Bunji Dog Food Review

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When a DIY store sells dog food how good do you expect it to be?

Bunning’s tell you it’s good, and you’ll find on their website the following quote:

At Bunji, we believe in real food, real connection and real care – because our dogs aren’t just pets, they’re family.

For the sake of this review we’ll cover the ingredients of Nanna’s Lamb & Saltbush Stew. It sounds delightful, doesn’t it?

If you think your dog would fancy the Roast Beef & Bush Rosemary Pie kibble then don’t worry, this review will tell you all you need to know – so read on.

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Bunji review

What the marketing says

At the top of the Bunji dog food bags you’ll find in ALL CAPS the words “THE SCIENCE OF THE COUNTRY”.

Given we love our country and trust in science, do you think they’re appealing to our inner belief anything homegrown and scientific is the pinnacle of dog nutrition?

Don’t count on it, it’s meaningless marketing.

The “Every Bowl, Gets Tails Waggin” claim is also, just, marketing.

“Dog Kibble” is accurate, but obviously says nothing about the quality of Bunji as a good option for your dog.

What the ingredients really say

If your Nanna made a wholesome Lamb & Saltbush stew, what do you think she would make it from?

I’m guessing wheat and faba beans didn’t jump into your mind?

However, wheat is the main ingredient in both recipes of Bunji dog food, and that’s Issue #1 – it’s a cheap widely used filler, and a telltale sign of a cheaply produced dog food.

Not only is wheat not ideal for dogs with dietary sensitivities (in the same way diesel isn’t ideal for petrol cars), it’s probably one of the main causes of diet-related issues in Aussie dogs.

How’s that for scientific?

The second ingredient is faba beans which is a little better, but still doesn’t scream “canine”, does it? Throw a steak in a faba bean field, and what do you think your dog will go for?

It’s the third ingredient which is more appropriate for your dog, which is thankfully lamb (Hooray, we got there in the end!).

It’s a dried protein-dense lamb powder (lamb meal), and I found a claim stating this to be equivalent to 32% of the recipe – although this would mean the wheat and faba beans are 64% or more of the recipe.

Poultry meal as the fourth ingredient is more appropriate than wheat and faba beans, but given we’ve already accounted for 96% of the recipe in the top 3 ingredients we know we’ve jumped down to “minor” ingredients.

Sorghum – pretty pointless for your dog.

Beef tallow – Ok, at least it’s an animal product.

Mill run – What on earth for? Very low grade filler, not good for your dog.

Everything else – okay, some minor benefits and necessary inclusions (nice to see a speck of Blue Lipped Mussel for example), but it’s not screaming quality to me.

What may appeal to you is the price, or picking up a bag of Bunji on a Saturday morning when you nip in to get a cheap sizzly sausage.

Oh, and by the way, the Roast Beef & Bush Rosemary recipe is almost identical, It’s only these two ingredients which have been switched from lamb meal and saltbush (last ingredient and most miniscule ingredient).

As a dog food I can’t recommend Bunji.

It’s cheap, and even “getting what you pay for” is debatable given your dog’s diet is essential for their health.

You want your dog to be healthy, right?

Where to buy?

Bunnings.

Ingredients

Ingredients of Bunji dog food (Nanna’s Lamb & Saltbush Stew recipe):

Wheat, Faba Beans, Lamb Meal, Poultry Meal, Sorghum, Beef Tallow, Mill Run, Natural Poultry Flavour, Fish Oil, Vitamin & Minerals, Algium™ (Sepiolite, Calcium Carbonate, Silicon Dioxide, Red Algae (Solieria Chordalis), Green Algae (Ulva sp)), Inulin (Prebiotic Fibre), Methionine, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Blue Lipped Mussel, Taurine, Natural Antioxidant (Mixed Tocopherols, Rosemary Extract) Saltbush.

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