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Cobbydog Cold Pressed: Optimum Chicken review

Name: Cobbydog Cold Pressed: Optimum Chicken
Brand: Cobbydog

77.6/100Excellent

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

Four cold-pressed recipes on one blueprint, all in our Excellent band, a step clear of the cold-pressed midpoint. The pellets are compressed, not baked, and crumble in liquid. Each opens on a dried, ground meat or fish at 42% or 49%, and every vitamin is printed with its dose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that bolt their dinner: the pellet crumbles in liquid where a kibble swells
Label readers, with the lead meat percentaged and every vitamin dosed
Fish-fed dogs, with an ocean fish recipe and a salmon one to move between
A puppy alongside an adult, since the Optimum Chicken is labelled for both
A lighter bowl, the Salmon and Squash being the leanest of the four

Worth watching

Soya oil in the Fish Supper and the Salmon and Squash
Brown rice in the Turkey and Vegetable, the only cereal in the range
Chicken oil in the Turkey, and a little dried duck in the Optimum Chicken

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

How this scores

How we score

77.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, with the Optimum Chicken also covering puppies. Cobbydog's guide puts a 15kg dog at 120 to 240 grams a day; let the waistline decide where.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Fish Supper 79.5
Optimum Chicken 77.6
Salmon 77.1
Turkey 76.3

All four Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

All four set the standard their format asks for, with the Fish Supper a little further up the band on its four named fish.

What's in it

Dried ground chicken42%Dried and ground, so it counts for more than a fresh share would.
Sweet potatoLeads the carbohydrate side.
Peas, beet pulp
Chicken oil3.3%Carries the fat.
TurmerAid: turmeric, linseed oil, black pepper, yucca, apple cider vinegar0.6%Seasoning at this inclusion, not a dose.
Vitamins
Dried ground duck1%A small second bird behind the chicken.
Carrot, chicory, apple, seaweed, fennel, nettle, sage, thyme, oreganoCharacter on top; the seaweed is the usual route to iodine.
Linseed oil, rapeseed oil

Vitamins A, D3, E, the B group, C and K, with zinc at 100 mg, iron at 30 mg and copper at 15 mg, every entry printed with its dose.

Labelled for puppies, with calcium at 1.66% of dry matter, above the range we use for large-breed puppies.

Named ingredients

Dried Ground Chicken 42%, Sweet Potato, Peas, Beet Pulp, Chicken Oil 3.3%, TurmerAid™ (0.6%), Vitamins, Dried Ground Duck 1%, Dried Vegetables (Carrot and Chicory), Dried Fruit (Apple), Seaweed, Fennel, Nettle, Dried Herbs (Sage, Thyme, Oregano), Linseed Oil, Rapeseed Oil

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 42%, duck 1%; Turkey 42%; fish or salmon 49%
Life stage: Puppies and adults; Adults only on the other three
Calcium: Declared, 1.66% of dry matter; Printed on the Fish Supper too

The one recipe for a house feeding a puppy alongside an adult.

Each recipe leads with a dried and ground meat or fish at 42% or 49%, which counts for far more than the same share fresh, with sweet potato behind it. Beet pulp and peas follow, then TurmerAid at 0.6% and a tail of vegetables, fruit, seaweed and herbs.

Carbohydrate converts to between 35.6% and 44.3% of dry matter, against 43.2% for the typical cold-pressed food. The lead animal, the fat source and a few starches change between recipes.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

360 kcal/100g

Protein

32%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

9.5%

Dry weight

Protein

35.4%

Fat

9.9%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

41.5%

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

43%

Carbs

44.1%

Veg

5.1%

Oils

3.5%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size