Pooch & Mutt

Pooch & Mutt Veterinary Renal/Kidney Dry Food review

We don't put a score on this food. It is a veterinary diet, formulated for a diagnosed condition and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not, so a number from us could only pull you towards their advice or away from it, and neither of those is ours to do. What follows is what the label declares, what the analysis works out at, and where to buy it, with no judgement attached to any of it.

Pooch & Mutt places this one in its Veterinary range as a renal diet, a pea-based kibble the brand aims at dogs whose kidney function a vet is keeping under review.

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A pea-based renal kibble from Pooch & Mutt's Veterinary range, for dogs whose kidney function a vet is keeping under review. We do not put a score on it. Protein is held low by design, at 14.4% of dry matter, which is central to how a renal diet is drawn up.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs whose vet has recommended a renal diet
Owners who want the label's percentages printed down to the smallest entries
Dogs fed a hydrolysed protein, as both the salmon and the chicken liver are broken down
A calcium source named on the label itself, egg shells at 1.5%

Worth watching

Chicken, egg and fish all on the label, so read it closely for a dog kept clear of any
Chitosan, a shellfish-derived fibre
Portion and protein level are the vet's call

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Before ordering, check with the practice that this is the diet and the daily amount they want.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

What's in it

Yellow peas44%Far more than in an ordinary dry food.
Chicken fat12%
Buckwheat10%
Eggs10%The only whole animal food on the list, fourth behind a legume and a rendered fat.
Dried apple pulp9.2%
Hydrolysed salmon protein, hydrolysed chicken liver7%, 2%The named protein, broken down before it reaches the kibble.
Salmon oil, egg shells, pea protein2%, 1.5%Egg shells are named as the calcium source.
Potassium citrate0.8%A mineral salt of the sort used when a diet's mineral balance is being steered.
Psyllium, dried algae0.5% eachSoluble fibre.
Chitosan, MOS, beta-glucans, FOS, yucca, sea buckthorn, inactivated Lactobacillus helveticus0.08% down to 0.015%Chitosan is shellfish-derived and rarely seen outside diets like this.

Calcium at 0.78% of dry matter. The diet is for adults, and the level is the vet's to judge.

Named ingredients

Yellow Peas (44 %), Chicken Fat (12 %), Buckwheat (10 %), Eggs (10 %), Dried Apple Pulp (9.2 %), Hydrolysed Salmon Protein (7 %), Salmon Oil (2 %), Hydrolysed Chicken Liver (2 %), Egg Shells (a source of calcium, 1.5 %), Pea Protein, Potassium Citrate (0.8 %), Psyllium Husks & Seeds (0.5 %), Dried Algae (Ascophyllum nodosum, 0.5 %), Chitosan (0.08 %), Mannan-oligosaccharides (0.025 %), β-glucans (0.022 %), Fructo-oligosaccharides (0.02 %), Mojave Yucca (0.02 %), Dried Sea Buckthorn (0.015 %), Lactobacillus helveticus HA-122 inactivated (15x10⁹ cells/kg).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

377 kcal/100g

Protein

13%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

4.8%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

14.4%

Fat

18.9%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

5.3%

Carbs

57%

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

20.1%

Carbs

54.7%

Veg

9.5%

Oils

14%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size