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Growing Paws Premium Salmon & Potato (Grain Free) Dog Food
Good points
- One animal protein: fish
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- About 45% carbs (dry weight)
First ingredients: Salmon (13% freshly prepared salmon, 13% salmon meal), Potato (26%), Peas (20%), Salmon Oil, Unmolassed Beet Pulp… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 26%
- Protein, dry weight
- 27%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~45%
- kcal/100 g
- 353
Ingredients
Listed first: Salmon. 26% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 26%
- Plants 46%
- No amount given 28%
Salmon (13% freshly prepared salmon, 13% salmon meal), Potato (26%), Peas (20%), Salmon Oil, Unmolassed Beet Pulp, Full Fat Linseed, Alfalfa, Seaweed, Carrot, Yeast, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Chloride, Mannan Oligosaccharides, Glucosamine, Green Lipped Mussel, Blackcurrant, Yucca Schidigera, Rosemary
Meat named animal protein
From the maker’s website, checked 4 Oct 2026.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Salmon”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon (13% freshly prepared salmon, 13% salmon meal) | Named meat | 26% |
| Potato (26%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 26% |
| Peas (20%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 20% |
| Salmon Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Unmolassed Beet Pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Full Fat Linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Alfalfa | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Seaweed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Carrot | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Yeast | Other | Not given |
| Dicalcium Phosphate | Other | Not given |
| Sodium Chloride | Other | Not given |
| Mannan Oligosaccharides | Other | Not given |
| Glucosamine | Other | Not given |
| Green Lipped Mussel | Named meat | Not given |
| Blackcurrant | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Yucca Schidigera | Other | Not given |
| Rosemary | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 27% and carbs about 45%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 24% | 27% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 15% | 17% |
| Carbohydrate | ~41% | ~45% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Ash | 7% | 7.8% |
| 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 31
The kind of meat scored best (9.8 of 15). Meat scored lowest (10.2 of 45).
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?
5 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 45% 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?
9.8 / 15 points- How the meat is listed9.8 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 82% 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 45% to 28% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.
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. 16 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 16 nothing flagged
- 1 not in our ingredient database yet
- 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.
16 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, beet pulp, blackcurrant, carrot, glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), peas, potato, rosemary, salmon, salmon oil, salt (sodium chloride), seaweed, 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)Alfalfa, beet pulp, blackcurrant, carrot, green-lipped mussel, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), peas, potato, rosemary, salmon, salmon oil, seaweed, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, blackcurrant, glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), salt (sodium chloride), seaweed, yeast
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Dicalcium phosphate
Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.
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 · £47.00 | Single pack | £47.00 | 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 | £47.00 | Not given |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Growing Paws | Single pack | £47.00 | Not given |
Your dog
Grams a day for your dog
Alternatives
4 dry foods score 28 to 47 points higher.

- Meat
- 100% this food 26%
+47 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 78.5% this food 26%
- Carbs
- about 22% this food about 45%
+32 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 78% this food 26%
- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 45%
+29 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 79.5% this food 26%
- Carbs
- about 33% this food about 45%
+28 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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