Some say Nutripe stinks, but don’t worry – your dog won’t mind.
The reason for the smell is the wonderfully nutritious tripe (hence the name Nutripe) – something which is very nutritious and good for your dog.
On the Nutripe website you’ll hear the receipes can help with gut function, joint health, derma health, heart health, stool odour control (that made me smile!), and also an immune system booster.
That’s all well and good, but what is the why behind those marketing claims, and is Nutripe a good option for our dogs?
Let’s take a look at what’s on offer int the Nutripe range, which I’m sure could be a great option if PETstock is your store of choice.
For both dogs and cats, in Australia the Nutripe range includes “Krunch” oven-baked (a bit like kibble, but cooked at lower temps), wet food, and also freeze-dried – probably your best option for nutrition as well as shelf life, but will also cost your more.
There are air-dried treats available which look decent enough. They contain vegetable glycerin as a humectant (to make the treats more chewy), but that’s my only small gripe, and they’re miles better than all the crappy wheat and corn based treats most Aussies buy for their pets.
I’ll start with the oven-baked foods as these will appeal to most. In Australia kibble (or “biscuits” if you will) remain the go-to choice for most pet owners, so an oven-baked alternative is your next step up. Lower temps should equal better nutrition (although there’s an interesting gotcha in the ingredients, so read on!).
If we take a look at the ingredients of Nutripe Krunch Oven-Baked New Zealand Hormone-Free Chicken & Beef with Green Tripe (what a mouthful that is!), we find a lot of good, but also some “dubious”.
The first (and most significant) ingredients are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Fava Beans, Pea, Beef, and Natural Flavour.
If we consider those as a whole, the chicken in the recipe probably isn’t that much more than the fava beans and peas, so we can assume it doesn’t contain the high meat content of some of the dog foods on the best rated list. It’s not bad though, and there are definitely far worse options.
Interestingly, the food may tout “oven-baked”, but chicken meal and I expect natural flavour are products of rendering, which means they were previously cooked at high temperatures anyway. Meat meals come as a dried powder, and natural flavour is likely the fatty broth created from the same process.
Or in short – those ingredients won’t benefit from the lower temperatures of being oven-cooked, and the meal is actually twice cooked!
However, the other ingredients will benefit from being oven-cooked, including the chicken, legumes, beef, and the next ingredient in the list which is green lamb tripe.
Tripe is stomach lining, but is packed with nutrition which is great for our dogs. It’s the main selling point of Nutripe, but it’s a good one – tripe is rich in digestive enzymes and probiotics, which means it will greatly support your dog’s gut health and their ability to digest the food they eat.
There’s good stuff to say about the minor ingredients as well, even though we can expect these to be fairly small amounts.
For heart health, skin and coat, we find a combination of flaxseed, fish oil, and sunflower oil for omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. We also find blueberry, carrot, kiwifruit, apple, goat milk powder (protein!), green-lipped mussel powder (good for joints!), seaweed meal, and more – all these round off the Nutripe Krunch range with a range of nutrients.
It’s these minor inclusions which account for most of the marketing claims we covered above. Lots of dog foods these days cater for such nutritional needs, but not all do.
To offer a quick summary, Nutripe Krunch is definitely a decent dry dog food.
Despite the ominous use of meat meals which won’t benefit from being oven-baked, it’s still a better option than many other kibbles on the shelves, and not a bad choice indeed.
However, the freeze dried range is better, so let’s take a look…
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The reason for the smell is the wonderfully nutritious tripe (hence the name Nutripe) – something which is very nutritious and good for your dog.
On the Nutripe website you’ll hear the receipes can help with gut function, joint health, derma health, heart health, stool odour control (that made me smile!), and also an immune system booster.
That’s all well and good, but what is the why behind those marketing claims, and is Nutripe a good option for our dogs?
Let’s take a look at what’s on offer int the Nutripe range, which I’m sure could be a great option if PETstock is your store of choice.
- What’s on offer in the Nutripe range?
- Nutripe Krunch Oven-baked
- Nutripe Freeze Dried
- Nutripe Wet Food
What’s on offer in the Nutripe range?
For both dogs and cats, in Australia the Nutripe range includes “Krunch” oven-baked (a bit like kibble, but cooked at lower temps), wet food, and also freeze-dried – probably your best option for nutrition as well as shelf life, but will also cost your more.
There are air-dried treats available which look decent enough. They contain vegetable glycerin as a humectant (to make the treats more chewy), but that’s my only small gripe, and they’re miles better than all the crappy wheat and corn based treats most Aussies buy for their pets.
Nutripe Krunch Oven-baked
I’ll start with the oven-baked foods as these will appeal to most. In Australia kibble (or “biscuits” if you will) remain the go-to choice for most pet owners, so an oven-baked alternative is your next step up. Lower temps should equal better nutrition (although there’s an interesting gotcha in the ingredients, so read on!).
If we take a look at the ingredients of Nutripe Krunch Oven-Baked New Zealand Hormone-Free Chicken & Beef with Green Tripe (what a mouthful that is!), we find a lot of good, but also some “dubious”.
The first (and most significant) ingredients are Chicken, Chicken Meal, Fava Beans, Pea, Beef, and Natural Flavour.
If we consider those as a whole, the chicken in the recipe probably isn’t that much more than the fava beans and peas, so we can assume it doesn’t contain the high meat content of some of the dog foods on the best rated list. It’s not bad though, and there are definitely far worse options.
Interestingly, the food may tout “oven-baked”, but chicken meal and I expect natural flavour are products of rendering, which means they were previously cooked at high temperatures anyway. Meat meals come as a dried powder, and natural flavour is likely the fatty broth created from the same process.
Or in short – those ingredients won’t benefit from the lower temperatures of being oven-cooked, and the meal is actually twice cooked!
However, the other ingredients will benefit from being oven-cooked, including the chicken, legumes, beef, and the next ingredient in the list which is green lamb tripe.
Tripe is stomach lining, but is packed with nutrition which is great for our dogs. It’s the main selling point of Nutripe, but it’s a good one – tripe is rich in digestive enzymes and probiotics, which means it will greatly support your dog’s gut health and their ability to digest the food they eat.
There’s good stuff to say about the minor ingredients as well, even though we can expect these to be fairly small amounts.
For heart health, skin and coat, we find a combination of flaxseed, fish oil, and sunflower oil for omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. We also find blueberry, carrot, kiwifruit, apple, goat milk powder (protein!), green-lipped mussel powder (good for joints!), seaweed meal, and more – all these round off the Nutripe Krunch range with a range of nutrients.
It’s these minor inclusions which account for most of the marketing claims we covered above. Lots of dog foods these days cater for such nutritional needs, but not all do.
To offer a quick summary, Nutripe Krunch is definitely a decent dry dog food.
Despite the ominous use of meat meals which won’t benefit from being oven-baked, it’s still a better option than many other kibbles on the shelves, and not a bad choice indeed.
However, the freeze dried range is better, so let’s take a look…
Nutripe Freeze Dried
Nutripe Wet Food
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