Ruff's Recipes

Ruff's Recipes Cartons: Lovely Lamb Stew review

Name: Ruff's Recipes Cartons: Lovely Lamb Stew
Brand: Ruff's Recipes

76.5/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Four grain-free cartons, all in our Excellent band, built on freshly prepared meat with a percentage at the head of every list. Two keep to a single animal, the fish carton uses salmon and white fish, and the duck splits evenly with chicken. There is not one category term on any label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

One animal and one only: Country Chicken Pie and Lovely Lamb Stew each name a single meat
Grain-free homes. No cereal in any carton
Fish-fed dogs, with salmon at 43.2% and white fish at 18.5% in Fisherman's Supper
Percentages on every animal entry
A richer plate, fat converting to 30.8% to 34.6% of dry matter
Adult dogs from toy to giant

Worth watching

As much chicken as duck in Delicious Duck Feast, 30.9% each
White fish with no species named
Calcium from 0.77% to 3.85% of dry matter across one range
Energy dense for wet food at 108 to 116 kcal per 100g, so measure portions

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

How this scores

How we score

76.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. No iodine or selenium is printed on the added panel, so check with the maker if a carton will be the only food.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Delicious Duck Feast 78.2
Country Chicken Pie 78.1
Lovely Lamb Stew 76.5
Fisherman's Supper 76.3

All four Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The four sit close enough that your dog's palate is the better guide, with Delicious Duck Feast fractionally ahead.

What's in it

Freshly prepared lamb61.8%Nothing else from an animal.
Potato6.5%Pushes carbohydrate to the range's highest.
Spinach2.5%
Flaxseed0.6%
Chicory root0.13%
Dried herbs and botanicals, dried blueberry0.2% herbs

Vitamins A and D3 with zinc, iron, manganese and copper, dosed the same as every carton.

Calcium converts to 3.85% of dry matter, the highest in the range.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Lamb (61.8%), Potato (6.5%), Spinach (2.5%), Flaxseed (0.6%), Chicory Root (as a source of prebiotic FOS) (0.13%), Dried Herbs & Botanicals (0.2%) (Seaweed 0.05%, Nettle 0.02%, Rosemary 0.015%, Bay 0.015%, Dill 0.015%, Mint 0.015%, Oregano 0.015%, Thyme 0.015%, Chamomile 0.01%, Turmeric 0.01%, Reishi Mushroom 0.005%, Valerian Root 0.005%),Dried Herbs & Botanicals (0.2%) (Seaweed, Nettle, Rosemary, Bay, Dill, Mint (0.015%), Oregano, Thyme, Chamomile, Turmeric, Reishi Mushroom, Valerian Root) Dried Blueberry.

Against the range

Animal: Lamb only; Chicken is the other single-meat carton.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 17.3% (estimate); The highest; 11.6% on the duck.
Calcium, dry matter: 3.85%; 0.77% on the duck.

Somewhere to go for a dog bored of poultry.

Meat leads every list with a printed share: 61.8% in the chicken, duck and lamb cartons, 61.7% across the two fish. Protein converts to between 34.6% and 36.0% of dry matter. A single vegetable at 6.5% follows, then a second plant at around 2.6%, and no cereal anywhere.

The same finish goes into all four: flaxseed at 0.6%, chicory root at 0.13% for FOS, dried blueberry and a 0.2% herb and botanical blend at trace level. The added panel is identical and fully dosed, with no iodine or selenium. Calcium is what varies most, from 0.77% to 3.85% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

114 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

74%

Dry weight

Protein

34.6%

Fat

30.8%

Fibre

7.7%

Ash

9.6%

Carbs

17.3%

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

71.4%

Added water

16.8%

Carbs

7.5%

Veg

3.5%

Other

0.7%

Pricing & size