SmartBarf Vegetable, Seed and Fruit Mix 500g
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SmartBarf™ is a 100% natural source of minerals, vitamins and nutrients from over 50 different seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, vegetables, pulses and herbs. All the ingredients are carefully selected for maximum nutritional benefit, to create a healthy balanced diet for your dog.
SmartBarf can be used with any home prepared meal, whether raw or cooked. Smartbarf isn't suitable for kibble and canned foods that are already "complete".
Contains
- 40% Herbs, Vegetables and Seaweed (leafy greens, root crops, Mediterranean herbs, meadow plants, seaweed)
- 40% Seeds and Nuts (meadow seeds, vegetable seeds, herb & spice seeds, tropical and woodland nuts)
- 10% Fruits and Berries (orchard, Mediterranean, tropical and hedgerow)
- 10% Pulses (8 different beans)
Made without soya, wheat, rice or corn.
Did you know that 30% of SmartBarf is made up of prebiotic-rich foods?
Apple | Asparagus | Banana | Broccoli | Cabbage | Carob | Cashews | Chickpeas | Chicory | Flax | Kale | Pears | Peas | Seaweed | Tomatoes
Prebiotics are fibre-rich foods (oligosaccharides eg FOS, GOS, TOS, inulin) that are mostly digested by gut bacteria.
What benefits do we see from gut bacteria fed on good sources of oligosaccharides?
- The release of nutrients and by-products that protect and nourish their hosts and even affect their mental well-being.
- Inhibits the activity of pathogens.
- Promotes the activity of beneficial bacteria.
- Protects from the risk of mineral deficiencies by helping to improve mineral absorption.
- Lowers the secretion of stress hormones.
SmartBarf™ is already mixed and packaged, and has a long shelf life, all for your convenience and to save you time and money. 1 box makes 35 daily meals for most medium sized dogs. No fuss, no mess, no waste. Just add water and serve with meat.
How to Use
Smartbarf can be stirred into a suitable mince but the nutrients are more easily absorbed if it is first mixed in warm water (2 parts water, 1 part powder). Once re-hydrated, Smartbarf should be stored in the fridge and used within 7 days or better still, frozen until needed. If you already feed your dogs with fresh vegetables, replace these with 20% Smartbarf by weight. i.e. 20g of Smartbarf powder = 100g of fresh ingredients.
Daily Feeding guidelines: 1 tsp = 3.5g, 1 tbsp = 10g
Toy breeds 0.5-1.5 tsps / day (100-250 daily portions per bag)
Small breeds 2 -2.5 tsps / day (50-80 daily portions per bag)
Medium breeds 1 - 2 tbps / day (25-50 daily portions per bag)
Large breeds 2.5-3.5 tbps / day (15-20 daily portions per bag)
Giant breeds 4-9 tbps / day (6-12 daily portions per bag)
Once opened store in an airtight container in a cool, dry place.
Owen and Jules Passey’s journey to creating Smartbarf began when they started raw feeding their first dog, DJ. She had shown little interest in the dry food her breeder used, and despite trying many other brands, she remained under-weight, and people often asked if she had recently been rescued. She was also having to visit the vet frequently, with runny eyes and itchy skin, which were diagnosed as due to allergies and therefore incurable. And then there was her poo’s!!
With their scientific backgrounds though, Owen and Jules were not content to just leave DJ to suffer. They had many questions, and therefore began to research all the possible causes and remedies. DJ’s lack of appetite suggested that her diet might be a factor, so it wasn’t long before Owen and Jules started to explore raw feeding. The change in DJ was nothing short of miraculous! She immediately started to enjoy her food and, gained a healthy weight. Visits to the vet became a thing of the past, as did those awful sloppy smelly poo’s!
Seeing the huge difference that a diet of raw mince meat, chicken carcasses and bones was making, Owen and Jules were convinced that good nutrition was the key to a happy healthy dog. So they also began to research all the vitamins and minerals needed to optimise a dog’s diet. They were soon adding chopped raw vegetables, fruit and other ingredients to the meat and bone, which DJ loved, and she became a picture of good health. When Lily joined the family she had terrible body odour, but with a diet of raw food this quickly disappeared.
It was when Lily also joined the family, that Owen and Jules started to struggle with buying, storing, chopping, weighing and serving all the different vegetables, fruits and other ingredients needed to provide all the vitamins and minerals. So after a great deal more research, and working closely with suppliers specialising in the various ingredients, they finally achieved their “eureka” moment – all the nutrients were there, in a consistent mixture, with a long shelf life, and at an affordable price – Smartbarf was born!
Full Ingredient list
Seeds (25%): buckwheat, celery, chia, evening primrose, hemp, linseed, milk thistle, millet, niger, pumpkin, safflower, sesame, sunflower
Root Vegetables (15%): beetroot, carrot, parsnip Nuts (11%): almonds, brazils, cashews, coconut, hazelnuts, peanuts, walnuts
Beans (10%): aduki, black eye, chick peas, peas, haricot, locust, mung, pinto
Leafy Greens (8%): cabbage, kale, spinach
Other Vegetables (8%): asparagus, broccoli, tomato Hedgerow
Berries (5%): elder, hawthorn, juniper, rosehips
Herbs (3%): basil, marjoram, oregano, parsley, sage, spearmint, thyme
Wild Seeds (3%): clover, meadow flowers
Tropical Fruits (3%): dates, goji, papaya, banana
Meadow Plants (3%): blackberry leaves, clivers (cleavers), dandelion, meadowsweet, nettle
Seaweed (2%)
Spices (1%): aniseed, peppercorns, caraway, fennel Orchard
Fruits (1%): apple, pear, plum
Mediterranean Fruits (1%): apricot, peach
Analytical Constituents
Protein 15.4g, Oils and Fats 15.7g, Ash 5.1g, Moisture 8.3g, Fibre 13.1g
Energy 425kcal per 100g.
An Overview of Delivery Options (Please note that the delivery times are from the point of dispatch)
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Options of Royal Mail Tracked 48 (typically 2-3 working days) and Tracked 24 (typically 1-2 working days). Free Delivery on orders over £48.99. Orders over 4kg will need to be sent with APC. | £3.45-4.29 |
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Next day Courier service (standard deliveries Monday to Saturday inclusive) with APC. You will receive a text on morning of your delivery with a 2 hour delivery window (plus ability to track driver location). |
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Orders over £48.99 |
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An Overview of Returns and Refunds
Unless faulty, you can only return a product if unopened, unused and with the original seals, packaging or tags intact. Unfortunately, it is also not possible to issue a refund for a supplement that your pet doesn't like or doesnt agree with them. All animals are unique with their own likes and dislikes.
You can return an unwanted item for a full refund (including minimum postage costs you could have chosen when placing your order) within 14 days of receiving it. You must notify us of your intention to cancel the order and you must return the item to us within 14 days of notifying us.
When returning an item, please ensure you take reasonable care as any damage in transit will result in us being unable to refund part or all of the money that you have paid. You are responsible for the cost of returning an unwanted item to us. Using Royal Mail “Send and Item with Click & Drop” is an option, as this enables you to have your order collected from your house. Further details can be found here: https://send.royalmail.com/
Our return address is: Returns Dept., Healthful Pets, 12 Dalby Court, Gadbrook Business Centre, CW9 7TN.
Refunds are typically processed within 2 days of receipt of a returned item, but under certain circumstances, such as busy /holiday periods, your refund may take longer to process. The 14- day limit to request a refund does not apply to any item which is faulty, unfit for purpose, or not as described at the time you placed the order. For damaged and faulty items, you have 30 days to contact us. We will cover the cost of these returns and once received will process a full refund.
