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Growing Paws Premium Lamb & Rice Dog Food
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
- Fresh meat, named by animal
Worth knowing
- About 47% carbs (dry weight)
First ingredients: Lamb (min 26%), Whole grain rice, Whole grain oats, Whole grain barley, Chicken fat… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 26%
- Protein, dry weight
- 27%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~47%
- kcal/100 g
- 343
Ingredients
Listed first: Lamb. 26% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 26%
- Other 0.2%
- No amount given 73.8%
Lamb (min 26%), Whole grain rice, Whole grain oats, Whole grain barley, Chicken fat, Prairie meal, Lamb gravy, Dried peas, Full fat linseed, Beet pulp, Dried egg, Brewer’s yeast, Salmon oil (source of omega 3 fatty acids), Minerals, Mannan oligosaccharides, Glucosamine, Milk thistle (0.12%), Seaweed, Nettle (0.1%), Green lipped mussel, Yucca schidigera (205mg/kg), Blackcurrant, pomegranate, rosemary, rosehip, spinach, beetroot
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
From the maker’s website, checked 4 Oct 2026.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Lamb”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Lamb (min 26%) | Named meat | 26% |
| Whole grain rice | Grain | Not given |
| Whole grain oats | Grain | Not given |
| Whole grain barley | Grain | Not given |
| Chicken fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Prairie meal | Other | Not given |
| Lamb gravy | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Dried peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Full fat linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried egg | Other | Not given |
| Brewer’s yeast | Other | Not given |
| Salmon oil (source of omega 3 fatty acids) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Mannan oligosaccharides | Other | Not given |
| Glucosamine | Other | Not given |
| Milk thistle (0.12%) | Other | 0.1% |
| Seaweed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Nettle (0.1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| Green lipped mussel | Named meat | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 27% and carbs about 47%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 24% | 27% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 13% | 14% |
| Carbohydrate | ~42% | ~47% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.3% |
| Ash | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed | 10% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.
Why it scores 32
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.3 of 20).
How much meat?
10.2 / 45 points- Meat on the label9.1 / 35 points
26% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.1 / 10 points
Protein is 26.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
4.3 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 47.2% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
6 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.
What kind of meat?
12 / 15 points- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, which earns 100% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat0 / 3 points
No organ meat named.
No ingredient deductions.
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
Against other dry foods
What the score means
One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.
75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.
How we rate foods →Less starch in the bowl
Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 47% to 30% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.
Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 26 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 26 nothing flagged
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
26 ingredients with nothing flagged
Barley, beet pulp, beetroot, blackcurrant, broth (meat stock), egg, glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, lamb, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), milk thistle, minerals, nettle, oats, peas, pomegranate extract, poultry, poultry fat, rice, rosehips, rosemary, salmon oil, seaweed, spinach, yeast
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Barley, beet pulp, beetroot, blackcurrant, broth (meat stock), egg, green-lipped mussel, lamb, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, nettle, oats, peas, pomegranate extract, poultry, poultry fat, rice, rosehips, rosemary, salmon oil, seaweed, spinach, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Barley, beetroot, blackcurrant, glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), nettle, pomegranate extract, poultry, poultry fat, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, yeast
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Milk thistle
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Use of Milk Thistle in Farm and Companion Animals (PMC11961297)Milk thistle
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Growing Paws. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
One shop doesn’t say the pack weight, so we can’t compare its price.
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing PawsSingle pack · £42.00 | Single pack | £42.00 | Not given | Visit |
Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Growing Paws | Single pack | £42.00 | Not given |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Growing Paws | Single pack | £42.00 | Not given |
Your dog
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Alternatives
4 dry foods score 27 to 46 points higher.

- Meat
- 100% this food 26%
+46 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 78.5% this food 26%
- Carbs
- about 22% this food about 47%
+31 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 78% this food 26%
- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 47%
+28 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 79.5% this food 26%
- Carbs
- about 33% this food about 47%
+27 pointsCompare
Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Taken from the maker’s page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 4 Oct 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Growing Paws (the maker).
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