Product comparison
Paleo Ridge Paleo Puppy vs ROR Puppy
A side-by-side on overall score, the four pillars, food type and declared nutrition. Figures come from our current data, and each food’s full review is linked below. We don’t show prices here.
Quick verdict
Both are raw, turkey-based puppy foods for all breed sizes, and they finish close. Both sit in our Outstanding band, with ROR Puppy ahead. Paleo Ridge answers back on nutritional balance, where it reads Outstanding to ROR's Excellent. It answers back on profile too: it's leaner and much higher in protein (19% against 10%), while ROR is the richer, fattier, more calorie-dense bowl. So the choice is the higher-scoring food against the leaner, higher-protein one.
Choose Paleo Ridge Paleo Puppy if…
- You want a leaner, higher-protein puppy raw: 19% protein, 7% fat, about 138 kcal/100g
- You want turkey with ground bone as the calcium source, plus a berry and veg supplement mix
- You want the better read on nutritional balance, Outstanding to ROR's Excellent
Choose ROR Puppy if…
- You want the higher-scoring food, clear of Paleo Ridge with both in our Outstanding band
- You want a richer, more calorie-dense meal: 85% turkey, 16.6% fat, about 198 kcal/100g
- You don't mind deboned meat with added calcium (dicalcium) in place of ground bone
Key differences
- Score: ROR is ahead, with both foods in our Outstanding band. Protein and processing, transparency and value all read level, and nutritional balance goes to Paleo Ridge, Outstanding to ROR's Excellent
- Protein and fat: Paleo Ridge is higher protein and leaner (19% protein, 7% fat); ROR is higher fat and richer (10% protein, 16.6% fat)
- Energy: ROR is much more calorie-dense (about 198 against 138 kcal/100g)
- Meat and calcium: Paleo Ridge is about 95% turkey including meat with bone (natural calcium) plus liver and heart; ROR is 85% deboned turkey with added dicalcium
- Both are raw, turkey, puppy-only and all breed sizes
Side by side
- Protein
- 19%
- Fat
- 7%
- Fibre
- 0%
- Ash
- 3%
- Moisture
- 72%
- Protein
- 10.1%
- Fat
- 16.6%
- Fibre
- 0.4%
- Ash
- 2%
- Moisture
- 64.6%
- Protein
- 67.9%
- Fat
- 25%
- Fibre
- 0%
- Ash
- 10.7%
- Carbs
- 0%
- Protein
- 28.5%
- Fat
- 46.9%
- Fibre
- 1.1%
- Ash
- 5.6%
- Carbs
- 17.9%
Ingredients & nutrition
Both build on turkey, but in different ways. Paleo Ridge is about 95% turkey, made up of 65% boneless thigh, 20% turkey with bone, and 5% each of liver and heart. Alongside that sits a 4.8% puppy supplement mix of butternut squash, carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, blueberries and blackberries, plus a reishi tincture. The bone provides the calcium. ROR is 85% deboned turkey, with strawberry, sweet potato and carrot alongside salmon oil. Added dicalcium supplies its calcium, and seaweed, yucca, green tea and a few botanicals finish the list. The declared analysis is where they part most. Paleo Ridge is 19% protein and 7% fat at about 138 kcal per 100g. ROR is 10% protein and 16.6% fat at about 198 kcal, so one bowl is leaner and higher in protein, the other richer and fattier. Both are raw and need cold storage.
Suitability & trade-offs
Both are labelled for puppies only, and both take any size of dog, toy through giant, so they are aimed at the same dogs. Both are raw, so freezer space and careful handling apply to each. The real choice is between the score and the profile. On our scoring ROR is the higher-scoring food, so it's the default recommendation for a raw puppy diet. Paleo Ridge earns its place for a specific reason. It's markedly leaner and higher in protein, with turkey and bone as a natural calcium source, so it suits an owner who wants the lighter bowl. ROR is the richer, more calorie-dense one. Because ROR packs far more energy per 100g, portions will differ between the two.
Our recommendation
Both foods sit in our Outstanding band, and ROR Puppy is the one we would put first for most puppies. Its nutritional balance reads Excellent with us, while every other pillar on both foods reads Outstanding. Choose Paleo Ridge Paleo Puppy if you want the leaner, higher-protein recipe, 19% protein and 7% fat against ROR's 10% and 16.6%, with ground bone as the calcium source. Put plainly: ROR is the default pick, and Paleo Ridge is the one to take if a leaner, higher-protein turkey raw is what you're after.
Common questions
Which scores higher, Paleo Ridge Paleo Puppy or ROR Puppy?
ROR Puppy, ahead of Paleo Ridge, with both in our Outstanding band. Nutritional balance goes to Paleo Ridge, Outstanding against ROR's Excellent. The other three pillars, protein and processing, transparency and value, read level.
Which is higher in protein?
Paleo Ridge, by a wide margin, at 19% as-fed protein against ROR's 10%. ROR is the higher-fat recipe, at 16.6% against 7%.
Which is more calorie-dense?
ROR, at about 198 kcal per 100g against Paleo Ridge's 138, so ROR is the richer bowl and Paleo Ridge the leaner one.
How does each provide calcium?
Paleo Ridge includes turkey meat with bone as a natural calcium source. ROR uses deboned turkey with added dicalcium.
Are both just for puppies?
Yes. Puppies only is the label on both, and that covers toy dogs through to giant ones.
Are both raw?
Yes, both are raw turkey recipes, so both need freezer space and careful handling.