Pooch & Mutt

Pooch & Mutt Superfoods Puppy Dry Food review

Name: Pooch & Mutt Superfoods Puppy Dry Food
Brand: Pooch & Mutt

67.7/100Good

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A puppy kibble in our Good band where one bird carries the whole animal side. The chicken is declared dried, so its 34% mostly reaches the kibble. What makes it useful is the mineral line: calcium converts to 1.44% of dry matter, a level any size of pup can be reared on.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners of big pups. Calcium at 1.44% of dry matter is safe for large breed growth
Puppies raised on chicken, with protein, fat and liver all from the one bird
Keeping cereal out of the bowl
Pups with plenty of run in them, at 385 kcal per 100g
Gut and joint entries in the list itself: MOS at 0.15%, FOS at 0.1%, glucosamine at 0.1%

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 2%, so a pup held strictly to chicken is not covered
Carbohydrate at 41.3% of dry matter, above the 39.0% typical for puppy food. Weigh portions for a pup that rounds out easily
The superfood tail runs at seasoning level, from 0.2% down to 0.01%

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

How this scores

How we score

67.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, large and giant breeds included. Feed from the chart for your pup's expected adult weight and keep checking you can feel a waist.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Pooch & Mutt Superfoods Puppy Dry Food 67.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It sits a little clear of the middle of the Good band, with the starch load the one thing holding it there.

What's in it

Chicken protein34%Already dried, so the figure carries through to the kibble.
Potatoes, sweet potatoes19% (sweet potato)Sweet potato brings fibre and vitamin A with its starch.
Chicken fat9%
Hydrolysed chicken liver4%A palatability aid. Read it as flavour, not meat.
Dried pumpkin, dried apple pulp, psyllium husk4%, 2%, 0.7%Psyllium is the soluble part, the one most likely to firm a loose stool.
Linseed, salmon oil, microalgae oil2%, 2%, 0.5%Plant and marine omega 3 for brain and coat. The salmon oil puts fish on the label.
Hydrolysed yeasts1%
Carrots, sodium chloride, potassium chloride0.4% each
MOS, FOS, glucosamine0.15%, 0.1%, 0.1%Prebiotics, and an early nod to joints.
Chamomile, cranberries, seaweed, blackcurrant, spinach, rosehips, pomegranate, kale, yucca0.2% down to 0.01%The superfood tail. None of it does heavy lifting.

Named ingredients

Chicken Protein (34 %), Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes (19 %), Chicken Fat (9 %), Hydrolysed Chicken Liver (4 %), Dried Pumpkin (4 %), Dried Apple Pulp (2 %), Linseed (2 %), Salmon Oil (2 %), Hydrolysed Yeasts (1 % - a source of inositol and amino acids), Psyllium Husk and Seeds (0.7 %), Microalgae Oil (0.5 %), Carrots (0.4 %), Sodium Chloride (0.4 %), Potassium Chloride (0.4 %), Dried Chamomile (0.2 %), Dried Cranberries (0.2 %), Dried Seaweed (0.2 %), Mannan-oligosaccharides (0.15 %), Fructo-oligosaccharides (0.1 %), Glucosamine (0.1 %), Dried Blackcurrant (0.05 %), Dried Spinach (0.05 %), Dried Rosehips (0.05 %), Dried Pomegranate (0.05 %), Dried Kale (0.05 %), Mojave Yucca (0.01 %).

Against the range

One grain-free growth recipe in which every animal entry comes from chicken: chicken protein at 34%, chicken fat at 9% and hydrolysed liver at 4%. Potato and sweet potato carry the starch. Every entry has a percentage, down to the yucca at 0.01%, and calcium is printed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

385.2 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

6.8%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

31.1%

Fat

17.8%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

41.3%

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

38%

Carbs

34.4%

Veg

6.8%

Oils

11.5%

Other

9.4%

Pricing & size