Fidelis

Fidelis Fresh Menu (grain free recipes): Pork with Buckwheat, Pumpkin and Blueberries review

Name: Fidelis Fresh Menu (grain free recipes): Pork with Buckwheat, Pumpkin and Blueberries
Brand: Fidelis

91.9/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Gently cooked dinners in 400g jars, six recipes, all in our Outstanding band. Most open on 60% fresh muscle meat with 10% offal on its own line, and the plant side is fresh vegetables and fruit rather than starch. The Beef is the one to pick for a wheat-sensitive dog: it is the only recipe without wheat germ oil.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Anyone who wants to know what went into the jar; the labels go down to a tenth of a percent
A fresh, gently cooked bowl without weighing out ingredients yourself
Fussy eaters, because gentle cooking keeps more of the meat's smell and texture than high-heat processing
A house with dogs of different ages: every recipe is listed from puppy to old age
Dogs that do better on less starch
A sensitivity to work around, with six recipes to move between, from beef and pork to salmon and three birds

Worth watching

Wheat germ oil is on every recipe except the Beef, and the Salmon carries beef liver powder
No label prints a calcium figure, so a large-breed puppy owner would need to ask Fidelis
Jars live in the fridge once opened and the portions are big by weight, so clear a shelf

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

How this scores

How we score

91.9/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for every age and size. The one check before ordering is fridge space: a 15kg dog gets through 375 to 450 grams a day.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Beef 93.3
Salmon 93.3
Duck 92.8
Pork 91.9
Chicken 91.6
Turkey 86.8

All six Outstanding. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

The Salmon and the Beef share the lead, but the gap is small enough that your dog's protein history should decide.

What's in it

Fresh pork muscle meat60%
Fresh pork liver10%Organ meat carries the vitamins and minerals muscle runs short of.
Buckwheat5%Does the starch work. It cooks like a grain without being a cereal.
Carrots, pumpkin, apple4%, 4%, 3%
Pumpkin seeds2%For their oils.
Courgette, kale, blueberries2% each
Brewer's yeast2%B vitamins and a full set of amino acids.
Hemp seed oil2%Takes the place of the algae oil used elsewhere.
Wheat germ oil1.5%Vitamin E and unsaturated fat, with the wheat name attached. The line to check for a wheat-sensitive dog.
Algae powder, rosehip shells, rosemary, seaweed powder0.7% down to 0.1%Minerals and iodine from the powders; the rosemary slows the fats turning.

Added per 100 g: vitamin D 35 IU, manganese 0.2 mg, copper 0.2 mg, selenium 12.5 µg, zinc 3.5 mg. A short panel, with fresh ingredients doing the rest.

No calcium figure printed. A large-breed puppy owner would need to ask Fidelis for it.

Named ingredients

Fresh Pork Muscle Meat (60%), Fresh Pork Liver (10%), Buckwheat (5%), Fresh Carrots (4%), Fresh Pumpkin (4%), Fresh Apple (3%), Pumpkin Seeds (2%), Fresh Courgette, (2%), Fresh Kale (2%), Fresh Blueberries (2%), Brewer's Yeast (2%), Hemp Seed Oil (2%), Wheat Germ Oil (1.5%), Algae Powder (0.7%), Rosehip Shells (0.4%), Rosemary (0.3%), Seaweed Powder (0.1%).

Against the range

Starch: Buckwheat 5%; Sweet potato on the others
Oil: Hemp seed oil 2%; Algae oil on four, salmon oil on the Salmon
Protein and fat: Squarely mid-range; The Turkey leads on protein, the Salmon on fat

An easy first jar to try.

Five of the six recipes open on 60% fresh muscle meat with 10% offal behind it; the Salmon builds its share from salmon and salmon carcasses instead. Estimated carbohydrate runs from 12.0% of dry matter on the Salmon to 29.4% on the Chicken. The fat comes from oils on every label. Algae oil is on four of the six at 1.5% to 2%, with hemp seed oil on the Pork and salmon oil on the Salmon at 1.5%. Wheat germ oil is on all but the Beef at 1% to 1.5%.

Vitamin D is 100 IU on the Duck against 35 IU on most of the others, with a slightly lighter set again on the Salmon.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

150 kcal/100g

Protein

17%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

Moisture

62.7%

Dry weight

Protein

45.6%

Fat

20.1%

Fibre

Ash

5.4%

Carbs

24.9%

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

69.3%

Carbs

Veg

16%

Oils

3.5%

Other

6.2%

Pricing & size