Tuggs

Tuggs Cod Crew review

Name: Tuggs Cod Crew
Brand: Tuggs

84.5/100Outstanding

FreshPuppyAdult

Tuggs Cod Crew is the lightest bowl Tuggs makes and the only one with no land meat on the label. Cod and insect between them make up 60% of the pouch, two proteins most dogs have barely met. It is gently cooked, kept cold and listed for every life stage, and it sits in our Outstanding band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that need a lighter bowl, with fat at 4.5% as fed
Dogs steering clear of chicken and beef
A dog that has reacted to foods before, on two unfamiliar proteins
Puppies, adults and older dogs from the same pouch
Owners who want a figure beside every entry

Worth watching

Two proteins in the pouch, and the insect is not named
No calcium percentage, only a 1.3:1 calcium to phosphorus ratio
Fridge once open, freezer if you stock up

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

How this scores

How we score

84.5/100Outstanding

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 percentage, since only the ratio is printed.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Tuggs Cod Crew 84.5

All one Outstanding. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

Every pillar with a reading comes back Outstanding, level with the strongest company the fresh shelf keeps.

What's in it

Cod40%A lean white fish, and the recipe's whole character.
Fresh insect20%The one entry the label leaves open: no insect named.
Broccoli11%
Sweet potato, carrot10%, 7%
Quinoa4%A seed, not a grass, with a fuller set of amino acids than most plants.
Sunflower oil5%Doing most of the fat work, with no fish oil on the label.
Minerals, brewer's yeast1% eachYeast for B vitamins.
Kelp powder, chia seeds0.5% eachIodine, and plant omega 3.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with a trace element set down to selenium at 0.04mg per kilo, and a calcium to phosphorus ratio of 1.3:1.

With no fish oil, the omega 3 is modest next to an oily fish recipe.

Named ingredients

Cod (40%), Fresh Insect (20%), Sweet Potato (10%), Carrot (7%), Broccoli (11%), Quinoa (4%), Sunflower Oil (5%), Minerals (1%), Brewer's Yeast (1%), Kelp Powder 0.5%, Chia Seeds 0.5%, Ingredient highlights Fresh Cod · Insects · Sweet Potato · Minerals · Carrots · Brewer's Yeast · Quinoa · Broccoli · Sunflower Oil · Chia Seeds · Kelp Powder

Against the range

A single recipe. Cod at 40% and fresh insect at 20% are the only proteins, with no land meat anywhere, and broccoli, sweet potato, carrot and quinoa fill the plant side. Every entry carries a figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

120 kcal/100g

Protein

11.3%

Fat

4.5%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

1.3%

Moisture

72.4%

Dry weight

Protein

40.9%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

5.1%

Ash

4.7%

Carbs

33%

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

60%

Carbs

14%

Veg

18.5%

Oils

Other

2.5%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £7.03 (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: £2.64

The lightest of the three Tuggs recipes, so it asks for the most food each day.

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.