Scrumbles

Scrumbles Puppies & Toys review

Name: Scrumbles Puppies & Toys
Brand: Scrumbles

73.4/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A chicken kibble for the smallest pups that commits properly to its meat, and it reads in our Excellent band. Chicken makes up 65% of the recipe, and the dehydrated portion is the largest single entry. Energy is declared at 399 kcal per 100g.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Toy and small breed puppies
Puppies on chicken, the one meat here
Busy, fast-growing pups: 399 kcal per 100g against 376 for a typical puppy dry food
Owners who read additive panels line by line
Digestion that could use a hand, from chicory extract and yeasts

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 1.5%, so no use for a fish-free elimination diet
Grain is in, with rice at 18.5% and oats at 10%
No calcium figure and no moisture figure on the label

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

How this scores

How we score

73.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for toy and small breed puppies. The chart runs from 35g a day for a half kilo pup to 198g for one of five kilos; step the amount up as your pup moves down the guide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Scrumbles Puppies & Toys 73.4

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A high named meat share, declared energy and a fully printed panel carry it a step above the typical puppy kibble.

What's in it

Dehydrated chicken29%Went in with its water gone, so its share survives the oven.
Freshly prepared chicken26%Gives most of its weight up in baking.
Chicken fat, chicken stock7%, 3%
Rice18.5%
Oats10%Soluble fibre and a decent range of micronutrients.
Dried alfalfa2.5%
Salmon oil1.5%Marine omega 3 for a growing brain and coat, and the fish in the bowl.
Vitamins and minerals, whole linseed, dried carrot0.7% linseed, 0.3% carrot
Chicory extract, yeasts0.2%, 0.1%Prebiotic FOS and MOS.
Yucca extract, dried spearmint0.02% yucca

Vitamins A, D3 and E, chelated manganese and copper, selenium as selenised yeast, and the probiotic Enterococcus faecium named by strain.

No calcium figure on the label, less pressing on a toy and small breed recipe than a large breed one.

Named ingredients

65% Chicken (29% Dehydrated Chicken, 26% Freshly Prepared Chicken, 7% Chicken Fat, 3% Chicken Stock), 18.5% Rice, 10% Oats, 2.5% Dried Alfalfa, 1.5% Salmon Oil, Vitamins & Minerals, 0.7% Whole Linseed, 0.3% Dried Carrot, 0.2% Chicory Extract (source of Prebiotic FOS), 0.1% Yeasts (source of prebiotic MOS), 0.02% Extract of Yucca Schidigera, Dried Spearmint.

Against the range

One chicken kibble for toy and small pups, with chicken the only meat at 65% and rice and oats doing the binding. The additive panel is printed in full, with a named probiotic strain and selenium as selenised yeast.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

399 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

6.5%

Dry weight

Protein

37%

Fat

17.9%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

35.3%

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

28.5%

Veg

Oils

1.5%

Other

Pricing & size