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COYA Freeze-Dried Puppy review

Name: COYA Freeze-Dried Puppy
Brand: Coya

87.4/100Outstanding

Freeze-driedPuppy

A freeze-dried puppy food in our Outstanding band, with chicken at 80% and a list short enough to read in one breath. Because the water is drawn off under vacuum, the 80% printed on the pack is 80% of what you pour out. At 519 kcal per 100g it packs a lot of growing into a small bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies of any eventual size, toy to giant
A puppy kept on one meat. Chicken is the only animal on the list
A grain-free start, with no cereal anywhere
Little stomachs that need a lot of energy from a modest serving
Families on the move, since nothing needs a fridge before opening

Worth watching

No calcium figure. Ask Coya before feeding a large-breed puppy through its fastest months
Far denser than it looks, so use the kitchen scales for the first few weeks
Chicken is the meat dogs most often react to, worth keeping in mind for a litter with a history

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

How this scores

How we score

87.4/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. The label's feeding guide covers the two to four month stage, so weigh the puppy and ask the maker for a steer on the months after.

Food type

Freeze-dried

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

COYA Freeze-Dried Puppy 87.4

All one Outstanding. Typical dry food: Good.

Every pillar reads Outstanding, so nothing here is propping anything else up.

What's in it

Chicken80%Freeze-dried, so the structure survives largely intact and the share is of the finished food. Very palatable and easy to digest.
Sweet potato6%Most of the starch.
Carrot4.5%Vitamin A, soluble fibre and natural antioxidants.
Pea3%Fibre and a little plant protein.
Apple, pear2% eachSeasoning.
Vitamins and minerals

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, zinc, copper and organic selenium, all dosed; calcium pantothenate is a B vitamin, not a calcium source.

No calcium figure is declared. Ask Coya for it before feeding a puppy that will grow large.

Named ingredients

80% Chicken, 6% Sweet Potato, 4.5% Carrot, 3% Pea, 2% Apple, 2% Pear, Vitamins and Minerals

Against the range

One freeze-dried puppy recipe: chicken at 80%, four named plants and a fruit pair, every entry with a percentage.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

519 kcal/100g

Protein

47%

Fat

32%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

49.5%

Fat

33.7%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

4.2%

Carbs

8.4%

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

80%

Carbs

Veg

8.5%

Other

2.5%

Pricing & size