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Feelwell's Feelwells Cold Pressed: Fish & Sweet Potato review

Name: Feelwell's Feelwells Cold Pressed: Fish & Sweet Potato
Brand: Feelwell's

65.4/100Good

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

Three cold-pressed recipes on one rule: half the bag is a named animal, printed as 50%. No cereal appears in any of them. The duck and the lamb land in our Excellent band and the fish a step under in Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that need cereal off the menu
Older and heavy-framed dogs, with glucosamine, chondroitin and green lipped mussel on all three
Owners who like a meat figure on the label
A settled preference across fish, duck and lamb
Any size of dog. The feeding chart runs from toy breeds past 60kg

Worth watching

Green lipped mussel in all three, and salmon oil in the fish, so none is shellfish or fish free
High ash on the lamb, a sign of plenty of bone
Beet pulp at 14% in the fish recipe, for a dog that does better on lighter fibre

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

How this scores

How we score

65.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. The fat is low, so a hard-working dog may simply need a bigger bowl.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Grain Free Duck 72.6
Lamb 70.0
Fish 65.4

Three recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The duck and the lamb finish close together, with the fish a little way back on lower fat and a slightly less open label.

What's in it

Fish: white fish, salmon, mackerel, herring50%Split four ways, 80%, 10%, 5% and 5%. Almost no other label goes that far.
Sweet potato30%A gentler starch than cereal.
Ground beet pulp14%A substantial fibre load, generally good for stools.
Salmon oil, linseed oil2%, 1%
Green lipped mussel0.1%A shellfish.
Carrot, apple, seaweed, chicory inulin
Fennel seed, sage, thyme, nettle, oreganoTrace level, there for character.
Chondroitin, glucosamineNo doses printed.
Turmeric, dandelion root

Vitamins A, B group, C, D3, E and K, with zinc, manganese, copper, iron, iodine and selenium dosed.

No calcium figure on this panel, though the bag is listed for puppies.

Named ingredients

Fish 50% (80% White Fish, 10% Salmon, 5% Mackerel, 5% Herring), Sweet Potato (30%), Ground Beet Pulp (14%), Salmon Oil (2%), Linseed Oil (1%), Green Lipped Mussel (0.1%), Carrot, Apple, Seaweed, Chicory Inulin, Fennel Seed, Sage Leaf, Thyme, Nettle, Oregano, Chondroitin, Glucosamine, Turmeric, Dandelion Root.

Against the range

Meat: Fish, itemised four ways; Duck or lamb on the others.
Fat, dry matter: 8.6%; The lowest; the lamb is 12.0%.
Beet pulp: 14%; Unquantified on the others.
Ash, dry matter: 14.0%; The lamb is higher at 17.6%.

The natural pick for a dog steering clear of land meats.

All three follow one rule: a named animal at 50%, sweet potato at around a third, beet pulp for fibre, then a long tail of whole foods at low inclusion. No cereal, no derivatives and no unnamed fat appear in any of them. Green lipped mussel, glucosamine and chondroitin are on every label, without doses.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%. Fat runs low across the range, from 8.6% to 12.0% of dry matter, and carbohydrate lands between 33.5% and 36.2%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

330 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

7.9%

Fibre

3.9%

Ash

12.9%

Dry weight

Protein

37%

Fat

8.6%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

14%

Carbs

36.2%

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

50.1%

Carbs

44%

Veg

2.5%

Oils

Other

0.4%

Pricing & size