Brand comparison
Edgard & Cooper vs Forthglade
A side-by-side of Edgard & Cooper and Forthglade on the factors we score. Figures come from our current catalogue data, and each brand’s full review is linked below. We don’t show prices here.
Quick verdict
Two honestly labelled, no-raw ranges that take different shapes. Edgard & Cooper sits in our Good band, with fresh-meat kibble and wet food built around a big herb-and-botanical list, plus a bio-organic line. Its wet food reads well, and its kibble reads Average or Poor on protein and processing. Forthglade sits a band higher in our Excellent band, across three formats (cold-pressed, wet and a little dry) with joint-support extras in several recipes. Transparency is Outstanding on every Forthglade recipe, and its cold-pressed line is the softer part. The split is characterful recipes versus format flexibility.
Choose Edgard & Cooper if…
- You want fresh-meat kibble with a distinctive herb-and-botanical recipe
- You specifically want a bio-organic or grain-free option
- You're feeding its wet food, which reads Outstanding on nutritional balance
Choose Forthglade if…
- You want cold-pressed as an option alongside kibble and wet
- You want joint-support extras (glucosamine and chondroitin) in several recipes
- You want the range that sits a band higher with us, our Excellent to our Good
Key differences
- Bands: Forthglade sits in our Excellent band, Edgard & Cooper in our Good band
- Formats: Edgard & Cooper is dry and wet, while Forthglade spans three (cold-pressed, wet and a little dry)
- Softest part differs: Edgard & Cooper's kibble reads Average or Poor on protein and processing, while Forthglade's cold-pressed recipes read Average on nutritional balance; transparency is Outstanding on every Forthglade recipe
- Signature extras: Edgard & Cooper leans on a wide botanical list and a bio-organic line; Forthglade folds joint-support ingredients into several recipes
- Both do dry and wet, with cold-pressed on top at Forthglade, and both have grain-free recipes but no raw. Each one covers every age and size of dog
Side by side
- Fresh-meat kibble
- Botanical recipes
- Dry or wet feeding
- Every life stage
- Dogs fed cold-pressed or wet food
- Grain-free recipes
- Cold-pressed, wet and dry
- Every life stage
- Fresh named meats with a wide botanical mix
- Bio-organic and grain-free lines
- Outstanding transparency on nearly every recipe
- Cold-pressed and wet in one range
- Glucosamine and chondroitin in several recipes
- Grain-free options, with Outstanding transparency
- Dry and wet only, with no raw, fresh or cold-pressed line
- The kibble reads Average or Poor on protein and processing, below the wet
- Long botanical lists will not suit everyone
- No raw food in the range
- The dry list is the smallest part here
- The cold-pressed recipes read a band below the wet
Ingredients & nutrition
Both are honestly labelled ranges, and neither goes raw. Edgard & Cooper pairs fresh named meats, chicken most, with beef, lamb, salmon and game. The botanical spread runs to nettle, fennel, caraway, yarrow, dill, parsley and blackberry leaves, plus prebiotic fibres, across grain-free and bio-organic lines. As fed, its wet recipes are about 9% protein and its kibble about 28%. Forthglade leads on turkey and lamb, with chicken too. It adds glucosamine and chondroitin for joints, alongside seaweed, peas, carrots, linseed and chicory. Those recipes are spread across cold-pressed, wet and a little dry, and as-fed protein spans roughly 9% to 33%. The pillar reads differ. Edgard & Cooper's wet food takes Outstanding for both nutritional balance and transparency. Its kibble drops to Average or Poor on protein and processing, and to Average on nutritional balance. Forthglade's wet food is Excellent or better for protein and processing, and the same for nutritional balance. Its cold-pressed recipes are the softer part, at Average on nutritional balance.
Suitability & trade-offs
Each brand covers every life stage and breed size, and grain-free recipes run through both ranges, so the choice is about format and emphasis. Forthglade is the more format-flexible of the two, since its cold-pressed line is a gentler-processed option Edgard & Cooper does not offer, and it builds joint-support extras into several recipes. Edgard & Cooper is the pick if you want fresh-meat kibble with a big botanical list, or a bio-organic recipe. Just note that its kibble reads well below its wet food with us, so if you are buying dry, read the specific recipe. Neither needs cold storage.
Our recommendation
Forthglade is the higher-banded and more versatile range, so make it your default if you want cold-pressed as a format, joint-support extras, or a wet range that reads Excellent or better across the pillars. It sits a band above, our Excellent to our Good. Choose Edgard & Cooper when its specific strengths matter to you: its wet recipes, a wide botanical spread, or a bio-organic line, accepting that its kibble is the weak part of the range. In short: Forthglade for format flexibility and joint extras, Edgard & Cooper for characterful fresh-meat recipes and a bio-organic option.
Common questions
Which scores higher, Edgard & Cooper or Forthglade?
Forthglade, a band above at Excellent to Edgard & Cooper's Good. Forthglade reads Outstanding on transparency throughout, with its cold-pressed line the softer part; Edgard & Cooper's wet food reads well, and its kibble reads Average or Poor on protein and processing.
Which offers more formats?
Forthglade does. It spans cold-pressed, wet and a little dry. Edgard & Cooper is dry and wet only. Neither offers raw.
Does either have a bio-organic option?
Edgard & Cooper does, inside its dry-and-wet range. What sets Forthglade apart is its cold-pressed line and its joint-support extras.
Are both grain-free?
Both have grain-free recipes, though not every recipe is grain-free. Forthglade also lists brown-rice recipes.
Are both suitable for puppies and seniors?
Yes. Both ranges run from puppy through adult to senior, at every breed size.