Able

Able Puppy: Chicken and Duck review

Name: Able Puppy: Chicken and Duck
Brand: Able

87.1/100Outstanding

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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

87.1/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

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

Chicken

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

Chicken gizzards40%Dense muscle, most of the bulk.
Chicken drumsticks35%Bone for calcium.
Duck liver5%The organ share.
Carrot9.6%Heads the vegetables.
Butternut squash, broccoli, kale2.5% each
Flaxseed meal2%Fibre and plant omega fats.
Kelp meal, cod liver oil, wheatgerm oil0.2%, 0.15%, 0.15%Iodine, vitamin D and vitamin E, in place of a premix. The cod liver oil puts fish in every recipe.
Cranberries, blueberries0.15% each
Botanicals: turmeric, spirulina, green lipped mussel, chicory root, spinach, bilberry, gingko biloba0.1%

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.

Named ingredients

Chicken 75% (Gizzards 40%, Drumsticks 35%), Duck Liver 5%, Carrot 9.6%, Butternut Squash 2.5%, Broccoli 2.5%, Kale 2.5%, Flaxseed Meal 2%, Kelp Meal 0.2%, Cod Liver Oil 0.15%, Wheatgerm Oil 0.15%, Cranberries 0.15%, Blueberries 0.15%, Botanicals 0.1% (Turmeric, Spirulina Powder, Green Lipped Mussel Powder, Chicory Root Powder, Spinach Powder, Bilberry Powder, Gingko Biloba Powder).

Against the range

Energy: 124 kcal per 100g; Lightest; the others run 169 to 187.
Fibre, dry matter: 17.4%; 3.3% to 4.4% on the others.
Meat: Chicken 75% and duck liver 5%; Mostly beef or mixed on the others.

The gentlest way in for a puppy new to raw, and the biggest bowl.

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

124 kcal/100g

Protein

12.2%

Fat

8.4%

Fibre

4.7%

Ash

3.2%

Moisture

73%

Dry weight

Protein

45.2%

Fat

31.1%

Fibre

17.4%

Ash

11.9%

Carbs

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%

Veg

17.4%

Oils

0.3%

Other

2.3%

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

The lightest of the six, so the daily portion is the largest.

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.