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Tuggs Beef Brigade review

Name: Tuggs Beef Brigade
Brand: Tuggs

89.5/100Outstanding

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Gently cooked fresh food in a pouch, sitting in our Outstanding band. The beef is unusually candid, broken into heart, lung, liver and trimming with a percentage each, and fresh insect at 20% is a real second protein. Every entry on the list carries a figure.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs suited to organ meat, with heart, lung and liver counted separately
Owners curious about insect protein at a fifth of the recipe
A puppy and an old dog fed off the same shelf
Fussy eaters: gently cooked food smells like a meal
Dogs kept off cereal, with quinoa, a seed, taking the starch role

Worth watching

Fridge space once opened and freezer room if you buy ahead
Salmon oil at the end of the list, so it is not fish free
No calcium percentage, only a calcium to phosphorus ratio of 1.4:1

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

How this scores

How we score

89.5/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. For a large-breed puppy, ask Tuggs for the calcium figure, since the label gives only the ratio.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Tuggs Beef Brigade 89.5

All one Outstanding. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

In a field this strong, finishing level with the typical fresh food is a good place to be, and a figure beside every entry is how it gets there.

What's in it

Beef heart25%A working muscle with a nutrient profile to match.
Beef lung, beef liver10% eachLiver carries much of an animal's vitamin and mineral density.
Beef trimming5%The beef block is headlined at 48% but its parts total slightly more, so read them as indicative.
Fresh insect20%Novel for almost every dog. The one entry that goes unnamed: the label does not say which insect.
Broccoli14.25%
Carrot, sweet potato6%, 4%
Quinoa4%A pseudo-cereal carrying every amino acid a dog needs.
Sunflower oil, brewer's yeast1% eachVitamin E from the oil, B vitamins from the yeast.
Kelp powder, chia seeds, minerals0.5% eachIodine from the kelp, plant omega 3 from the chia.
Salmon oil0.25%Marine omega 3.

Dosed per kilogram: vitamin A at 2500 IU, vitamin D3 at 250 IU, vitamin E, then zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium.

No calcium percentage on the label, only a 1.4:1 calcium to phosphorus ratio. For a large-breed puppy, ask Tuggs for the figure.

Named ingredients

Beef 48% (Heart 25%, Trimming 5%, Lung 10%, Liver 10%), Fresh Insect (20%), Broccoli (14.25%), Carrot (6%), Sweet Potato (4%), Quinoa (4%), Sunflower Oil (1%), Brewer's Yeast (1%), Kelp Powder (0.5%), Chia Seeds (0.5%), Minerals (0.5%), Salmon Oil (0.25%), Ingredient highlights Beef Trimming · Beef Lung · Beef Heart · Insects · Sweet Potato · Minerals · Carrots · Brewer's Yeast · Quinoa · Salmon Oil · Broccoli · Sunflower Oil · Chia Seeds · Kelp Powder

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

157 kcal/100g

Protein

13.8%

Fat

6.7%

Fibre

1.16%

Ash

Moisture

71.5%

Dry weight

Protein

48.4%

Fat

23.5%

Fibre

4.1%

Ash

3.5%

Carbs

20.5%

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

68%

Carbs

Veg

20.8%

Oils

1.2%

Other

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £6.00 (RRP)
Pack: 300g / 500g / 700g pouches, sold in boxes of 5, 10 or 15 pouches (subscription plans are portioned per dog instead)
A 15kg dog eats: 330 to 420 g a day, 375 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.25

A growing dog is fed to its own curve, so the box you order changes shape over the first year.

Budget end of the market for a gently cooked fresh food, and strong value for what is in the recipe.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.