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Ruff's Recipes Hearty Game Stew with Duck, Mushroom & Bay Adult Dry Dog Food
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
- Fresh meat, named by animal
- Includes organ meat
Worth knowing
- About 50% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Duck, Venison & Pork (36%) (including Freshly Prepared Duck 30%, Venison Gravy 4%, Pork Liver 2%), Dried Sweet Potato… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 32%
- Protein, dry weight
- 25%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~50%
- kcal/100 g
- 359
Ingredients
Listed first: Duck. 32% of the recipe is declared meat.
Duck, Venison & Pork (36%) (including Freshly Prepared Duck 30%, Venison Gravy 4%, Pork Liver 2%), Dried Sweet Potato, Dried Whole Peas, Potato Protein, Poultry Oil, Alfalfa (3%), Minerals, Flaxseed (1%), Dried Carrot, Dried Parsnip, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic FOS) (0.3%), Dried Mushroom (0.2%), Dried Herbs & Botanicals (0.2%) (Seaweed 0.05%, Nettle 0.02%, Rosemary 0.015%, Bay 0.015%, Dill 0.015%, Mint 0.015%, Oregano 0.015%, Thyme 0.015%, Chamomile 0.01%, Turmeric 0.01%, Reishi Mushroom 0.005%, Valerian Root 0.005%), Dried Apple, Joint Support Blend (0.1% including Glucosamine 0.034%, MSM 0.034%, Chondroitin 0.024%), Dried Blueberry.
Meat named animal protein
Additives
Vitamin A 25,000IU, Vitamin D3 1,500IU, Vitamin E 150mg, Taurine 1000mg. Amino Acids: Methionine 2000mg, L-Tryptophan 500mg, L-Arginine 500mg, L-Tyrosine 250mg. Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 100mg, Iron (as Iron (ll) Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 50mg, Manganese (as Manganese Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 25mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 7.5mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate, Anhydrous) 1mg, Selenium (as Selenised Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3060, inactivated) 0.15mg. Technological Additives: Antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Duck”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Duck | Named meat | Not given |
| Venison & Pork (36%) (including Freshly Prepared Duck 30%, … | Named meat | 36% |
| Dried Sweet Potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Whole Peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Potato Protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Poultry Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Alfalfa (3%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 3% |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Flaxseed (1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| Dried Carrot | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Parsnip | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic FOS) (0.3%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.3% |
| Dried Mushroom (0.2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.2% |
| Dried Herbs & Botanicals (0.2%) (Seaweed 0.05%, Nettle 0.02… | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.2% |
| Dried Apple | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Joint Support Blend (0.1% including Glucosamine 0.034%, MSM… | Other | 0.1% |
| Dried Blueberry. | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
4% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.
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Nutrition
Protein 25% and carbs about 50%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 23% | 25% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 12% | 13% |
| Carbohydrate | ~46% | ~50% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.5% | 3.8% |
| Ash | 7.5% | 8.2% |
| Moisture | 8% | 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 35
The kind of meat scored best (15 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.3 of 20).
How much meat?
12 / 45 points- Meat on the label11.2 / 35 points
32% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.8 / 10 points
Protein is 25% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
3.3 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 50% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.
What kind of meat?
15 / 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 meat3 / 3 points
Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is 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 50% to 31% 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
Nothing flagged in 28 ingredients. 6 are not in our ingredient database yet.
28 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, antioxidants, apples, blueberries, carrot, chicory root extract, DL-methionine, duck, herbs, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, parsnip, peas, pork, poultry fat, sweet potato, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, venison
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, antioxidants, apples, blueberries, chicory root extract, DL-methionine, herbs, parsnip, pork, poultry fat, taurine, vegetable protein extracts, venison, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Alfalfa, antioxidants, apples, blueberries, carrot, chicory root extract, duck, herbs, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, parsnip, peas, pork, poultry fat, sweet potato, vegetable protein extracts, venison
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
6 not in our ingredient database yet
Botanicals, dried mushroom, joint support blend, L arginine, L tryptophan, L tyrosine
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: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £59.99 | £5.00/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £13.99 | £7.00/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £47.99 | £4.00/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £11.19 | £5.59/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £53.99 | £4.50/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £12.59 | £6.29/kg |
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Cost per day and grams for your dog
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Own-label food: checked against the retailer’s label.
Retailer-verified. This is the retailer’s own-label food, so there is no separate maker’s website to check it against. We publish it because the retailer’s label is complete and passes our consistency checks.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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