Edgard & Cooper

Edgard & Cooper Grain Free Adult Dry: Norwegian Salmon review

Name: Edgard & Cooper Grain Free Adult Dry: Norwegian Salmon
Brand: Edgard & Cooper

53.7/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

Five animals on one grain free skeleton, and all five sit in our Good band. Each opens on a fresh meat at 40% in front of sweet potato and potato. Every ingredient is named and nothing hides behind a category word, so transparency reads Outstanding on all of them.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do without grain, with dried sweet potato and potato carrying the starch
Owners who rotate proteins. Only the animal changes between bags
Dogs kept off land meats: the Norwegian Salmon has no other animal in it
Older dogs, glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate both printed at 0.02%
A delicate stomach, with dried chicory at 0.5% and dried yeasts on the prebiotic side

Worth watching

Pea protein and potato protein in every recipe, so part of the protein is plant
Salmon oil on all five labels, so none is fish free
Starch despite the grain free billing, carbohydrate between 43.6% and 44.7% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

53.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The maker's chart puts a 15kg dog at 150 to 195 grams a day; settle the scoop with your hands on your dog's ribs.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Free-run Chicken 54.5
Grass-fed Lamb 54.1
Venison 54.0
Norwegian Salmon 53.7
Fresh Duck 53.2

All five Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The fresh meat and a fully named list carry all five; the plant proteins behind the meat and a starch share near the category average keep them from climbing.

What's in it

Fresh salmon40%The only animal on the list.
Sweet potato (dried)13%The gentler starch, and the one doing most of the carrying.
Potatoes, peas (dried)
Pea protein, potato proteinPlant protein doing real work in the final figure, since the fresh meat shrinks in the oven.
Vegetarian gravyIn place of a meat gravy.
Linseed2%Plant omega 3.
Salmon oil0.1%Hardly needed, given what is at the top of the list.
Beet pulp, minerals, yeasts, tomato pomace, chicory0.5% (chicory)Chicory supplies inulin as a prebiotic.
Pumpkin, kale, blueberries, apple, parsley, rosehip0.2% down to 0.02%Seasoning; none of it changes the meal.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.02% eachCredit for printing them, though at this level they are a gentle nudge.

Taurine at 1000 mg, vitamin E at 600 mg and vitamin C at 175 mg per kilo, with the trace minerals as sulphates and selenium as sodium selenite.

Named ingredients

Fresh salmon* 40%, sweet potato* (dried) 13%, potatoes* (dried), pea protein*, peas* (dried), potato protein, vegetarian gravy, linseed* 2%, beet pulp* (dried), minerals*, yeasts* (dried) 1.3%, tomato pomace*, chicory* (dried) 0.5%, pumpkin* (dried) 0.2%, kale* (dried) 0.2%, salmon oil* 0.1%, blueberries* (dried) 0.05%, apple* (dried) 0.05%, parsley* (dried) 0.02%, rosehip* (dried) 0.02%, glucosamine 0.02%, chondroitin sulphate* 0.02%. *Natural

Against the range

Animals on the label: Salmon only; A land meat on every other recipe
Gravy: Vegetarian; Made from the meat on the others
Fat, as fed: 15.5%; 15% on the other four

The clean option where land meats are being kept out.

Every recipe opens on a fresh meat at 40%, or duck and venison together on the fifth, then dried sweet potato, potatoes and peas with pea protein and potato protein. There is no grain anywhere. Linseed at 2%, beet pulp, chicory and a printed pinch of glucosamine and chondroitin are on all five.

Salmon oil is on every label, from 0.1% to 2%. Protein converts to 27.2% of dry matter across the range and carbohydrate to between 43.6% and 44.7%. The animal and the gravy are what change.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

374.5 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

15.5%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

16.8%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

43.6%

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

40%

Added water

2.8%

Carbs

51.7%

Veg

1.4%

Oils

0.1%

Other

Pricing & size