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Nulo Baked & Coated Puppy review

Name: Nulo Baked & Coated Puppy
Brand: Nulo

66.5/100Good

DryPuppy

A Good band puppy food with a long, specific label and two gaps in the analysis. Fresh chicken and dehydrated chicken proteins share the top at 17% each, and protein works out at 33.2% of dry matter. The additive panel is the generous part: taurine, added methionine and choline, plus a gut culture with its live count printed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who like to know exactly what went into the bag
Chicken-fed puppies. Fresh and dehydrated chicken lead at 17% each
Grain-free homes, with chickpeas, sweet potato and lentils taking the starch
Gut support you can see on the label: chicory inulin and autolysed yeasts next to a declared Enterococcus faecium culture
Readers of additive panels, who will find taurine, methionine and choline printed and vitamin C at 80 mg
Pups that go for a coated kibble

Worth watching

No calcium figure, the number that decides a big pup's growth. Ask Nulo before starting a large or giant breed
No declared moisture, so the dry matter figures rest on an assumed 8%
Chicken, turkey, duck and salmon oil in one bag, so it cannot anchor a single-protein plan

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

How this scores

How we score

66.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size from toy to giant. For a large or giant breed, get the calcium figure from Nulo before ordering.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Nulo Baked & Coated Puppy 66.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The recipe earns its place; what holds the score back is the two figures the analysis leaves out, moisture and calcium.

What's in it

Fresh chicken, dehydrated chicken proteins17% eachThe percentages match, but the dried half does far more of the protein work.
Chickpeas, sweet potato, lentilsThe starch. No cereal anywhere on the label.
Chicken fatNamed by species.
Hydrolysed chicken proteinA processed protein fraction, mid list.
Fresh turkey, fresh duck4% each
Minerals
Linseed, chicken broth2% down to 1%Linseed brings plant omega 3.
Pea protein, salmon oil, pea fibreSalmon oil at 0.5% is the marine omega 3, and the reason fish is on the allergen list.
Dried carrots, apples, blueberries, pumpkin, turmeric preparationSeasoning, not nutrition doing heavy lifting.
Autolysed inactivated yeasts, chicory inulin, coconut oil

Taurine, DL-methionine and choline chloride added outright, vitamin E at 200 mg and vitamin C at 80 mg, and an Enterococcus faecium culture with its count printed.

No calcium figure on the label, though the bag is listed up to giant breeds. Ask Nulo for it.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken (17%), dehydrated chicken proteins (17%), chickpeas, sweet potato, lentils, chicken fat, hydrolysed chicken protein, fresh turkey (4%), fresh duck (4%), minerals, linseed (2%), chicken broth (1%), pea protein, salmon oil (0.5%), dried carrots, pea fibre (0.5%), dried apples, autolysed inactivated yeasts, chicory inulin, coconut oil (0.1%), dried blueberries, dehydrated pumpkin (0.01%), products from the processing of herbs (Curcuma longa).

Against the range

One recipe, grain free, built on chicken with turkey and duck behind it. The starch comes from chickpeas, sweet potato and lentils, and every fat is named. Tocopherol extracts do the preserving.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372.5 kcal/100g

Protein

30.5%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

33.2%

Fat

16.8%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

36.4%

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

46.7%

Carbs

45.1%

Veg

1.2%

Oils

3.5%

Other

3.6%

Pricing & size