Forthglade

Forthglade Cold Pressed Grain Free: Chicken with Sweet Potato review

Name: Forthglade Cold Pressed Grain Free: Chicken with Sweet Potato
Brand: Forthglade

64.8/100Good

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

Five grain-free pressed recipes, all in our Good band, and the most candid labels on method we see. Forthglade marks which ingredients were thermally pre-treated before cold pressing, which almost no other maker does. The catch, on every recipe, is that sweet potato and peas outweigh the meat.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs off grain. The starch comes from sweet potato and peas
Older dogs and heavy breeds, with glucosamine and chondroitin printed at 300mg/kg
Rotating proteins across chicken, duck, lamb, salmon and turkey on one pattern
Buying ahead, with bags from 2kg up to 20kg on some recipes
Owners who want to know what was heated and what was not

Worth watching

Salmon oil on all five and egg powder on four, so no fish-free or egg-free bowl here
Poultry fat on the chicken and duck that does not name its bird
Only the turkey prints a calcium figure

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

How this scores

How we score

64.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Four recipes are listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size; the lamb is for adults alone. For a large-breed puppy, the turkey is the only label with a calcium figure to check.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 64.8
Duck 64.1
Turkey 64.1
Lamb 63.9
Salmon 62.8

All five Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The five finish close together in the upper half of the band, so the animal on the front of the bag should decide it.

What's in it

Chicken: freshly prepared and dried ground32.5% (17.5% + 15%)Dried meat has its water gone, so it holds far more protein per gram.
Dried sweet potato28%The main starch.
Dried peasEarning their place as a starch source.
Poultry fatDoes not say which bird.
Gelatin, dried beet pulpGelatin does structural work in the pellet.
Dried fruit: apples, pears, blueberries, cranberries2.3%Cranberry has a long reputation for urinary support.
Brewer's yeast, salmon oilsalmon oil 1%Salmon oil is on all five recipes.
Botanicals, mannan-oligosaccharide, chicory extract, seaweed, camomile0.6% down to 0.2%Two prebiotics feed the gut's own bacteria; seaweed brings iodine.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate300mg/kg eachA printed dose, so one bag can be compared with another.
Egg powder, flaxseed oil, yucca extract0.1%, 0.02%

Vitamins A, D3, E and C, with copper, zinc, iron and manganese each given twice, once as a sulphate or oxide and once as a glycine chelate.

Chicken is the meat most often behind an intolerance. If that is your dog's history, pick one of the other four.

Named ingredients

Chicken 32.5% (17.5% freshly prepared chicken, 15% dried ground chicken)*†, Dried Sweet Potato (28%)*†, Dried Peas*†, Poultry Fat*, Gelatin*, Dried Beet Pulp*†, Dried Fruit (2.3%: apples, pears, blueberries, cranberries)*, Salmon Oil (1%)*†, Brewer's Yeast*, Dried Botanicals (0.6%: Fennel, Nettle, Dandelion)*, Mannan-oligosaccharide*, Egg Powder*†, Chicory Extract (0.2%)*†, Dried Seaweed*, Camomile (0.2%)*, Flaxseed Oil (0.1%)*†, Glucosamine (300mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (300mg/kg), Yucca Extract (0.02%)*. *Natural Ingredient † ingredients thermally pre-treated prior to cold pressing.

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 32.5%; 32.5% on three others, salmon 29.5%
Added fat: Poultry fat, bird not named; Duck the same; turkey names chicken fat
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 48.2%; 43.1% on the lamb to 52.2% on the salmon

The everyday choice of the five, best for a dog with no history with chicken.

Five recipes on one blueprint. A named meat or fish takes just under a third of the bag, declared as freshly prepared plus dried ground with the total printed: 32.5% on four, 29.5% on the salmon. Dried sweet potato and peas carry the starch, and together they take more of the bowl than the meat.

Salmon oil, seaweed, chicory extract and a printed 300mg/kg each of glucosamine and chondroitin appear on every list. The fat source is what varies: unnamed poultry fat on the chicken and duck, chicken fat on the turkey, coconut and sunflower oil on the lamb. Each label marks which ingredients were heat-treated before the cold pressing.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

348.4 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

6.6%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

48.2%

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

33.1%

Carbs

51%

Veg

3.2%

Oils

Other

5.7%

Pricing & size