 mg/kg), Olive Extract (0.01%). *Each equivalent to 4% Fresh Ingredients

Against the range

Meat: Buffalo, beef, lamb; One animal on each of the other three.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 27.7%; The lowest; the others run 36.4% to 37.5%.
Protein, dry matter: 39.1%; 31.5% to 34.8% on the others.
Joint support: Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin; None on the other three.

The richest in meat and the one to pick for an older dog's joints.

Every bag declares 65% animal content and itemises it, with freshly prepared meat at 35% and dried meat close behind. Sweet potato and beans take the place of cereal, beet pulp supplies the fibre, and a dried superfood blend, FOS at 192 mg/kg, MOS at 48 mg/kg and olive extract finish each list.

Carbohydrate converts to between 27.7% and 37.5% of dry matter, where the typical adult dry food runs at 46.2%. The omega 3 supplement gives no source on any label.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

362 kcal/100g

Protein

36%

Fat

16%

Fibre

5.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

39.1%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

27.7%

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

77.2%

Carbs

15.2%

Other

7.6%

Pricing & size