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Freshpet Bags: Small Dog Grilled Turkey & Pork review

Name: Freshpet Bags: Small Dog Grilled Turkey & Pork
Brand: Freshpet

89/100Outstanding

FreshAdultSenior

Flavour

Fridge food in loose, gently cooked pieces that pour from the bag, and every recipe sits in our Outstanding band. The meat percentages describe the food as you serve it, since nothing is dried. The labels are short and named, though none of them prints ash.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want fresh feeding that still scoops like a dry food
Anyone new to fresh food. Loose pieces mean no slicing and nothing to defrost
Dogs that need the named animal first, at 67% up to 85% before anything else
Small dogs, with one bag portioned for them
Fussy eaters, who tend to respond to the smell of gently cooked meat
A short label: the briefest names eight things in total

Worth watching

Rice flour or oat flour on every label, so none of the three is grain free
Two animals or added egg in two of the bags. A dog kept to one protein needs each list read on its own

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

How this scores

How we score

89/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors, with the Small Dog bag sized for small breeds. Check which animals are on the bag you pick if your dog is kept to one protein.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Small Dog Grilled Turkey 89.0
Complete Nutrition Turkey 86.4
Roasted Meals Tender Chicken 84.6

All three Outstanding. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

The small-dog bag edges the other two on our scoring, and the gap between all three is slim.

What's in it

Pork41%A change for a dog grown weary of poultry.
Turkey41%An equal share, so this is not a pork-only recipe.
Potatoes4%
Potato starch, rice flourBinders; the rice flour means it is not grain free.
Pea proteinPlant protein that lifts the analysis without adding animal.
Minerals
Spinach0.4%
Psyllium fibre, celery powder, vinegarSoluble fibre, then the natural preservatives.

Vitamin E with copper, manganese and zinc as sulphates, plus iodine.

No ash on the label, so the analysis is given as fed.

Named ingredients

Pork (41%), Turkey (41%), Potatoes (4%), Potato Starch, Pea Protein, Minerals, Rice Flour, Spinach (0.4%) Psyllium Fibre, Celery Powder, Vinegar

Against the range

Meat: 41% pork, 41% turkey; One bird on the Turkey bag; chicken and liver on the Roasted Meals.
Moisture: 74.0%; The wettest bag here; the others sit near 59%.
Size: Portioned for small dogs; The other two are listed for every size.

Leads the range on our scoring, and the extra water suits a dog that never drinks quite enough.

Meat leads every label by a wide margin, from 67% chicken with 11% chicken liver up to 85% turkey, and every animal is named. Potato starch, rice flour or oat flour bind the pieces, so none of the three is grain free. Pea protein turns up on two labels and lifts the protein figure without adding animal.

No label prints ash, so the analysis stays as fed: protein between 15.0% and 17.0%, moisture between 59.0% and 74.0%. Celery powder and vinegar close nearly every list as natural preservatives.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

159 kcal/100g

Protein

17%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

Moisture

74%

Dry weight

Protein

65.4%

Fat

28.8%

Fibre

3.8%

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

82%

Added water

8.2%

Carbs

8.7%

Veg

0.6%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size