Able

AbleThrive Junior: Chicken and Duck review

Name: AbleThrive Junior: Chicken and Duck
Brand: Able

87.3/100Outstanding

RawPuppy

Flavour

Able's raw menu for growing dogs: nine recipes on one plan, all in our Outstanding band. The bone and organ meats are named on every label, often from a different animal to the muscle meat. Whole foods do the job a vitamin premix usually would.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want bone and organ meat named, not implied
Young dogs headed for a varied diet, with animals that swap while the rest holds steady
Households keeping cereal out of the bowl
Moving the same dog onto Able's adult menu later, built to the same plan

Worth watching

Cod liver oil on all nine, so fish is in every recipe, chicken-only included
No calcium figure anywhere, for a pup that will grow large or giant

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

How this scores

How we score

87.3/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies from toy to giant. The daily amount rises with the dog and then eases back, so recheck the portion as the months go by.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lamb 89.7
Lamb 89.7
Beef 88.9
Chicken 88.9
Chicken 88.5
Chicken 88.2
Chicken 87.3
Lamb 85.1
Beef 81.2

All nine Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Not one of the nine stands apart from the rest, and standing level with an exceptional raw field is the achievement.

What's in it

Chicken, including bone75%
Duck, including liver5%The organ share comes from the smaller bird.
Carrot, butternut squash, broccoli, kaleCarrot leads the vegetables. No cereal anywhere.
Flaxseed mealFibre and omega fats.
Kelp mealThe iodine, in place of a premix.
Cod liver oilVitamin D and omega 3, and fish in every recipe.
Wheatgerm oilVitamin E.
Cranberries, blueberries
Turmeric, spirulina, green lipped mussel, chicory root, spinach, bilberry, gingko bilobaFinishing touches; the mussel is a nod to joint care.

No panel: Able says kelp, wheatgerm oil, cod liver oil, berries and the liver supply the micronutrients.

No calcium figure is declared, for a dog that will grow large or giant.

Named ingredients

Chicken 75% (including bone), duck 5% (including liver), 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

Energy: 124 kcal per 100g; The lightest here
Fibre, dry matter: 17.4%; High for a label of this shape
Animals: Two birds; Most others mix in a red meat

The lightest recipe, so the portions run largest.

All nine follow one plan: named animals first, with bone and liver or offal counted inside the meat figure and often drawn from different species. Eight declare 80% animal; the Beef and Lamb with Duck goes a shade further. Carrot leads the vegetables, and no cereal appears.

There is no premix. Ground bone is the calcium, kelp the iodine, wheatgerm oil the vitamin E and cod liver oil the vitamin D, so fish is in every recipe and no doses are printed to check.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

124 kcal/100g

Protein

12.2%

Fat

8.4%

Fibre

4.7%

Ash

2.7%

Moisture

73%

Dry weight

Protein

45.2%

Fat

31.1%

Fibre

17.4%

Ash

10%

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

80.1%

Veg

17.7%

Oils

0.7%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £7.25 (RRP)
Pack: 150g x 28 packs (4.2kg), 200g x 20 packs (4kg), 250g x 18 packs (4.5kg), 300g x 16 packs (4.8kg), 350g x 12 packs (4.2kg), 400g x 12 packs (4.8kg), 500g x 10 packs (5kg)
A 15kg dog eats (our estimate): 300 to 450 g a day, 375 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.72

Premium end for raw, 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.