Honey's

Honey's Puppy Range: Wild Venison review

Name: Honey's Puppy Range: Wild Venison
Brand: Honey's

82.2/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Honey's adult raw, reworked for puppies: the meat share rises to 89.5% and the vegetables drop to 10%. A small omega-3 inclusion is the one addition anywhere in the maker's catalogue. All four recipes, chicken, pork, beef and wild venison, sit in our Outstanding band together.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies of every build, fed by current weight and age
Puppies on one meat, with each tub holding a single named animal
An unusual first protein: wild venison or pork
Owners who want whole ingredients and no premix in the tub
Buying a little at a time, in 250g tubs

Worth watching

No calcium percentage on any recipe, which matters most for a large-breed puppy
Energy varies a lot between recipes, so reset the daily amount when you switch
Frozen tubs, fridge defrosts and the usual raw hygiene

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

How this scores

How we score

82.2/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a large breed, agree the growth plan with your vet before settling on a recipe, since no calcium figure is printed.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Venison

The score, in context

Free Range Pork 84.6
Free Range Chicken 83.2
Pasture Fed Beef 82.4
Wild Venison 82.2

All four Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

All four hold the top band evenly, earned by the meat share raised for growth, one animal per tub and a label that says how each animal was farmed.

What's in it

Minced whole wild venison, with finely minced bone and heart89.5%Venison bone and venison heart minced in.
Carrot, cabbage, cauliflower, parsnip10% with other vegA supporting part of the tub, not a bulking agent.
Other seasonal veg
Omega-30.5%The only addition in the Honey's catalogue. Source not stated.

Nothing added beyond the omega-3; Honey's leaves the micronutrition to the whole ingredients.

No calcium figure printed. For a large-breed puppy, settle the growth plan with your vet and ask Honey's for the number.

The omega-3 source is not named. Ask Honey's if fish is kept out of the bowl.

Named ingredients

Minced whole wild venison including finely minced venison bone and venison heart (89.5%). Minced carrot, cabbage, cauliflower, parsnip and other seasonal veg (10%). Omega-3 (0.5%).

Against the range

Meat: Wild venison; Farmed chicken, pork and beef on the others.
Protein, dry matter: 57.0%; 45.8% to 61.6% across the range.
Energy: About 145 kcal per 100g; Between the chicken and the beef.

The recipe to try for a puppy already showing it does not agree with the common meats.

Four puppy recipes on one pattern: a single named animal minced with its own bone and heart at 89.5%, a tenth of the tub in vegetables, and omega-3 at 0.5%. Calcium comes from the bone, and no calcium percentage is printed on any of them.

The analyses spread wider than the shared recipe suggests. Protein runs from 45.8% to 61.6% of dry matter and fat from 21.5% to 40.3%, so the chicken is a much richer feed than the beef. Carbohydrate estimates come out at zero on all four, and none of the energy figures is declared.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

145.1 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

18.4%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

4.6%

Moisture

67.7%

Dry weight

Protein

57%

Fat

29.4%

Fibre

6.8%

Ash

14.2%

Carbs

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

89.5%

Veg

10.5%

Pricing & size