Edgard & Cooper

Edgard & Cooper Adult Plant-Based Dry: Carrot & Courgette review

Name: Edgard & Cooper Adult Plant-Based Dry: Carrot & Courgette
Brand: Edgard & Cooper

40.2/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

A complete meat free kibble for adult dogs, and a careful one. Both recipes sit in our Average band because our scoring rewards named animal protein and there is none here. The supplement panel is heavier than most, with taurine and vitamin B12 dosed for a bowl that has no meat to supply them.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Households feeding a plant-based diet by conviction, with a complete food to build the bowl on
Dogs that have reacted to several animal proteins. Neither label carries one
Owners who want the supplements spelled out: taurine at 2000 mg and vitamin B12 at 300 mcg per kilo
Dogs that do well on fibre
Anyone who likes the vegetable block itemised down to the last percentage

Worth watching

Protein from rice, pea and potato concentrates, which a dog digests less completely than the animal kind
A meat free diet is worth planning with your vet, particularly for a young, pregnant or hard working dog
Rice high on both lists, so no grain free option here
No declared moisture. The dry matter figures assume the usual 8%

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

How this scores

How we score

40.2/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Moisture is not printed, so if exact dry matter figures matter to you, ask Edgard & Cooper for the moisture value.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Beetroot 40.3
Carrot 40.2

All two Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The two finish level, and the band reflects a scale built on named animal ingredients more than any carelessness in how this food is made.

What's in it

Vegetables: carrot, courgette, potato, swede, celery, parsnip, beans, peas20%Carrot, courgette and potato at 4% each, every vegetable named.
Rice17.3%
Rice protein, pea protein9% eachThe protein load split evenly between the two concentrates.
Rapeseed oil5.7%
Potato protein4.5%
Minerals, pea starch, vegetarian gravyPea starch 3.5%
Dried potatoes, dried peas, sunflower seed, dried yeasts3% each where given
Dried beet pulp, lucerne, lentils, linseed, lignocelluloseLinseed 1.8%Lignocellulose is an extra fibre source only this recipe carries.
Dried algae0.25%The fish-free route to marine omegas.
Chicory, pear, blueberries, elderberries, marjoram (all dried)0.12% down to 0.05%

The same panel as its stablemate: taurine at 2000 mg, vitamin B12 at 300 mcg, vitamins A, D, E and C, and sulphate-form trace minerals.

Named ingredients

Vegetables* 20% (carrot* 4%, courgette* 4%, potato* 4%, swede*, celery*, parsnip*, beans*, peas* 1%), rice* 17.3%, rice protein 9%, pea protein* 9%, rapeseed oil* 5.7%, potato protein 4.5%, minerals*, pea starch* 3.5%, vegetarian gravy*, potatoes* (dried) 3%, peas* (dried) 3%, sunflower seed*, yeasts* (dried) 3%, beet pulp* (dried), lucerne* (dried), lentils* (dried), linseed* 1.8%, lignocellulose*, algae* (dried) 0.25%, chicory* (dried) 0.12%, pear* (dried) 0.1%, blueberries* (dried) 0.05%, elderberries* (dried), marjoram* (dried)

Against the range

Vegetables leading: Carrot and courgette at 4% each; Pumpkin and beetroot on the other recipe.
Protein concentrates: Rice and pea at 9% each; Rice protein 11% and pea 7% on the Beetroot and Pumpkin.
Fibre: Adds lignocellulose; Not on the other label.

The one to pick if you want the smallest bag to try it with.

Both recipes open on a vegetable block declared at 20% with every vegetable named, then rice and three protein concentrates drawn from rice, pea and potato. Rapeseed oil and linseed at 1.8% carry the fats, and dried algae at 0.25% is the marine omega source in place of fish. Dried beet pulp, dried yeasts and chicory do the fibre work.

The analysis and the supplement panel are identical across the pair: taurine at 2000 mg and vitamin B12 at 300 mcg per kilo, selenium as sodium selenite. What varies is the vegetables at the top and how the protein concentrates are split.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

354.7 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

13%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

46.8%

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.

Added water

6.7%

Carbs

53.3%

Veg

20.5%

Oils

5.7%

Other

13.9%

Pricing & size