Ruff's Recipes

Ruff's Recipes Ancient Grains Trays review

Name: Ruff's Recipes Ancient Grains Trays
Brand: Ruff's Recipes

72.5/100Excellent

WetAdult

An Excellent-band tray on pork at 60% with dried spelt as the ancient grain of the name. The analysis is unusually clean for a wet food: protein at 52.8% of dry matter and estimated carbohydrate at 5.5%. You can read everything your dog is eating in one go.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept to one named animal. Pork is the only meat
A dog that has been through chicken, beef and lamb already
A named grain over a category term
Protein without much starch, against 15.8% carbohydrate for typical wet food
Adults of every build, toy to giant

Worth watching

Spelt is an older wheat and carries gluten
Crude ash at 13.9% of dry matter, for a dog on a mineral-watched plan
No vitamins on the added panel, a spare declaration for a complete food

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

How this scores

How we score

72.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. At 81 kcal per 100g a larger dog works through several trays a day, so check the label's band for your dog's weight.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Ruff's Recipes Ancient Grains Trays 72.5

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

One named animal and one named grain hold it level with the typical wet food, and a high mineral share keeps it from climbing further.

What's in it

Pork60%Never shares the billing. Palatable, easy to digest and rarely met by most dogs.
Potato, broccoli4% each
Dried spelt1%Equivalent to 2% before drying. Still a wheat, with gluten.
Minerals
LinseedOmega 3.
Dried herbs and botanicals0.2%Seaweed to valerian root, all at trace level.
Chicory, dried blueberryChicory brings inulin for the gut bacteria.

Only three trace elements: zinc and manganese as amino acid chelates, the more readily absorbed form, and iodine as iodate.

Named ingredients

Pork (60%), Potato (4%), Broccoli (4%), Dried Spelt (1%, equivalent to 2% Spelt), Minerals, Linseed, Dried Herbs & Botanicals (0.2%) (Seaweed, Nettle, Rosemary, Bay, Dill, Mint, Oregano, Thyme, Chamomile, Turmeric, Reishi Mushroom, Valerian Root), Chicory (a source of Inulin), Dried Blueberry.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

81 kcal/100g

Protein

9.5%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

52.8%

Fat

22.2%

Fibre

5.6%

Ash

13.9%

Carbs

5.5%

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

60%

Added water

18.5%

Carbs

Veg

6.6%

Other

10%

Pricing & size