Edgard & Cooper

Edgard & Cooper Puppy Kibble: Fresh Salmon & Turkey review

Name: Edgard & Cooper Puppy Kibble: Fresh Salmon & Turkey
Brand: Edgard & Cooper

56.1/100Good

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Flavour

Two grain-free puppy kibbles on one skeleton: fresh chicken with duck, or fresh turkey with salmon. The label names and quantifies its smaller ingredients right down to the last 0.02%. Both come out in our Good band, level with the middle of the puppy field.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A choice of birds, for a puppy with opinions about dinner
Pups steering clear of chicken: the turkey recipe uses a vegetarian gravy
Grain-free homes. Dried potato, peas and sweet potato do the binding
Energetic pups, at 383 and 381 kcal per 100g against a typical 376
Dogs expected to finish anywhere up to 30kg to 45kg, where the maker's chart runs

Worth watching

No calcium figure on either bag, so ask the maker if you are raising a large or giant pup
Pea protein and potato protein high up, so some protein comes from plants
Chicken, duck and salmon oil in the chicken recipe, so it cannot anchor a single protein plan

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

How this scores

How we score

56.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Trust the bag chart over a fixed scoop, and get the calcium figure first for a big breed.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Fresh Duck 57.7
Fresh Salmon 56.1

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Matches the puppy kibble standard; fresh-weighed meat and two plant proteins high on the list keep it from climbing.

What's in it

Fresh turkey35%Fresh weight, so it shrinks in the oven.
Dried potatoes
Fresh salmon10%Brings marine fats of its own.
Sweet potato10%Lifted here.
Pea protein, dried peas, potato proteinRefined plant protein, not the equal of meat for a growing dog.
Vegetarian gravyNothing chicken-derived on the list.
Salmon oil, sunflower oil0.7%
Yeasts, linseed1.7%, 1%Yeast is the home of MOS; linseed adds plant omega 3.
Beet pulp, minerals, chicorychicory 0.5%Inulin for a gut still establishing itself.
Carrot, pear, turmeric, thyme0.4% down to 0.02%Seasoning.

Taurine at 1000mg, vitamin E at 600mg and vitamin D3 at 1,700 IU, with sulphate trace minerals and selenium as sodium selenite.

No calcium figure. For a large or giant breed pup, ask the maker before relying on it.

Named ingredients

Fresh turkey* 35%, potatoes* (dried), fresh salmon* 10%, sweet potato* (dried) 10%, pea protein*, peas* (dried), potato protein, vegetarian gravy, yeasts* (dried) 1.7%, linseed* 1%, beet pulp* (dried), minerals*, salmon oil* 0.7%, chicory* (dried) 0.5%, sunflower oil*, carrot* (dried) 0.4%, pear* (dried) 0.1%, turmeric* (dried) 0.02%, thyme* (dried) 0.02%, glucosamine 0.02%, chondroitin sulphate* 0.02%. *Natural

Against the range

Birds: Turkey 35%, salmon 10%; Chicken 40%, duck 10%
Chicken: None; Fresh chicken and chicken gravy
Sweet potato: 10%; 4%
Salmon oil: 0.7%; 2.3%

A chicken-sensitive pup is well served here, with only fish and turkey on the allergen picture.

Same skeleton, different birds. Each opens with a fresh meat weighed before cooking, so the finished kibble carries much less meat than the front figure suggests. Dried potato is the biggest plant entry, with peas and sweet potato beside it, and pea protein and potato protein sit high on both lists.

Protein is declared at 28.0% in each, carbohydrate converts to about 40% of dry matter, and the small entries are named and quantified down to 0.02%. The added panel is identical. What varies is the birds, the gravy and how much salmon oil goes in.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

381.4 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

7.9%

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

40.3%

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

45%

Added water

2.7%

Carbs

46.9%

Veg

Oils

1.1%

Other

3.3%

Pricing & size