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Ruff's Recipes Puppy Dry Food review

Name: Ruff's Recipes Puppy Dry Food
Brand: Ruff's Recipes

61.5/100Good

DryPuppy

A grain free growth kibble led by salmon, with more on the label to check than most puppy bags. Calcium is declared at 1.2% of dry matter, inside what growth asks for. It sits in our Good band, held there mostly by how much of the bag the starch takes up.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies headed for a large or giant frame, with calcium in range
Pups who do well on fish, freshly prepared salmon being the biggest single ingredient
Grain-free households
Early joint care, with glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin printed by dose
Owners who like the amino acids spelled out: methionine and taurine are both declared

Worth watching

Carbohydrate at an estimated 44.0% of dry matter, above the 39.0% typical of a puppy dry food
Chicken gravy and chicken liver in the meat block, so not fish only
Poultry oil with no bird named

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

How this scores

How we score

61.5/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, toy to giant, and the in-range calcium backs that up. Feed to the bag's chart, which runs from 30 grams a day for the smallest pups to 630 for the biggest.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Ruff's Recipes Puppy Dry Food 61.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The label is where this one stands out; the starch share and a fresh salmon headline that shrinks once the water goes are what hold it where it is.

What's in it

Freshly prepared salmon30%Weighed with its water, so less than 30% reaches the kibble.
Chicken gravy, chicken liver4% eachLiver is nutrient dense and hard for a dog to resist.
Dried sweet potato, dried whole peasThe starch base, with no cereal.
Poultry oilNo bird named. Read it with the chicken already in the meat block.
Brewer's yeast, potato protein, mineralsPotato protein does a job meat does better.
Alfalfa2%
Salmon oil1%The long chain omega 3 for brains and coats.
Dried parsnip, dried carrot, flaxseed, apple, blueberry0.5% on the carrot and flaxseed
Chicory root extract, dried herbs and botanicals0.3%, 0.2%Prebiotic FOS from the chicory.
Joint support blend0.1%Glucosamine and MSM at 0.034% each, chondroitin at 0.024%. Printed doses on a puppy food are still the exception.

An unusually full amino acid line led by methionine and taurine, with the trace minerals as chelates, a form dogs absorb readily.

Named ingredients

Salmon & Chicken (38%) (including Freshly Prepared Salmon 30%, Chicken Gravy 4%, Chicken Liver 4%), Dried Sweet Potato, Dried Whole Peas, Poultry Oil, Brewer's Yeast, Potato Protein, Minerals, Alfalfa (2%), Salmon Oil (1%), Dried Parsnip, Dried Carrot (0.5% equivalent to 4% Carrot),Flaxseed (0.5%), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic FOS) (0.3%), 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%, Dried Reishi Mushroom 0.005%, Valerian Root 0.005%), Dried Apple, Joint Support Blend (0.1%) (including Glucosamine 0.034%, MSM 0.034%, Chondroitin 0.024%), Dried Blueberry.

Against the range

A grain free puppy kibble with a 38% salmon and chicken block broken out in print, sweet potato and whole peas for starch, and a tail itemised from the alfalfa down to the valerian root. Calcium is declared and sits inside the growth range.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

373 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

44%

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

34%

Added water

Carbs

45.3%

Veg

4.8%

Oils

6.2%

Other

5.7%

Pricing & size