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Scrumbles Adult & Senior Salmon review

Name: Scrumbles Adult & Senior Salmon
Brand: Scrumbles

54.5/100Good

DryPuppyAdult

A fish-only kibble with a light touch on fat, and it finishes in our Good band. What sets it apart is how much it prints: a percentage beside the joint trio and a figure on every trace mineral. Salmon leads at 28%, with dehydrated ocean fish behind it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs steered off chicken, beef and lamb. Every animal ingredient here is fish
Older dogs beginning to stiffen, with glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin each given a percentage
A lighter ration: fat declared at 9%, energy at 346 kcal per 100 grams
Delicate digestions, as chicory and yeast prebiotics are backed by a live gut culture

Worth watching

Fish through the whole recipe, which rules it out for a fish-sensitive dog
No species named on the ocean fish, if your dog is meant to be on salmon alone
Carbohydrate estimated at 48.8% of dry matter, a little past the 46.2% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

54.5/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Named for adults and seniors and listed for every size. Start in the label's daily range and let the waistline decide where in it your dog sits.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Scrumbles Adult & Senior Salmon 54.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The fish earns the placing and the starch holds it back, which is an honest Good.

What's in it

Salmon: freshly prepared salmon, salmon oil28%26% fresh salmon, mostly water before the oven, and 2% oil.
Sweet potato22.5%Starch, with potato. No grain on the list.
Potato22%
Dehydrated ocean fish17%Concentrated, so it counts for more in the bowl than its place implies. Species not named.
Vegetable digest, alfalfa2.5% alfalfa
Sunflower oil, brewer's yeast1% each
Whole linseed, dried carrot0.8% each
Chicory extract, yeasts0.2%, 0.1%FOS and MOS, prebiotic fibres that feed the gut's own bacteria.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin0.04%, 0.04%, 0.028%Each one dosed, which is the way to print them.
Yucca, dried spearmint0.02% yuccaYucca with an eye on the garden afterwards.

Manganese and copper as chelates, a form the gut absorbs more readily, with every trace mineral given a quantity and an Enterococcus faecium culture alongside.

The 17% ocean fish names no species, so a strict salmon-only diet cannot be confirmed from the bag.

Named ingredients

28% Salmon (26% Freshly Prepared Salmon, 2% Salmon Oil) 22.5% Sweet Potato, 22% Potato, 17% Dehydrated Ocean Fish, Vegetable Digest, 2.5% Alfalfa, 1% Sunflower Oil, 1% Brewer's Yeast, Vitamins & Minerals, 0.8% Whole Linseed, 0.8% Dried Carrot, 0.2% Chicory Extract (source of Prebiotic FOS), 0.1% Yeasts (source of Prebiotic MOS), 0.04% Glucosamine, 0.04% MSM, 0.028% Chondroitin, 0.02% Yucca, Dried Spearmint.

Against the range

One recipe, and every animal ingredient in it is fish: 28% salmon, then 17% dehydrated ocean fish with no species named. Sweet potato and potato share the starch, no grain appears, and the joint, prebiotic and trace mineral entries all carry a figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

346 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

48.8%

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

62.2%

Carbs

22%

Veg

3.5%

Oils

Other

11.3%

Pricing & size