Healthy Paws

Healthy Paws Puppy review

Name: Healthy Paws Puppy
Brand: Healthy Paws

58.4/100Good

DryPuppy

A turkey growth kibble that keeps the meat side of its label admirably simple, with turkey the only land animal from the dried meat to the stock. Calcium is generous for a food offered to every size of puppy. It sits in our Good band, level with the middle of the puppy dry field.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies raised on turkey, the only land meat here
Owners who want the calcium question answered: it converts to 1.82% of dry matter
Rice-happy households. Brown rice at 26% and white rice carry the starch
Everyday appetites, at our estimated 364 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical for puppy dry food

Worth watching

Calcium above where growth plans for the bigger breeds usually sit, so talk portions over with your vet for a big pup
Salmon oil in the recipe, so it is not a fish-free elimination diet

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

How this scores

How we score

58.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Small and medium puppies use the calcium happily; for a large or giant breed, check the growth plan with your vet first.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Healthy Paws Puppy 58.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Dried turkey at the head of the list does the most for it, and the two rices straight behind hold the ceiling where it is.

What's in it

Dried turkey28%Its water is already gone, so the share reaches the bowl close to the printed figure.
Brown rice, white rice26% brownThe binding, with carbohydrate at an estimated 40.3% of dry matter.
Prairie mealHigh on the list, with no note on what it is.
Beet pulpGentle, well tolerated fibre.
Turkey fat, sunflower oil, turkey stock6% fat, 2% stockFat and stock both named to species.
Minerals, vitamins, alfalfaAlfalfa is a forage crop with no figure attached.
Salmon oil, linseedMarine and plant omega 3.
Garlic0.47%The one entry down here with a figure.
Seaweed oil, carrot, cranberry, dandelion, cleavers, parsley, blueberryGarnish at unquantified levels.

Vitamins A, D3, C and E dosed in print, a full sulphate trace element set with sodium selenite, and DL-methionine at 2,200 mg.

Calcium at 1.82% of dry matter sits above where large and giant breed growth is usually pitched. Talk portions over with your vet.

No energy figure on the pack; the 364 kcal per 100g is our estimate.

Named ingredients

Dried Turkey 28%, Brown Rice 26%, White Rice, Prairie Meal, Beet Pulp, Turkey Fat 6%, Sunflower Oil, Turkey Stock 2%, Minerals, Vitamins, Alfalfa, Salmon Oil, Linseed, Garlic 0.47%, Seaweed Oil, Carrot, Cranberry, Dandelion, Cleavers, Parsley, Blueberry.

Against the range

Turkey is the only land animal on the label: dried turkey at 28%, turkey fat at 6% and turkey stock at 2%. Brown rice at 26% and white rice carry the starch, and salmon oil sits beside linseed for omega 3. Calcium converts to 1.82% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

363.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

40.3%

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

30%

Carbs

50.9%

Veg

Oils

Other

9.1%

Pricing & size