Country Pursuit

Country Pursuit Premium: Chicken & Rice review

Name: Country Pursuit Premium: Chicken & Rice
Brand: Country Pursuit

50.4/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A traditional cereal-and-meal pair that names what goes in, and both bags sit in our Good band. Maize leads each list, and the meat arrives as dried meals that say which animal they came from. The lamb recipe adds freshly prepared tripe at 8%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adults long settled on a cereal-based bowl
Owners who want the meals named: chicken, lamb and fish meal each say which animal
Fussier eaters. The tripe in the lamb recipe does the job it is famous for
Active medium and large dogs, the size the chicken recipe is written for
A mixed household, since the lamb recipe's guide covers every size

Worth watching

Fish meal in both bags
Chicken fat in the lamb recipe too, so it is no lamb-only exclusion diet
Maize first on both lists, the thing to check if it has troubled your dog before

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

How this scores

How we score

50.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Both are adult foods; the chicken bag is written for medium and large dogs, the lamb for every size. Check your dog's record with maize before ordering.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lamb 52.8
Chicken 50.4

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Neither bag excites on the analysis; the clear naming of every meal is what holds them up.

What's in it

MaizeDoes the bulk of the carrying. Digestible when cooked properly, and often the culprit in a grain-sensitive dog.
Chicken meal20%Already dried, so it goes further than a fresh 20% would.
Rice16%The gentlest common grain on a delicate stomach.
BarleyCarries gluten.
Fish mealA second animal protein, and the reason the bag is not fish free.
Sugar beet pulp
Chicken fat, whole linseedLinseed adds plant omega 3.
Minerals, sodium chloride
Chicory, yucca extractInulin from the chicory; yucca to keep stool odour down.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with iron, zinc, copper, manganese, iodine and selenium all dosed per kilo.

No moisture figure on the label, so our dry matter figures assume the 8% a kibble typically holds.

Named ingredients

Maize, Chicken Meal 20%, Rice 16%, Barley, Fish Meal, Sugar Beet Pulp, Chicken Fat, Whole Linseed, Minerals, Sodium Chloride, Chicory, Yucca Extract.

Against the range

Meat: Chicken meal, 20%; Lamb meal 17.5% and tripe 8% in the lamb bag.
Protein, as declared: 23%; 25% in the lamb recipe.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 52.8%; Higher than the lamb recipe's 47.3%.
Energy: 372 kcal per 100g; 360 in the lamb.

The more energy-dense of the two, for a working medium or large dog.

Two cereal-based kibbles, both opening with maize. The meat comes as named dried meals: chicken meal at 20% in one, lamb meal at 17.5% with freshly prepared tripe at 8% in the other. Fish meal, sugar beet pulp, chicken fat and whole linseed appear in both, and the mineral panel is dosed in full.

Carbohydrate runs from 47.3% to 52.8% of dry matter. The finishing touches differ: chicory and yucca in the chicken bag, brewers yeast in the lamb.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372 kcal/100g

Protein

23%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

52.8%

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

30.5%

Carbs

63.6%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

2.2%

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size