JosiDog

JosiDog Junior review

Name: JosiDog Junior
Brand: JosiDog

43.6/100Average

DryPuppy

The leanest and most cereal-led of JosiDog's growth kibbles, in our Average band. Maize comes before the meat, protein is 25.0% and fat 13.0%. The additives are printed with a figure against each, but there is no calcium figure on a bag sold for every size of pup.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies that put condition on easily, at 373 kcal per 100g and 13.0% fat
A short label: seven ingredients and no supplement tail
Young dogs that digest cereal happily
Several pups of different sizes, with one recipe for the whole growth stage

Worth watching

No calcium on the label, though the bag is offered up to giant sizes
Carbohydrate at an estimated 49.5% of dry matter against 39.0% for the typical puppy food, with protein at 27.2%
Meat described only as poultry, so one particular bird cannot be kept out

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

How this scores

How we score

43.6/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a pup that will finish large or giant, get the calcium figure from JosiDog before ordering, and weigh the bowl as your pup fills out.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

JosiDog Junior 43.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Cereal in the lead, meat described by group and no calcium figure hold it down; a complete analysis and a dosed additive block are what it has going for it.

What's in it

Whole grain maizeFirst on the list, so cereal is the largest single component. Digestible once cooked.
Dried poultry proteinAlready dried, so the declared amount is near what the kibble holds. Poultry groups chicken, turkey, duck and goose.
RiceMore on the starch side.
Poultry fatNo bird named.
Beet fibre
Hydrolysed poultry proteinBroken down, mostly there for palatability.
Minerals

A full vitamin panel including the B group, with iron at 200 mg/kg and zinc and copper as glycine chelates, the more absorbable forms.

No calcium figure on a growth food sold up to giant sizes. For a large or giant pup, the number has to come from JosiDog.

No moisture on the label, so the dry-matter figures assume a standard 8%.

Named ingredients

Whole grain maize; dried poultry protein; rice; poultry fat; beet fibre; hydrolysed poultry protein; minerals

Against the range

A seven-ingredient growth kibble led by whole grain maize, with dried poultry protein second and rice third. No botanicals, no prebiotic and no joint ingredients; the additive panel is dosed line by line.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372.8 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

6.2%

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

6.7%

Carbs

49.5%

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.

Oils

100%

Pricing & size