Poppy's Picnic

Poppy's Picnic Power Balls: Lamb Meatballs review

Name: Poppy's Picnic Power Balls: Lamb Meatballs
Brand: Poppy's Picnic

89.3/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Poppy's raw recipe rolled into meatballs, and all four flavours sit in our Outstanding band. It is the shortest label the brand prints and the tidiest of its formats to serve. Organs do real work here, which is how the recipe stands up without a vitamin panel.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Raw without the mess. Meatballs go from pack to bowl without a spoon
Hand feeding and dogs that need coaxing
A short, readable label
Any size and any stage, from puppies to older dogs
A less common lead animal, with wild boar beside beef, chicken and lamb

Worth watching

Beef in every recipe and wild salmon oil on all four labels
Calcium from eggshell alone, light on the Chicken for a large breed puppy
Frozen storage, fridge thawing and a proper clean down

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

How this scores

How we score

89.3/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. For a large breed puppy, check the calcium on the flavour you pick: the Chicken reads 0.71% of dry matter.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Beef Meatballs 90.2
Wild Boar Meatballs 90.2
Chicken Meatballs 89.5
Lamb Meatballs 89.3

All four Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Keeping level with raw, our strongest field, takes a genuinely good label, and the four are close enough that the animal should decide it.

What's in it

Grass fed lamb (minced)43%
Grass fed beef: mince, heart, liver, kidney37% (30%, 3%, 2%, 2%)Organs at the smallest shares in the range.
Sweet potato, green cabbage, carrots, parsnip, parsley4% eachItemised, so there is no fresh vegetables entry to take on trust.
Organic crude wheatgermThe manganese source.
Natural vitamin E from sunflower oil
Wild salmon oilVitamin D and omega 3, and fish on every label in the range.
Crushed eggshellThe only calcium source, with no ground bone.
Kelp, spirulina, wheatgrass, turmeric0.7% down to 0.2%Kelp for iodine; the rest is character.

No additives panel: vitamins and minerals come from the food itself, salmon oil, sunflower oil, kelp, wheatgerm and eggshell.

Carbohydrate estimates at 19.3% of dry matter, a quirk of calculating by difference, as no cereal or pulse is on the label.

Named ingredients

43% Grass Fed Lamb (Minced Lamb), 37% Grass Fed Beef (30% Beef Mince, 3% Heart, 2% Liver, 2% Kidney), Fresh Vegetables (4% Sweet Potato, 4% Green Cabbage, 4% Carrots, 4% Parsnip, Parsley), Organic Crude Wheatgerm (a natural source of Manganese), Natural Vitamin E from Sunflower Oil, Sustainably Sourced Wild Salmon Oil (a source of Vitamin D and healthy Omega 3 fats), Crushed Eggshell, 0.7`% Kelp Seaweed (a source of Iodine), 0.44% Spirulina, 0.34% Wheatgrass, 0.2% Turmeric

Against the range

Energy: 222 kcal per 100g; Most concentrated of the four.
Fat, dry matter: 37.0%; 19.2% on the Chicken.
Lead animals: Lamb 43%, beef 37%; Beef in every flavour.

Small portions, for a dog that burns plenty of energy in a day.

Every flavour puts named grass fed meat and organs first, with beef in all four, then sweet potato, green cabbage, carrots and parsnip at 4% each. Wheatgerm, sunflower oil, wild salmon oil, crushed eggshell, kelp, spirulina, wheatgrass and turmeric finish each label, with no supplement powder.

What varies is the lead animal and the richness: from 119 kcal per 100g on the Chicken to 222 on the Lamb. Protein converts to between 36.2% and 64.6% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

222 kcal/100g

Protein

13.5%

Fat

13.8%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

1.2%

Moisture

62.7%

Dry weight

Protein

36.2%

Fat

37%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

3.2%

Carbs

19.3%

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

80%

Veg

9.3%

Oils

4.6%

Other

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £10.56 (RRP)
Pack: 360g tray/pack, sold as 1 Pack, 8 Packs, 16 Packs, 24 Packs, 36 Packs, 44 Packs
A 15kg dog eats (our estimate): 330 to 405 g a day, 370 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £3.91

The most concentrated flavour, so portions stay small.

A premium raw price, and the recipe makes it strong value.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.