Orijen

Orijen Fit & Trim review

Name: Orijen Fit & Trim
Brand: Orijen

78.9/100Excellent

DryAdult

A weight-watching kibble that trims the fat and keeps the meat, in our Excellent band. Protein is declared at 40% beside 13% fat and 8% crude fibre, so a measured bowl still eats like a proper dinner. What little starch there is comes from whole beans, lentils and peas.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that need to lose a little weight without a smaller-looking dinner
Dogs hunting for food an hour after eating: the fibre and whole pulses make a portion last
Fish eaters, with herring, hake, mackerel and sardine each named
Several dogs of different sizes on one bag
Owners who like gut extras spelled out, chicory root and a named live culture among them

Worth watching

Chicken, turkey, egg and several fish, so no use for a one-protein trial
Fat held low, which a dog working long winter days outdoors may find lean
High fibre for a kibble, so change a delicate stomach over slowly
Dehydrated whitefish, the one entry left at family level

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

How this scores

How we score

78.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Start from the label's weight-maintenance table, 120 to 180 grams for a dog of 10kg to 20kg, and let the waistline settle the rest.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Orijen Fit & Trim 78.9

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Thirteen animal ingredients before the first plant and 40% protein beside 13% fat is the combination a weight recipe wants and most of them miss.

What's in it

Fresh chicken25%Mostly water, which leaves in the oven.
Raw herring, raw turkey, fresh chicken giblets6% eachLiver and heart in the giblets.
Raw hake, raw mackerel, fresh eggs5% each
Dehydrated chicken, mackerel, sardine, herring, turkey, whitefish4% eachAlready dry, so they carry far more into the kibble than their place suggests. Whitefish is the one unnamed species.
Lentil fibre, pinto beans, navy beans, chickpeas, lentils, peas, pea starchAll pulse, no cereal, with their own protein and fibre.
Raw turkey liver, chicken fat1.5% each
Apple fibre
Algae, dried kelpAlgae for DHA, topping up the marine omega 3s.
Dried chicory rootThe prebiotic, an inulin source.
Pumpkin, squash, courgette, carrots, fruit, greens, berries, botanicalsFlourish. The recipe stands without it.

Zinc and copper dosed, a B vitamin set, tocopherols and rosemary extract in place of any synthetic preservative, and Enterococcus faecium as the named live culture.

Fish runs right through the recipe; there is no fish free version of this bag.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken (25%), raw whole herring (6%), raw turkey (6%), fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (6%), raw whole hake (5%), raw whole mackerel (5%), fresh eggs (5%), dehydrated chicken (4%), dehydrated mackerel (4%), dehydrated sardine (4%), dehydrated herring (4%), dehydrated turkey (4%), dehydrated whitefish (4%), lentil fibre, whole pinto beans, whole navy beans, whole chickpeas, whole red lentils, whole green lentils, whole peas, pea starch, raw turkey liver (1.5%), chicken fat (1.5%), apple fibre, algae (source of DHA), dried kelp, fresh whole pumpkin, fresh whole butternut squash, fresh whole zucchini, fresh whole carrots, fresh whole apples, fresh whole pears, dried chicory root, fresh kale, fresh spinach, fresh beet greens, fresh turnip greens, whole cranberries, whole blueberries, whole saskatoon berries, turmeric, milk thistle, burdock root, lavender, marshmallow root, rosehips.

Against the range

Animal ingredients fill the first thirteen places on the label: chicken and turkey up front, then four named sea fish in raw and dried form. The plant side is all whole pulses with no cereal, and a long tail of produce and botanicals sits at the end.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

353 kcal/100g

Protein

40%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

12%

Dry weight

Protein

45.5%

Fat

14.8%

Fibre

9.1%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

21.5%

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

78.5%

Carbs

14.7%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

1.5%

Other

Pricing & size