My Pet Says Naturals Puppy: Turkey & Rice review

Our reading puts My Pet Says Naturals Puppy in the Good band, alongside the middle of the puppy kibble market. This is a bag that keeps pace with a crowded field without pulling clear of it. Transparency reads Outstanding, nutritional balance and value read Good and protein and processing Average, the shape of a label doing several things competently instead of one thing brilliantly. The dried turkey lead and the declared calcium hold the position up, and the size of the cereal share is what stops it climbing.

Ingredients, as declared: Turkey 38% (Including Dried Turkey 25%, Turkey Fat 6%, Freshly Prepared Turkey 4% & Turkey Gravy 3%), Brown Rice (17%), White Rice (15%), Oats (11%), Linseed, Alfalfa, Minerals, Vitamins, Seaweed, Omega 3 Supplement, FOS (960 mg/kg), Chicory Extract (0.05%), Yucca Extract (190 mg/kg), Dandelion. VITAMINS: Vitamin A 14423 IU, Vitamin D3 2000 IU, Vitamin E 149mg. TRACE ELEMENTS: Zinc (Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) 48mg, Iron (Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate) 48mg, Manganese (Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate) 34mg, Copper (Copper (II) Sulphate Pentahydrate) 12mg, Iodine (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 0.96mg, Selenium (Sodium Selenite) 0.19mg.

Turkey at 38% is itemised properly, and the way it splits is the interesting part. Dried turkey at 25% leads. The water left dried meat long ago, so that share arrives in the bowl close to the figure on the label. The balance is 6% turkey fat, 4% freshly prepared turkey and 3% turkey gravy. Declared protein of 29.0% converts to 31.5% of dry matter.

Just as useful for anyone watching proteins, turkey stands alone on the whole list, with the fat and the gravy coming from the same bird as the meat. The one thing to query is the omega 3 supplement and its missing source. A dog on a genuine exclusion diet needs that checked before this bag becomes their food.

The cereal base is straightforward: 17% brown rice, 15% white rice and 11% oats. Carbohydrate converts to an estimated 42.4% of dry matter against the 39.0% a puppy kibble typically runs, so there is a fair amount of starch behind the meat. Oats bring dietary fibre and a scattering of micronutrients along, and the declared fibre of 3.0% is gentle on a young gut.

The calcium line is the one to read first on any growth food, and it is here in print. It converts to 1.52% of dry matter, inside what a growing skeleton is built to handle. The maker points this food at medium breed puppies, and that figure fits the job it is asking of the bag.

The list finishes short and sensible. FOS at 960 mg/kg works with chicory extract at 0.05% on the gut, and yucca extract at 190 mg/kg earns its keep on the digestive side. Linseed, alfalfa, seaweed and dandelion round things off, with linseed bringing plant omega 3 to a coat that is still coming through. Energy is declared at 376 kcal per 100g, right on the middle of the puppy dry field.

£6.20 a kilo, sold in 10kg and 20kg bags.

A growing pup's portion keeps moving, never a fixed number. Work from the bag's chart for their age and weight, and let their shape settle the rest. That guide runs from 45g a day for the smallest, youngest pups up to 330g a day at the far end of its range.