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Country Pursuit Cold Pressed: Ocean Fish & Sweet Potato review

Name: Country Pursuit Cold Pressed: Ocean Fish & Sweet Potato
Brand: Country Pursuit

79.9/100Excellent

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

Two grain-free cold-pressed pellets, chicken in our Outstanding band and fish a step behind in Excellent. Each is led by a dried meat, so the declared share survives into the finished pellet. The full micronutrient panel is printed with doses on both, which is rarer than it should be.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do better away from cereals. No wheat, rice or maize in either bag
Dogs that bolt their dinner, since a cold-pressed pellet crumbles in liquid where a baked kibble can swell
Mixed-age, mixed-size homes. Both recipes cover puppy to senior, toy to giant
An older or heavier dog whose joints are starting to show their mileage
Trying before committing, with a 200g sample alongside the bigger bags

Worth watching

Ocean fish names a category, so it will not serve a plan built around avoiding one named fish
Glucosamine and chondroitin usually come from shellfish and cattle cartilage, which matters on a strict one-animal diet
Peas sit high on both lists

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

How this scores

How we score

79.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Labelled for every age and size. The maker's guide for a 10kg to 20kg dog runs 120 to 240 grams a day, so let the waistline settle where in that range your dog belongs.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Ocean Fish

The score, in context

Chicken 86.0
Ocean Fish 79.9

Two recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Both sit clear of the middle of the cold-pressed field, and nutritional balance is what puts the chicken a band ahead.

What's in it

Dried ground ocean fish49%Fish species not named.
Sweet potato20%
Beet pulp, peasFibre and a little plant protein.
Fish oilIn place of a poultry fat.
Carrots, apples, seaweed
Chicory inulinPrebiotic.
Fennel seed, sage leaf, thyme, nettle, oreganoSeasoning, and character.
Chondroitin, glucosamineNo dose, so the strength of the joint support cannot be judged.
Turmeric, dandelion root, rapeseed oil

The same full panel as the chicken recipe, printed dose by dose from vitamin A at the head to sodium selenite at the foot.

Ocean fish is a category, not a species, which matters for a dog avoiding one named fish.

Named ingredients

Dried Ground Ocean Fish 49%, Sweet Potato 20%, Beet Pulp, Peas, Fish Oil, Carrots, Apples, Seaweed, Chicory Inulin, Fennel Seed, Sage Leaf, Thyme, Nettle, Oregano, Chondroitin, Glucosamine, Turmeric, Dandelion Root, Rapeseed Oil. Protein source & energy Dried Ground Ocean Fish: 49% · Energy: 370 kcal per 100 g

Against the range

Meat: Dried ground ocean fish, 49%; Chicken at 42% in the other.
Land animals on the label: None; Chicken and chicken oil in the other.
Fat, dry matter: 12.0%; 10.7% on the chicken.
Energy: 370 kcal per 100g; 360 on the chicken.

The recipe to try when a dog has run out of the usual meats.

Two cold-pressed recipes, one chicken and one fish, each led by a dried meat declared after its water is gone: chicken at 42%, ocean fish at 49%. Sweet potato at 20%, beet pulp and peas carry the rest, with no cereal on either list. Carbohydrate converts to 34.5% of dry matter on both, well below the 43.2% typical of cold-pressed food.

Both print the same full vitamin and mineral panel with doses, and both name glucosamine and chondroitin without a dose. The herb tail, fennel seed through oregano, reads as seasoning. What changes is the animal, the added fat and the energy.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

370 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

11%

Moisture

8.3%

Dry weight

Protein

37.1%

Fat

12%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

12%

Carbs

34.5%

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

41.5%

Carbs

16.9%

Oils

41.5%

Pricing & size