Prime Pantry Dog Food Review
Prime Pantry is the more budget friendly alternative to the Prime100 SPD Fresh Rolls (both made by Prime100).
Prime100 as the flagship brand is obviously the better in terms of meat and nutrient content, but the Prime Pantry range available at Coles and Woolworths isn’t too bad, and is more budget friendly.
Out of the two I would opt for Prime100 (review here), but if you want to save a bit of money Prime Pantry may work well combined with another brand or style of dog food.
Let’s take a look…
What the marketing says
The Prime Pantry rolls are “complete and balanced”, which means they should offer your dog all the nutrition they need in their diet.
That’s a good thing if this is the only dog food you’re going to feed, but why would you stick to only one brand of dog food?
One caveat with soft foods in general is the rolls won’t do much for keeping your dog’s teeth clean, so if Prime Pantry is what you choose, make sure you give your dog foods to gnaw and chew as well.
“No Grain”, “No Gluten”, and “No Soy” are positive points, although when we look at the ingredients (below) we’ll find out what this really means.
“No Artificial Colours or Ingredients” is another plus, given many supermarket kibbles contain stuff like this without you knowing.
When I questioned Prime100 about their view of Prime Pantry in comparison to the SPD rolls, their take was as follows:
Prime Pantry is lower in price as it is not a single protein diet and has not been formulated to support health indications in the way our SPD Fresh Rolls have been. The rolls’ quality and ingredients are excellent and provide dogs with a complete and balanced diet.
Generally I see no issues with mixed proteins if your dog is healthy, although many Aussie dogs have suffer gut issues (usually from a previous kibble diet) which makes single protein rolls like Prime100 SPD an easier choice.
However, we can expect the lower price of Prime100 is also achieved by less meat/animal content compared to the Prime100 rolls, and your dog will always benefit more from more meat/animal content.
What the ingredients really say
The Prime Pantry formulas aren’t too different to Prime100, although less meat/animal content is what you sacrifice in return for a more affordable price.
If we look at the Beef with Peas & Carrot roll, the first ingredient is actually chicken (including ground bone). Beef is the second, and less significant ingredient.
So it’s actually not that different to the Chicken roll (although the Snapper roll opts for Snapper in a larger quantity than chicken).
This shouldn’t bother you if your dog isn’t sensitive to any meat proteins, and can even be considered a benefit (variety is good, right?)
However, expect a fair amount of the next set of ingredients – tapioca, peas, and carrot.
Tapioca isn’t as beneficial to your dog, but as with most dog foods ingredients such as this are used to cut costs rather than benefit your dog. Most dog foods, even Prime100 rolls, use ingredients such as this to lower costs (although some recommendations below have very few fillers or none).
Peas and carrot can provide some benefit, so I don’t see any issues there.
We mentioned “No Grain” earlier in the review, but if you weigh up grains vs. tapioca there isn’t much of a difference if the grains are rice, oats, or barley.
If we convert the protein and fat content to dry matter (to compare with kibble), it looks to sit around 25% protein to 20% fat which is fine, but it has to be said a roll is more natural for a dog to eat than kibble.
If we pick holes, the Beef roll relies on flaxseed oil and sunflower oil instead of a marine/fish oil which is better, but this can be considered a reason to rotate with either the Australian Snapper roll or another brand of dog food.
Overall, if Prime Pantry suits your budget, then it’s not a bad choice. If you feed kibble, I would say Prime Pantry would be a welcome addition and more beneficial to your dog.
Alternatives to Prime Pantry
If you’re looking within a budget, you may find the Petzyo patties a good option (delivered to your door), or Proudi or Big Dog at your local pet store – these are all BARF patties (raw meat) with a better meat content.
If you have more money to spend (which doesn’t need to be much more), then take a look at Prime100.
Other excellent alternatives are Lyka (fresh slightly cooked), Eureka (air-dried raw), or Frontier Pets (freeze-dried raw). Even as part of your dog’s diet, these are all wonderful choices.
Ingredients of Prime Pantry Rolls
Ingredients of Prime Pantry rolls (Beef With Peas & Carrot Recipe):
Chicken (Including Ground Chicken Bone), Beef, Tapioca, Peas, Carrot, Apple, Broccoli, Flaxseed Oil, Sunflower Oil, Vitamins & Minerals, Salt, Natural Digestive Enzymes.
Guaranteed analysis of Prime Pantry Rolls
Guaranteed analysis of Prime Pantry rolls (Beef With Peas & Carrot Recipe):
| Protein | (min) 10% |
| Fat | (min) 4% |
| Crude Fibre | (max) 1% |
| Moisture | (max) 65% |
