Pure Pet Food

Pure Pet Food: Duck with a Medley of Veggies & Bursts of Blueberry review

Name: Pure Pet Food: Duck with a Medley of Veggies & Bursts of Blueberry
Brand: Pure Pet Food

83.7/100Outstanding

DryPuppyAdult

Flavour

Five of these seven air-dried recipes sit in our Outstanding band, with the Herring and the Lamb a step behind in Excellent. The meat is dried gently, never extruded at high heat, and the labels show the working down to the freeze dried share. It sits between kibble and raw.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Minimally processed feeding without the freezer and hygiene routine raw demands
Fussy dogs. Gentle drying keeps more of the meat's character than high-heat cooking does
A house juggling sensitivities. Poultry, red meat and fish to choose from, with fish-free and grain-free options
Stiff or older dogs: glucosamine and chondroitin at 0.05% each on every label
Puppies and adults alike. Six of the seven recipes are listed for both

Worth watching

The Game is for adults only, and the Lamb carries chicken fat and egg behind its name
Salmon oil in five of the seven. Only the Turkey and Game keep fish off the label
No calcium figure printed. With a large-breed pup, ask Pure for it

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

How this scores

How we score

83.7/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for every size, and for puppies and adults on all but the Game. The check before ordering a large-breed puppy's food is the calcium figure, which Pure does not print.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Chicken 88.9
Salmon 88.2
Turkey 86.5
Duck 83.7
Game 82.3
Herring 79.5
Lamb 78.1

Seven recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The seven sit closer together than the two bands suggest, so let your dog's protein history and any grain or fish avoidance choose.

What's in it

Dehydrated duck35%Dried before weighing, so the meat count is concentrated.
Freeze dried duck, duck fat5%, 6%With the line above, the 46% duck headline.
Potato, brown riceThe grain-in base.
Vegetable stock, egg4%, 2%
Peas, carrot1.5%, 1.2%
Salmon oil1%Fish, so this is not a fish-free bowl.
Spinach, broccoli, blueberry0.6%, 0.2%, 0.2%
Algae, glucosamine, chondroitin0.15%, 0.05% each

The range's shared panel: taurine, L-carnitine at 250mg per kg, and trace minerals mostly as chelates.

No calcium figure on the label. With a large-breed puppy, it is the number to ask Pure for.

Named ingredients

Duck (46%, including Dehydrated Duck 35%, Freeze Dried Duck 5%, Duck Fat 6%), Potato, Brown Rice, Vegetable Stock (4%), Egg (2%), Minerals, Peas (1.5%), Carrot (1.2%), Salmon Oil (1%), Spinach (0.6%), Broccoli (0.2%), Blueberry (0.2%), Algae (0.15%, source of Omega 3), Glucosamine (0.05%), Chondroitin (0.05%).

Against the range

Meat: 46% duck; Joint highest, with the Turkey.
Fibre, declared: 1.5%; Lowest in the range.
Fat, declared: 13%; A middle figure; the Chicken and Lamb run richest.
Grain: Brown rice; Also on the Herring, Lamb and Turkey.

A gentle middle path for a dog that has outgrown the common poultries.

Every headline splits into a dehydrated share, a freeze dried share and, on most, a named fat. Potato is the base throughout; brown rice joins it on the Duck, Herring, Lamb and Turkey, and the Chicken, Game and Salmon use pea protein instead. Protein runs from 29.5% to 44.3% of dry matter.

Algae at 0.15% and glucosamine and chondroitin at 0.05% each are on every label. Salmon oil is on five of the seven; the Turkey and Game carry linseed and no fish. Hemp oil at 5% is on the two fish recipes only.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

13%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

34.1%

Fat

14.8%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

40.3%

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

48%

Added water

Carbs

39.7%

Veg

2.1%

Oils

Other

5.2%

Pricing & size