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Ruff's Recipes Puppy Cartons: Puppy's Turkey Casserole review

Name: Ruff's Recipes Puppy Cartons: Puppy's Turkey Casserole
Brand: Ruff's Recipes

78.3/100Excellent

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

78.3/100Excellent

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

Turkey

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 turkey63%The only animal on the list.
Sweet potato4%
Pea protein2.6%Plant protein, a small share here.
Apple, flaxseed0.6% each
Chicory root0.14%Prebiotic FOS.
Dried herbs and botanicals0.2%
Dried blueberry

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

Calcium at 3.57% of dry matter, the higher of the pair. It suits smaller frames more comfortably than the biggest.

Named ingredients

Freshly Prepared Turkey (63%) Sweet Potato (4%), Pea Protein (2.6%), Apple (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 (0.015%), Bay, Dill, Mint, Oregano, Thyme, Chamomile, Turmeric, Reishi Mushroom, Valerian Root) Dried Blueberry.

Against the range

Meat: Turkey 63%, nothing else from an animal; Chicken with salmon in the other carton
Calcium, dry matter: 3.57%; 2.68% on the chicken

A genuine one meat carton for a pup held to a single protein.

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

75.2%

Added water

19.6%

Carbs

3.1%

Veg

1.4%

Other

0.7%

Pricing & size