Vet's Kitchen

Vet's Kitchen Grow & Develop review

Name: Vet's Kitchen Grow & Develop
Brand: Vet's Kitchen

68.1/100Good

DryPuppy

A Good puppy kibble that breaks its meat down for you and prints its calcium. Chicken is declared at 47%, itemised into dried chicken, fat and gravy. Calcium converts to 1.2% of dry matter, inside the range growth works to.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large and giant breed puppies, where a printed calcium figure in range is the first thing to check
Pups that thrive on chicken, itemised right down to the gravy
Digestion support in print: mannan and fructo oligosaccharides at 425 mg/kg each, plus a named live gut flora stabiliser
Busy, quick-growing pups, at 391 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical of puppy dry food
Owners who like extras named, with beta glucans and nucleotides at 100 mg/kg

Worth watching

Grain throughout: brown rice at 28.5% with oats behind it
Salmon oil, so it is not a fish-free elimination diet
Energy dense, so weigh portions for a smaller or steadier pup

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

How this scores

How we score

68.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Take the starting amount from the maker's growth chart and adjust as your pup's shape changes.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Vet's Kitchen Grow & Develop 68.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The label holds up wherever you look at it, with the itemised chicken, the printed calcium and a starch load under the puppy typical doing the work.

What's in it

Chicken: dried chicken, chicken fat, chicken gravy47% (38.5%, 5.5%, 3%)Dried chicken is the backbone and arrives in the kibble much as printed.
Brown rice28.5%Gentle, slowly digested starch.
Oats
Dried egg, brewer's yeastMore protein, and B vitamins from the yeast. Count both on a narrow diet plan.
Salmon oilMarine fats for coat and brain.
Beet pulpA mild fibre most young guts take in their stride.
Minerals
Mannanoligosaccharides, fructooligosaccharides425 mg/kg eachPrebiotics, dosed in the list.
Yucca schidigera extract, seaweed oil extractYucca tempers stool odour.
Beta glucans, nucleotides100mg/kg each

D-L methionine at 1,769 mg/kg and L-carnitine among a dosed panel, with chelated zinc, iron and copper and a named Enterococcus faecium strain.

Named ingredients

Chicken 47% (Including Dried Chicken 38.5%, Chicken Fat 5.5%, Chicken Gravy 3%), Brown Rice 28.5%, Oats, Dried Egg, Brewer's Yeast, Salmon Oil, Beet Pulp, Minerals, Mannanoligosaccharides 425 mg/kg, Fructooligosaccharides 425 mg/kg, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Seaweed Oil Extract, Beta Glucans 100mg/kg, Nucleotides 100mg/kg.

Against the range

One chicken puppy recipe on brown rice and oats, with calcium printed and a gut package written into the ingredients with doses. Salmon oil, seaweed oil extract and dried egg sit alongside the chicken.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

391 kcal/100g

Protein

33.5%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

36.4%

Fat

17.9%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

34.8%

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

50.8%

Added water

Carbs

40.9%

Oils

1.5%

Other

3.8%

Pricing & size