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Nourish Grain Free Puppy: Salmon With Haddock, Blue Whiting, Sweet Potato & Asparagus review

Name: Nourish Grain Free Puppy: Salmon With Haddock, Blue Whiting, Sweet Potato & Asparagus
Brand: Nourish

72.9/100Excellent

DryPuppy

Flavour

Two grain-free puppy recipes in our Excellent band, and both print a calcium figure inside the range growing bones want. Most puppy bags leave that line blank. The 60% headline is itemised, fresh and dried, down to the stock.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies of any size, toy to giant
Owners who look for calcium first: 1.3% and 1.41% of dry matter
Grain-free homes
Joint care from early on, with glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin all dosed
Gut support named and measured

Worth watching

Several animals in each bag, so neither keeps to one
Fish in both recipes
An omega 3 supplement with no named source, the loose end on a strict exclusion diet

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

How this scores

How we score

72.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies from toy breeds to giants. Portions shift as fast as the puppy does, so keep going back to the chart on the bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Chicken 73.5
Salmon 72.9

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The lift above the middle of the puppy shelf comes as much from what the labels declare as from the recipes.

What's in it

Freshly prepared salmon, dried salmon21%, 16%Salmon carries the headline twice over.
Freshly prepared blue whiting11%
Freshly prepared haddock10%
Salmon stock2%
Sweet potato20%
Potato, beet pulp
Peas6%
Linseed, omega 3 supplementThe supplement's source is not named.
Asparagus0.2%Garnish.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin, nucleotides, FOS, MOSAll dosed in mg/kg.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc at 85 mg, and iron and manganese as sulphates.

Calcium converts to 1.41% of dry matter, inside the growth range.

Named ingredients

Salmon, Haddock & Blue Whiting 60% (Freshly Prepared Salmon 21%, Dried Salmon 16%, Freshly Prepared Blue Whiting 11%, Freshly Prepared Haddock 10% & Salmon Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (20%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Peas (6%), Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Vitamins, Vegetable Stock, Asparagus (0.2%), Glucosamine (170 mg/ kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), Nucleotides, FOS (96 mg/kg), MOS (24 mg/kg)

Against the range

Animals: Fish only; Chicken, turkey and salmon in the other bag
Fat, dry matter: 14.1%; 16.3% in the chicken
Fibre: 4.0%; 2.5% in the chicken

The bag for a household keeping birds out of the bowl.

Both recipes declare a 60% meat or fish headline and break it into fresh and dried portions, with sweet potato and potato as the binder and no cereal. Calcium, moisture and the joint and prebiotic supplements are all printed.

The supplement tail is the same on both: glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane at 170 mg/kg, chondroitin at 125 mg/kg, FOS, MOS and nucleotides. What differs is the animals: three birds and a fish in one bag, three fish in the other.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

359 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

42%

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

55.6%

Added water

10.3%

Carbs

32%

Other

2.2%

Pricing & size