Nutrivet

Nutrivet Instinct Growth & Nutrients review

Name: Nutrivet Instinct Growth & Nutrients
Brand: Nutrivet

71.9/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A very high protein growth kibble on chicken, lamb and turkey, reading Excellent on our scoring. Protein converts to 50.0% of dry matter, rare in a puppy food, and carbohydrate to 21.7%. The catch is the label: no ingredient carries a percentage and no calcium figure is printed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups who thrive on a genuinely meat-forward bowl, at 45.0% protein as fed
Keeping starch down: 21.7% of dry matter against 39.0% for the typical puppy dry food
Households fine with mixed meats, chicken through to salmon and whole egg
Early joint and gut support, from chondroitin sulphate and N-acetyl-glucosamine to FOS and MOS
A natural antioxidant tail of rosemary and green tea extracts

Worth watching

No percentages anywhere, so list order is the only clue to how much meat is in the bag
Chicken, lamb, turkey, salmon and egg, plus an unnamed poultry liver hydrolysate

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

How this scores

How we score

71.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyPoor

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, but with no calcium figure a large or giant breed owner needs that number from Nutrivet first. Set the daily ration week by week from the growth chart and your pup's condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Nutrivet Instinct Growth & Nutrients 71.9

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

On the analysis alone it would climb higher; missing percentages, a missing calcium figure and an unnamed additive panel hold it where it is.

What's in it

Chicken, lamb, turkeyThe first three places. No percentages to check the billing against.
Potato, peasWhat starch there is.
Chicken oil and fat, salmon
Dried whole eggs, dried chicken, dried lambThe dried entries do the quiet heavy lifting on protein.
Protein from dried peas, salmon oil, beet pulp
Green beans, sweet potato, tomato, apple, alfalfa, chicory root, yeast, fennel leaf, cranberry, blackcurrant jellyGarnish level. Chicory root for its prebiotic inulin.
Dried plasma protein, poultry liver hydrolysateNeither names its animal, so duck and goose stay possibilities.
Potassium chloride, calcium carbonateCalcium is added, yet no calcium figure is printed.
FOS, MOS, taurine, seaweed extracts, yucca
Chondroitin sulphate, N-acetyl-glucosamine, L-carnitine tartrate, rosemary and green tea extractsA long, thoughtful tail with no doses.

Vitamins A and D3 and six trace minerals with amounts, but no chemical forms, no vitamin E and antioxidants with no substance named.

No calcium figure on a bag listed for every breed size. Ask Nutrivet before rearing a large or giant pup on it.

Named ingredients

Chicken, lamb, turkey, potato, peas, chicken oil and fat, salmon, dried whole eggs, dried chicken, dried lamb, protein from dried peas, salmon oil, beet pulp, green beans, sweet potato, tomaton, apple, alfalfa, chicory root, yeast, fennel leaf, cranberry, blackcurrant jelly, dried plasma protein, poultry liver hydrolysate, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), taurine, fucus vesiculosus (bladderwrack) extract, ascophyllum nodosum (clubweed) extract, yucca schidigera extract, chondroitin sulphate, N-acetyl-glucosamine, L-carnitine tartrate, rosemary extract, green tea extract.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

361.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

45%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

17.8%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

21.7%

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

80.5%

Carbs

17.1%

Oils

2.2%

Pricing & size