Country Pursuit

Country Pursuit Premium Puppy review

Name: Country Pursuit Premium Puppy
Brand: Country Pursuit

61.9/100Good

DryPuppy

A traditional puppy kibble in our Good band, built on dried chicken meal and cereal and built to carry energy. At 402 kcal per 100g it runs well clear of the 376 typical of a puppy dry food. Carbohydrate still comes in under that typical, at 35.8% of dry matter.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Busy pups in active and working homes
Puppies of any size, toy through to giant
Dogs that get on with chicken. Chicken meal leads at 30%
Owners who read the additive panel: zinc at 278 mg and iron at 133 mg per kilo, every dose printed
Fuel more than filling, with carbohydrate at 35.8% of dry matter against 39.0% typical

Worth watching

No calcium figure on the pack, so the giant-breed listing has nothing printed to rest on
Milk powder, for a dog that does not get on with dairy
Fish meal with no species named next to the chicken, so no single-protein plan

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

How this scores

How we score

61.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Portions answer to age and expected adult weight, so start from the pack's own chart and adjust by condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Country Pursuit Premium Puppy 61.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Close to the middle of the puppy dry field: the energy and mineral side is well put together, but some of the protein comes from cereal.

What's in it

Chicken meal30%Rendered and dried, so the 30% reaches the bowl close to as printed.
Rice
Chicken stockFor palatability.
MaizeThe starch, with the rice.
Brewers yeastB vitamins.
Maize glutenTops up the protein figure, and a dog uses it less easily than meat protein. The reason the 30.0% is not all meat.
Beet pulpA gentle fibre.
Fish meal, linseedMarine and plant omegas. The fish meal names no species.
Milk powderEasily digested protein, and the dairy on the allergen picture.
Minerals, chicken digest, L-Carnitine, yucca extractDigest flavours the kibble's outside; yucca keeps stool odour down.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, then iron, copper, manganese and zinc as sulphates with iodine and selenium, preserved with natural mixed tocopherols.

No calcium figure printed, the one a large or giant breed puppy needs.

Named ingredients

Chicken Meal (30%), Rice, Chicken Stock, Maize, Brewers Yeast, Maize Gluten, Beet Pulp, Fish Meal, Linseed, Milk Powder, Minerals, Chicken Digest, L-Carnitine, Yucca Extract.

Against the range

One puppy kibble on chicken meal at 30%, rice and maize, with fat at 18.0% pushing energy to 402 kcal per 100g. Moisture is undeclared, so every dry matter reading rests on an assumed 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

402 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

35.8%

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

49.5%

Carbs

45.3%

Other

5.2%

Pricing & size