Able

Able Puppy: Beef and Lamb with Duck review

Name: Able Puppy: Beef and Lamb with Duck
Brand: Able

81.9/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Six raw recipes for the first year, all built alike, and every one sits in our Outstanding band. What sets the range apart is the missing premix: Able leaves the vitamins and minerals to liver, kelp and the oils. Red meat, poultry and mixes of the two are all covered.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A short menu for an owner starting a young dog on raw
Puppies headed for a rotation. The six differ only in the animals
Cereal-free homes, with vegetables and flaxseed around the meat
One dog or several: single portions, multipack boxes and two grinds

Worth watching

Cod liver oil in all six, so there is fish even where the name says otherwise
No printed calcium figure, which matters for a puppy heading for large or giant size

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

81.9/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies. Daily amounts climb and then fall as growth finishes, so check the portion against the feeding guide each month.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 89.5
Chicken 89.4
Chicken 89.1
Chicken 87.1
Lamb 85.8
Beef 81.9

All six Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

All six clear the bar raw sets for growing dogs, so the animals inside should decide it.

What's in it

Beef47.5%
Lamb, including bone25%Supplies the bone, and the calcium with it.
Duck, including offal7.5%
Carrot, butternut squash, broccoli, kaleNo percentages on this label.
Flaxseed mealFibre and plant omega fats.
Kelp meal, cod liver oil, wheatgerm oilIodine, vitamin D and vitamin E, in place of a premix. The cod liver oil puts fish in every recipe.
Cranberries, blueberries
Turmeric, spirulina, green lipped mussel, chicory root, spinach, bilberry, gingko biloba powders

No premix and no printed doses: Able relies on kelp for iodine, wheatgerm oil for vitamin E, cod liver oil for vitamin D and the liver for B vitamins.

No calcium figure. If the puppy will grow into a large or giant breed, raise it with your vet.

The 35.4% carbohydrate estimate is arithmetic. Nothing starchy is on the list, so trust the ingredients.

Named ingredients

Beef 47.5%, lamb 25% (including bone), duck 7.5% (including offal), carrot, butternut squash, broccoli, kale, flaxseed meal, kelp meal, cod liver oil, wheatgerm oil, cranberries, blueberries, turmeric, spirulina powder, green lipped mussel powder, chicory root powder, spinach powder, bilberry powder, gingko biloba powder.

Against the range

Animals: Beef, lamb and duck; Two animals on most others.
Energy: 186 kcal per 100g; 124 to 187 across the six.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 35.4% (arithmetic); 0 on two recipes.

A dense bowl that feeds in modest portions, with three animals in it.

Six raw recipes on one plan. Named animals make up 80% of each, with bone and offal counted inside that figure, and liver turns up in nearly every one. Carrot leads the vegetables, followed by butternut squash, broccoli and kale, then flaxseed, kelp and two oils.

No grain and no vitamin premix: the whole ingredients supply the micronutrition. Cod liver oil is on every label. Some labels itemise every cut while others summarise in a line, and the carbohydrate figure is arithmetic, since nothing starchy is listed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

186 kcal/100g

Protein

13.4%

Fat

13%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

1.7%

Moisture

54%

Dry weight

Protein

29.1%

Fat

28.3%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

3.7%

Carbs

35.4%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

80.1%

Veg

17.7%

Oils

0.7%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £6.05 (RRP)
Pack: 150g single portion, 150g x 28 packs (4.2kg), 200g single portion, 200g x 20 packs (4kg), 250g single portion, 250g x 18 packs (4.5kg), 300g single portion, 300g x 16 packs (4.8kg), 350g single portion, 350g x 12 packs (4.2kg), 400g x 12 packs (4.8kg), 500g single portion, 500g x 10 packs (5kg), **Grind:** Chunky / Non Chunky
A 15kg dog eats (our estimate): 300 to 450 g a day, 375 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.27

Among the densest of the six, so the daily portion is smaller.

Middle of the market for a raw food, and strong value for what is in the recipe.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.