James & Ella Cold-Pressed: Free-Run Chicken review

1. Free-Run Chicken 77.3
2. Country Game 76.7
3. Ocean Fish 63.3

Three recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named meats, a lower starch share and a printed vitamin panel lift two recipes clear of the typical cold-pressed food; the sweet potato lead keeps the ceiling where it is.

• Dried ground chicken42%The largest land meat entry in the range.
• Sweet potato39%
• Peas5%
• Beet pulp5%
• Chicken oil3.3%
• Duck mealNo percentage, and a second bird.
• Green lipped mussel0.05%A sprinkle, honestly printed. Shellfish on the label.
• Turmeric mixTurmeric, linseed oil, black pepper, yucca and apple cider vinegar.
• Vitamins
• Dried carrot, celery root, apple, sage, thyme, oregano, seaweed, fennel, nettle

Doses printed for vitamins A, D3, E, K, C and the B group, and for zinc, manganese, copper and iron; there is no separate trace element panel.

Green lipped mussel at 0.05% means shellfish is on the label.

Meat

42% chicken plus duck meal

39% duck with 4% venison; 49% fish.

Protein, dry matter

35.4%

Level with the game; 37.1% on the fish.

Energy

346 kcal per 100g

356 on the fish.

Leads the range on our scoring, for a dog that is fine with two birds.

Every recipe is built to one plan: dried, ground meat at the front, sweet potato as the carbohydrate, then peas and beet pulp. The meat went in dried, so 39% to 49% stands for a good deal more fresh meat. Carbohydrate sits under the cold-pressed typical on all three.

A tail of turmeric, herbs, seaweed and green lipped mussel follows on every label. The pellets are pressed at a low temperature and crumble in water where kibble swells.

Price per kilo

£11.00 (RRP)

Pack

2.5kg, 5kg, 7.5kg, 10kg, 15kg, 20kg

A 15kg dog eats (our estimate)

225 to 275 g a day, 250 in the middle

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£2.75

Premium end of the market for a cold-pressed food, and fair value for the quality.