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Freshpet Select Rolls: Tender Chicken Recipe review

Name: Freshpet Select Rolls: Tender Chicken Recipe
Brand: Freshpet

92.5/100Outstanding

FreshAdultSenior

Flavour

Chilled logs of gently cooked food you slice into the bowl, and all eight sit in our Outstanding band. The meat leads every label, from a roll that is three quarters turkey to a beef recipe carrying chicken and beef liver. Portioning is by the thickness of the slice.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who would sooner portion by eye than by scales
Meat-led feeding, with named animals at 65% to 75%
A puppy in the house: the All Life Stages Turkey takes puppies, adults and seniors
Small dogs, with two 400g rolls made to their scale
A single-bird plan. The Complete Nutrition Turkey keeps every animal entry to turkey
Fussy eaters, drawn by the smell of a gently cooked slice

Worth watching

The names are friendlier than the lists: the Beef Recipe carries 28% chicken, and most rolls pair two animals
Rice flour or brown rice on every label, and egg on two
No calcium figure on the All Life Stages Turkey, the roll a large-breed puppy owner would reach for
Fridge space. Rolls want using within a few days of the first slice

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

How this scores

How we score

92.5/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Six rolls are listed for adults and seniors of every size, two for small dogs and one for every life stage. Read the second animal on the label before choosing for a dog kept off a meat.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Tender Chicken Recipe 92.5
Beef Recipe 91.2
All Life Stages Turkey 85.7
Turkey 85.7
Small Dog Chicken 84.9
Tasty Pork 84.8
Small Dog Turkey 82.1
Complete Nutrition Turkey 81.4

All eight Outstanding. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

Eight rolls in one band is not a spread worth choosing by; the Tender Chicken and the Beef Recipe edge ahead on our scoring.

What's in it

Chicken43%
Turkey27%
Potato starch
Carrots, peas4% each
Minerals, pea protein
Rice flour, psyllium fibre
Vinegar, celery powder

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

Named ingredients

Chicken (43%), Turkey (27%), Potato Starch, Carrots (4%), Peas (4%), Minerals, Pea Protein, Rice Flour, Psyllium Fibre, Vinegar, Celery powder

Against the range

Sizes: 400g, 700g and 2kg; Every other roll comes in one size.
Protein, dry matter: 42.6%; Higher than the Beef Recipe's 40.0%, the only other roll with ash printed.
Meat: Chicken 43%, turkey 27%; 65% to 75% across the range.

The practical pick for a bigger dog or a two-dog house, and the top roll on our scoring.

Meat leads every roll and every animal is named to species, at 65% to 75% of the recipe. Only the Complete Nutrition Turkey keeps to one animal; the rest pair two, and the Beef Recipe adds beef liver as a third entry.

Behind the meat the rolls barely change: potato starch binds, rice flour and psyllium fibre follow, and celery powder with vinegar preserve. Pea protein is on most labels, so a little of the protein figure is plant. Ash is printed only on the Beef Recipe and the Tender Chicken.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

125 kcal/100g

Protein

11.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

73%

Dry weight

Protein

42.6%

Fat

22.2%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

24%

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

70%

Added water

13.2%

Carbs

10.9%

Veg

4.1%

Other

1.8%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £6.62 (RRP)
Pack: 400 g. roll (UPC 1230000045568), 700 g. roll (UPC 1230000045575), 2 kg. roll (UPC 1230000045919)
A 15kg dog eats: 350 to 550 g a day, 450 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.98

At the budget end for gently cooked fresh food, and strong value for what is in it.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.