Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food

Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food Superfood Puppy: Scottish Salmon review

Name: Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food Superfood Puppy: Scottish Salmon
Brand: Sausage Dog Sanctuary Food

72.3/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A salmon-only puppy food that earns its place in our Excellent band on the strength of its fish. Salmon makes up 65% of the recipe, counted across fresh fish, dried fish, oil and gravy, and no other animal is listed. The joint and prebiotic supplements come with their doses printed, which few growth foods bother with.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups raised on one animal protein. Salmon is named at every point, gravy included
Small breed pups, the size the maker points this recipe at
Grain-free homes: sweet potato and beans do the cereal's job
Owners who want the gut supplements counted, FOS at 192 mg/kg and MOS at 48 mg/kg
Early joint care, with glucosamine and methylsulfonylmethane at 170 mg/kg apiece and chondroitin sulphate at 125 mg/kg

Worth watching

No calcium figure. Ask the maker for it before feeding a pup that will grow big
Vitamins and minerals listed as bare words, with no additive panel to check the doses against
An omega 3 supplement with no named source, the one entry to query if you count species strictly

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

How this scores

How we score

72.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed puppies. The chart runs from 45g a day for the smallest pups up to 320g, so weigh your pup against it every few weeks.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Scottish Salmon 72.3

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The meat share and a supplement list printed with quantities carry this one well above a typical puppy dry food.

What's in it

Freshly prepared salmon35%Part of the 65% salmon headline, which the label breaks down line by line.
Dried salmon22%Its water is already gone, so it does more in the finished kibble than the figure suggests.
Salmon oil, salmon gravy5%, 3%Still salmon, so the single-protein claim holds to the end.
Sweet potato, beansIn place of cereal.
Beet pulpGentle fibre.
Omega 3 supplementNo source named. Worth asking about for a strict single-species diet.
Dried superfood blend: dill, spinach, fennel, asparagus, tomatoEach equal to 4% of fresh ingredients, by the label's footnote. Trimming, really.
Minerals, vitaminsNo panel behind them, so the doses cannot be checked.
FOS, glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate, MOS, nucleotides192 down to 48 mg/kgPrebiotics and joint support, each with its dose printed bar the nucleotides.
Olive extract0.01%

No calcium figure on the label. For a pup that will end up big, ask the maker for it first.

Named ingredients

65% Salmon (35% Freshly Prepared Salmon, 22% Dried Salmon, 5% Salmon Oil, 3% Salmon Gravy), Sweet Potato, Beans, Beet Pulp, Omega 3 Supplement, Dried Superfood Blend* (Including Dill, Spinach, Fennel, Asparagus, Tomato), Minerals, Vitamins, Fructooligosaccharides (192 mg/kg), Glucosamine (170 mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (170 mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (125 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (48 mg/kg), Nucleotides, Olive Extract (0.01%) *Each equivalent to 4% Fresh Ingredients

Against the range

One recipe, built on salmon from top to tail. Every animal-derived line is salmon, the oil and the gravy included, and no grain appears anywhere on the list. Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures here work from the 8% a dry food is usually assumed to hold.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

360.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

33.5%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

36.4%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

35.9%

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

62%

Added water

Carbs

26.1%

Other

8.9%

Pricing & size