Orygo

Orygo Adult Dry: Chicken with Carrot review

Name: Orygo Adult Dry: Chicken with Carrot
Brand: Orygo

80.4/100Outstanding

Cold pressedAdultSenior

Flavour

Cold-pressed food with a fresh meat bill closer to raw than to kibble: 55% of one animal and 30% of a second in every bag. The chicken reaches our Outstanding band and the pork, salmon and turkey sit a step behind in Excellent. The botanical blend is printed in full, down to the trout oil.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Fast eaters; the pellets break up in the stomach and do not swell
Owners who want two named fresh animals leading
Adults and older dogs alike
Any build from toy to giant
Variety within one brand, four recipes on one blueprint

Worth watching

Trout oil and egg membrane in every recipe
The starch source is never named
Fresh fish with no species on the Pork with Broccoli

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

How this scores

How we score

80.4/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Check the second animal on the bag you pick, as three of the four carry chicken or pork behind the headline.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 80.4
Turkey 78.8
Salmon 78.0
Pork 75.7

Four recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The four finish close together near the top of our scale, so choose on the animal before the order.

What's in it

Fresh chicken (meat, liver, heart)55%Organ meat itemised and genuinely in the bowl.
Fresh pork30%Pork in the supporting role, worth registering for a poultry-only dog.
Partially hydrolysed starchEasier to press and gentler to digest. The plant it came from is not named.
Carrot4%
Vegetable glycerineHolds the pellet together.
Orygoformula: yeast fermentation products, turmeric, olive oil, inulin, chicory pulp2.6% (whole blend)Printed in full, which is more than many makers do.
Sage, quinoa, mint, fennel, yucca, rosemary, oregano, thyme, valerian
Cranberry, pomegranate, milk thistle, liquorice, aloe vera, artichoke
Egg membrane, trout oil500 mg/kg trout oilWhy fish and egg are in every recipe.

The only recipe of the four with no vitamin and mineral panel printed.

Named ingredients

55% Fresh Chicken (Meat, Liver, Heart), 30% Fresh Pork, Partially Hydrolysed Starch, Carrot 4%, Vegetable Glycerine, Orygoformula 2.6% (Products Resulting from Yeast Fermentation, S. Cerevisiae, Turmeric Longa, Olive Oil, Inulin, Chicory Pulp, Sage, Quinoa, Mint, Fennel, Yucca Mojave, Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, Valerian, Cranberry Extract, Pomegranate Extract, Milk Thistle, Liquorice, Aloe Vera Without Aloin, Extract Artichoke, Prooil, Egg Membrane, Trout Oil 500 mg/kg).

Against the range

Animals: Chicken, then pork; Turkey and salmon recipes pair with chicken; pork pairs with fish.
Ash, dry matter: 8.5%; The lowest; the salmon reaches 11.0%.
Band: Outstanding; The other three are Excellent.

The top scorer of the four, for a dog with no need to avoid pork.

Every recipe declares one fresh animal at 55% and a second at 30%, a meat bill that reads more like raw than kibble. A partially hydrolysed starch supplies the carbohydrate, a named fruit or vegetable takes 4%, and the Orygoformula botanical blend closes each label at 2.6%, with trout oil and egg membrane inside it.

Carbohydrate runs from 32.9% to 40.2% of dry matter across the four, under the 43.2% typical for cold-pressed food, and ash from 8.5% to 11.0%. Three print a vitamin and mineral panel; the Chicken with Carrot does not.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

362 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

18%

Dry weight

Protein

34.1%

Fat

17.1%

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

39.1%

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

87.6%

Carbs

Veg

6.4%

Pricing & size