Iams

Iams Advanced Nutrition Puppy Small and Medium Breed review

Name: Iams Advanced Nutrition Puppy Small and Medium Breed
Brand: Iams

62.6/100Good

DryPuppy

A Good-band puppy kibble with more poultry than its large-breed stablemate: dried chicken and turkey at 30%, then fresh chicken at 10%. Barley, maize and rice share the starch. Every fat is named, and no calcium figure appears.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and medium-breed puppies, the sizes it is sold for
Pups that get on with poultry
Every fat identified: pork fat, fish oil and sunflower oil
Trying a new food in a small bag, from 800 g up

Worth watching

No calcium figure, the number that does most work in a growth food. Worth an email to the maker
Chicken, turkey, pork fat and fish oil together, so a single-bird plan is out
Barley carries gluten, for a pup kept off wheat for gluten reasons

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

How this scores

How we score

62.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and medium-breed puppies. Portions follow the adult weight they are heading for, so check the bag's chart every few weeks.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small, Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Iams Advanced Nutrition Puppy Small and Medium Breed 62.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named poultry and named fats keep it level with the typical puppy kibble, and the missing calcium and moisture figures are the gap.

What's in it

Dried chicken and turkey30%Including chicken at 18%. Already dry, so most of it is still there in the kibble.
Barley, maizeBarley is sound once cooked, but carries gluten.
Fresh chicken10%Shrinks a lot in the oven.
Pork fatPalatable, and a meat a lot of pups will not have met.
Rice
Dried beet pulp2.5%A gentle, well-tolerated fibre.
Chicken gravy
Fish oil, sunflower oilMarine omega 3 for a growing brain and coat; sunflower carries vitamin E.
Fructooligosaccharides0.2%The prebiotic.
Brewer's dried yeast, minerals

Vitamins A, D3 and E, then copper, iodine, iron, manganese, zinc and selenium in sulphate, oxide, iodide and selenite forms.

No calcium figure printed. Small and medium pups carry less risk than giants, but ask the maker if you want to see it.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken and turkey 30% (including chicken 18%), barley, maize, fresh chicken (10%), pork fat, rice, dried beet pulp (2.5%), chicken gravy, fish oil, sunflower oil, fructooligosaccharides (0.2%), brewer's dried yeast, minerals.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

392 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

17%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

6.5%

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

41.5%

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

44.2%

Carbs

47.5%

Oils

7.2%

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size