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Nourish Grain Free Puppy Large Breed review

Name: Nourish Grain Free Puppy Large Breed
Brand: Nourish

70.1/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A large breed puppy kibble that keeps its whole animal side on one fish, in our Excellent band. Salmon makes up 60% of the recipe, fully itemised. Calcium is declared at 1.41% of dry matter, comfortably within what a big framed pup needs.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed puppies, the size this was built for
Owners who check calcium first
Pups kept to one animal: salmon is the only one named
Joint support from early on, with glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin at working doses
Grain free homes, sweet potato and potato doing the starch work

Worth watching

An omega 3 supplement with no source named, worth raising with Nourish on a strict elimination diet
Carbohydrate at 48.9% of dry matter against 39.0% for the typical puppy dry food
Protein at the steady end for a growth food, which suits measured rearing

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

How this scores

How we score

70.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed puppies, and pitched at even growth with energy right on the puppy typical. Work from the chart on the bag and let your pup's shape settle the final figure.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Nourish Grain Free Puppy Large Breed 70.1

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A single fish meat block, in range calcium and real joint doses pull it up, and a large starch share with modest protein for a growth food keeps it from climbing further.

What's in it

Freshly prepared salmon38%Carries the fresh weight.
Dried salmon20%Water already gone, so more finished protein than the figure suggests.
Salmon stock2%
Sweet potato19%The largest plant entry.
Potato, beet pulp
LinseedPlant omega 3 on top of the salmon's.
Minerals, vitamins, carrot, peas0.2% on the peas
Omega 3 supplement, vegetable stockThe supplement names no source.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate355, 355 and 250 mg/kg. Working doses, the most generous in the Nourish puppy line.
Nucleotides, FOS, MOSPrebiotics.

L-carnitine, which the body uses to turn fat into usable energy, sits beside the vitamins and trace minerals.

The omega 3 supplement names no source, the one gap in an otherwise single-fish label.

Named ingredients

Salmon 60% (Freshly Prepared Salmon 38%, Dried Salmon 20%, Salmon Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (19%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Linseed, Minerals, Vitamins, Carrot, Peas (0.2%), Omega 3 Supplement, Vegetable Stock, Glucosamine (355 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (355 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (250 mg/kg), Nucleotides, FOS (96 mg/kg), MOS (24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Salmon is the only animal named, at 60% across fresh, dried and stock, and sweet potato and potato carry the starch with no cereal. Calcium is declared and in range, and the joint supplements are printed at working doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

376 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

48.9%

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

58%

Added water

2.4%

Carbs

34.2%

Veg

0.6%

Other

4.7%

Pricing & size