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Guru Highland Game Cold Pressed review

Name: Guru Highland Game Cold Pressed
Brand: Guru

66.7/100Good

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A rare cold-pressed bag with no fish on the label, and a game share broken open into wild boar, venison and duck. It is lean, with fat at 9.2% of dry matter and fibre up at 7.1%. It finishes in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs steering around fish: there is no fish or fish oil on the list
A waistline that needs watching, on a high-fibre, low-fat pellet
Owners after less familiar meats, with wild boar and venison named and weighed
Stiffening joints, with dried green-lipped mussels on the list
Speedy eaters, as pressed pellets collapse in liquid without swelling

Worth watching

Duck at 8% of the game share, for a dog kept off poultry
Brown rice at 25%, so a grain-free plan is out
Calcium at 1.96% of dry matter, over what a growing large breed puppy is normally given

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

How this scores

How we score

66.7/100Good

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. Check with your vet before feeding it to a large breed puppy, because of the calcium.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Game

The score, in context

Guru Highland Game Cold Pressed 66.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The itemised game share earns its place and a modest analysis with high ash holds it back; judged as the lean, unusual-meat option it is, Good looks about right.

What's in it

Game: dried wild boar, dried venison, dried duck30% (14%, 8%, 8%)Fully itemised, so an owner with a reactive dog can make a real decision. Duck is the familiar one.
Brown rice (thermally pre-treated)25%Pre-treated so its starch digests in a food never cooked at high heat.
Sweet potato
Chicory powder, pumpkin, carrots4% eachChicory's inulin feeds useful gut bacteria.
Broad beans, peas
Seaweed, beet pulpBeet pulp is the second fibre source behind the high fibre reading.
Cold pressed linseed oilThe only added fat, so the omega 3 is all plant origin.
Dried apple, blackcurrant, MOS, beta-glucans, yucca, gelatine
Parsley, rosemary, green tea extract
Green-lipped musselsFor the joints; no dose given.

Calcium converts to 1.96% of dry matter, over what is normally recommended for a growing large breed puppy. Check with your vet first.

Named ingredients

Game 30% (Dried Wild Boar 14%, Dried Venison 8%, Dried Duck 8%), Brown Rice (thermally pre-treated), (25%), Sweet Potato, Mixed Vegetables (chicory powder (4%), pumpkin (4%), carrots (4%), broad beans, peas), Seaweed, Beet Pulp, Cold Pressed Linseed Oil, Dried Fruits (apple, blackcurrant), MOS and Beta-glucans, Yucca Schidigera, Gelatine, Dried Herbs (parsley, rosemary, green tea extract), Green Lipped Mussels.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

308.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

8.5%

Fibre

6.5%

Ash

9.5%

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

9.2%

Fibre

7.1%

Ash

10.3%

Carbs

48.4%

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

30.2%

Carbs

36.4%

Veg

5.4%

Oils

1.5%

Other

26.5%

Pricing & size