Cooper & Co

Cooper & Co Puppy review

Name: Cooper & Co Puppy
Brand: Cooper & Co

71.8/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A turkey led puppy kibble, listed for every size from toy to giant, and it sits in our Excellent band. What makes that listing credible is the calcium: it converts to 1.52% of dry matter, the figure large breed rearing turns on. One bird makes up half the bag, from fresh meat down to the gravy.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large and giant breed puppies, whose bone growth depends on a printed calcium figure
Raising more than one size of dog at once
Dogs that do best on turkey, the only meat in the recipe
Joints supported from the first bag, with glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate at 480 mg/kg apiece
Grain free feeders. Sweet potato and lentils stand in for cereal

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 1%, so it is not an elimination diet despite the single meat
Pea protein in the first half of the list, a plant source where meat would do more for a growing dog
Carbohydrate at 42.4% of dry matter against 39.0% typical, and energy just under the norm, so a hard charging pup may need the top of the chart

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

How this scores

How we score

71.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Read the chart against your pup's current weight every week, and take the calcium figure to your vet if a giant is on the way.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Cooper & Co Puppy 71.8

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

A label that both builds well and declares well, which puts it a step ahead of the middle of the puppy field.

What's in it

Freshly prepared turkey27%Still carries its water.
Dried turkey17%Has already given its water up, so it does more of the protein work.
Turkey fat, turkey gravy4.5%, 1.5%Same bird, so nothing else with feathers or fur in the bag.
Sweet potato, lentilsThe starch, in place of cereal.
Pea proteinA plant route to a higher protein figure, without meat's amino acid profile.
Beet pulpMild fibre.
Salmon oil1%Marine omega 3 for brain and eyes through the growth window. The one departure from turkey.
Brewers yeast, minerals, vitamins, dried carrot
Chondroitin sulphate, glucosamine480 mg/kg eachDosed.
Fructooligosaccharides, mannanoligosaccharides95 mg/kg, 25 mg/kgFeed the gut flora.

Trace elements published with figures behind them, iron at 160 mg, zinc at 130 mg and selenium at 0.60 mg among them.

Calcium converts to 1.52% of dry matter, inside the range steady bone development works to.

Named ingredients

Turkey 50% (Including Freshly Prepared Turkey 27%, Dried Turkey 17%, Turkey Fat 4.5% & Turkey Gravy 1.5%), Sweet Potato, Lentils, Pea Protein, Beet Pulp, Salmon Oil (1%), Brewers Yeast, Minerals, Vitamins, Dried Carrot, Chondroitin Sulphate ( 480 mg/kg), Glucosamine (480 mg/kg), Fructooligosaccharides (95 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (25 mg/kg).

Against the range

One recipe. Turkey makes up 50%, split across fresh meat, dried meat, fat and gravy, with sweet potato and lentils for starch and no cereal. Moisture is declared, so the dry matter figures are the label's own: protein 30.4%, fat 15.2%, carbohydrate 42.4%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

371 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

42.4%

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

45.5%

Added water

4.5%

Carbs

44.3%

Veg

0.6%

Oils

Other

4.2%

Pricing & size