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Gentle Iberico review

Name: Gentle Iberico
Brand: Gentle

50.3/100Good

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

A grain-free cold-pressed food built on pork from Iberico pigs, the meat most dogs have had least of. It sits in our Good band, level with the typical cold-pressed food. The label puts percentages on the meat, the vegetables and the herbs.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that have been round the houses with chicken and beef. Pork is the only meat named
Cereal-free bowls, built on potato and vegetables
Fast eaters, as the pellets crumble when they meet water
One bag for puppies, adults and seniors in the same house

Worth watching

Cod oil, which brings fish into the recipe
Carbohydrate at 52.1% of dry matter, above the 43.2% that marks the middle of cold-pressed food

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

How this scores

How we score

50.3/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size, with calcium at 1.36% of dry matter. Check the oils and herbs against your dog's own list before ordering.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Gentle Iberico 50.3

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The meat and the itemised label earn their marks; a third of the recipe being potato and vegetables is what pulls the total down.

What's in it

Iberico pig meat, dried and ground30%A named Spanish breed, and one of the less used meats in dog food.
Potato flakesDoes the job a cereal would.
Vegetable mixture: peas, beet root, carrots, chicory20%Itemised. Chicory root carries inulin for the gut's useful bacteria.
Beta vulgarisAnother beet entry.
Rapeseed oil, hemp oilMost of the fat. Rapeseed is low in saturates.
Apple, redcurrant
Sea algae (Ascophyllum nodosum)For iodine.
Cod oilThe long chain marine fats, and the fish in the recipe.
Herbs: stinging nettles, horsetail, dandelion2%
Linseeds, moor (mineral clay)

A full printed panel of vitamins, including vitamin C and choline chloride at 2000mg, with copper, manganese and zinc as chelates.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%, and the energy figure is our estimate.

Named ingredients

Iberico pig meat, dried and ground 30%, Potato flakes, Vegetable mixture - dried and ground (peas, beet root, carrots, chicory) 20%, Beta vulgaris, Rapeseed oil, Hemp oil, Apple dried and ground, Redcurrant dried and ground, Sea algae (Ascophyllum nodosum), Cod oil, Herbs - dried and ground (stinging nettles, horsetail, dandelion) 2%, Linseeds, Moor (mineral clay)

Against the range

One recipe: Iberico pork at 30%, potato flakes and an itemised 20% vegetable mixture, plant oils with cod oil for the marine omega 3, and a 2% herb mixture near the end. No cereal anywhere.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

333.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

9.6%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.2%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

10.4%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

7.8%

Carbs

52.1%

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

23.3%

Carbs

13.8%

Veg

22.1%

Oils

5.2%

Other

35.7%

Pricing & size