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Ruff's Recipes Puppy Cartons: Puppy's Chicken Supper review

Name: Ruff's Recipes Puppy Cartons: Puppy's Chicken Supper
Brand: Ruff's Recipes

78.4/100Excellent

WetPuppy

Flavour

Freshly prepared meat dinners for puppies in a 390g carton, both in our Excellent band. Chicken leads one recipe and turkey the other, each well past half the carton. The only starch on either list is a single vegetable at 4%, so carbohydrate runs unusually low.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies who do best on freshly prepared meat
Grain-free households: no cereal on either list
Pups with a modest appetite, at 123 kcal per 100g against a typical 106
Feeding wet beside a kibble, with 72.0% moisture bringing water to the meal

Worth watching

Calcium above what a large breed growth plan usually allows, on both cartons
Salmon in the chicken carton, so not for a fish free elimination diet

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

How this scores

How we score

78.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a pup heading for a big adult frame, check the calcium figure against your feeding plan, and let the pack chart and your pup's waistline set the amount.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Puppy's Chicken Supper 78.4
Puppy's Turkey Casserole 78.3

All two Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A competitive category to stand out in, and the two cartons finish within a whisker of one another.

What's in it

Freshly prepared chicken56.7%Weighed before cooking, and in a wet food the water largely stays in the pack.
Salmon6.3%Puts fish in the allergen picture.
Carrot4%The only starch.
Pea protein2.6%A plant route to a higher protein figure. Small in a recipe this meaty.
Blueberry, flaxseed0.6% eachFlaxseed adds plant omega 3.
Chicory root0.14%Prebiotic FOS for a digestion still finding its feet.
Dried herbs and botanicals0.2%Itemised down to reishi mushroom at 0.005%. Seasoning.
Dried blueberry

A brief panel: vitamins A and D3, with zinc, iron, manganese and copper.

Calcium at 2.68% of dry matter: generous for a small or medium pup, higher than a large breed growth plan normally aims for.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Chicken (56.7%), Salmon (6.3%), Carrot (4%), Pea Protein (2.6%), Blueberry (0.6%), Flaxseed (0.6%), Chicory Root (as a source of prebiotic FOS) (0.14%), 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 Blueberry. Dried Herbs & Botanicals (0.2%) (Seaweed, Nettle, Rosemary, Bay, Dill, Mint, Oregano, Thyme (0.015%), Chamomile, Turmeric, Reishi Mushroom, Valerian Root) Dried Blueberry.

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 56.7% and salmon 6.3%; Turkey 63% alone in the other carton
Vegetable: Carrot 4%; Sweet potato 4%
Calcium, dry matter: 2.68%; 3.57% on the turkey

The gentler calcium reading of the two, with fish alongside the poultry.

Both cartons lead with freshly prepared meat well past half the recipe, then one vegetable at 4%, pea protein at 2.6%, flaxseed, chicory root and an itemised herb blend. The declared analysis is identical, with protein at 39.3% of dry matter and carbohydrate at only 9.0%. What differs is the animal side and the calcium: the chicken carton adds salmon, and the turkey carton reads higher on calcium.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

123 kcal/100g

Protein

11%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

3.5%

Moisture

72%

Dry weight

Protein

39.3%

Fat

32.1%

Fibre

7.1%

Ash

12.5%

Carbs

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

73.1%

Added water

17.2%

Carbs

Veg

5.3%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size