Scrumbles

Scrumbles Adult & Senior Turkey review

Name: Scrumbles Adult & Senior Turkey
Brand: Scrumbles

72.6/100Excellent

DryPuppyAdult

Half the recipe is one bird, and the label shows how it got there: fresh turkey, dehydrated turkey and turkey fat, each with its own figure. The dehydrated fifth is the part that truly reaches the bowl. It lands in our Excellent band, with carbohydrate under the adult dry typical.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do well on turkey, the only species named
Keeping a dog off fish, as there is no fish oil or fish meal
Older dogs, with glucosamine at 0.02% and chondroitin at 0.015% printed
An unreliable stomach: beet pulp, two prebiotics and a live gut culture

Worth watching

Vegetable digest is described only by its origin, short of what a strict elimination trial needs
Not for a dog with a diagnosed turkey intolerance
Fat at 14% is generous for a dog whose walks are a gentle lap of the block

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

How this scores

How we score

72.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Sold for adults and seniors of every size. The bag's guide for a 10kg to 20kg dog runs 170 to 285 grams a day, so let the waistline set the point in that band.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Scrumbles Adult & Senior Turkey 72.6

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Half the recipe being turkey earns the score; a plain supporting cast and one unnamed digest stop it going further.

What's in it

Freshly prepared turkey26%Mostly water until the oven gets to it.
Dehydrated turkey20%The part that truly reaches the bowl, and a serious share.
Turkey fat4%Same bird. Together the turkey is 50%.
Sweet potato, peasThe starch, with no grain anywhere.
Beet pulpFibre.
Vegetable digestA palatant described by origin, the one place the label stops short.
Whole linseed1%Plant omega 3.
Vitamins and minerals
Yeasts, chicory extract0.1% eachSources of MOS and FOS, the prebiotics.
Yucca extract, glucosamine, chondroitin, dried spearmint0.02%, 0.02%, 0.015%Light, but quantified, joint support.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, dosed trace minerals with manganese and copper chelated and selenium from selenised yeast, plus a live Enterococcus faecium culture.

Named ingredients

50% Turkey (26% Freshly Prepared Turkey, 20% Dehydrated Turkey, 4% Turkey Fat) Sweet Potato, Peas, Beet Pulp, Vegetable Digest, 1% Whole Linseed, Vitamins & Minerals, 0.1% Yeasts (source of prebiotic MOS), 0.1% Chicory Extract (source of prebiotic FOS), 0.02% Extract of Yucca Schidigera,0.02% Glucosamine, 0.015% Chondroitin, Dried Spearmint.

Against the range

One grain-free recipe: half of it turkey, broken down on the label, with sweet potato, peas and beet pulp behind and a tail of prebiotics, joint support and linseed. No fish of any kind.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

367 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

14%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

40.8%

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

59%

Carbs

35%

Veg

0.1%

Other

Pricing & size