Orygo

Orygo Senior Dry review

Name: Orygo Senior Dry
Brand: Orygo

69.8/100Good

Cold pressedAdultSenior

A cold-pressed senior food carried by fresh chicken at 55% and fresh fish at 30%, finishing in our Good band. The chicken is itemised down to the liver and heart. The joint work sits inside a 2.6% house blend.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs whose owners want the animal side named down to the cut
Dogs that hoover up dinner. Cold-pressed pellets soften in the bowl and never swell later
Joint ingredients built into the daily meal: chondroitin, collagen and egg membrane
Mixed-size homes, with the guide covering toy breeds to giants

Worth watching

Fresh fish second on the list at 30%
Quinoa inside the Orygoformula blend, for owners who keep pseudo-grains out

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

How this scores

How we score

69.8/100Good

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. You feed it like ordinary dry food, so the one check is whether fish suits your dog.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Orygo Senior Dry 69.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Two fresh named animals do most of the earning, and an unnamed starch doing the filling keeps it inside the band with a little room left at the top.

What's in it

Fresh chicken: meat, liver, heart55%Liver named inside the headline share, where a lot of the micronutrition is.
Fresh fish30%The omega fats oily fish are prized for.
Partially hydrolysed starchBroken down before it reaches the bowl, so easier on digestion. The plant is not stated.
Legumes: lentils, chickpeas4%Starch, with fibre and minerals.
Vegetable glycerinHolds moisture in a pressed pellet, and tastes mildly sweet to a fussy older dog.
Orygoformula: chondroitin, collagen, egg membrane, trout oil2.6% in allThe joint group, the working part of the blend.
Yeast fermentation products, MOS, inulin, chicory pulp, olive oilFor the gut.
Turmeric, quinoa, sage, fennel, cranberry, pomegranate, milk thistle and other herbsShared across that many entries, the herbs are seasoning.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with manganese, iron, copper, zinc and iodine, all with printed doses.

Calcium reads 1.46% of dry matter, sensible for a grown or older dog.

Named ingredients

55% Fresh Chicken (Meat, Liver, Heart), 30% Fresh Fish, Partially Hydrolysed Starch, 4% Legumes (Lentils, Chickpeas), Vegetable Glycerin, 2.6% Orygoformula (Products Resulting from Yeast Fermentation, MOS, 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, Chondroitin Sulfate and Collagen, Trout Oil 500 mg/kg).

Against the range

One cold-pressed senior recipe built on fresh chicken and fresh fish, with no cereal on the list. An unnamed partially hydrolysed starch and a small legume share give the pellet its structure, and a long house blend carries the joint and gut extras.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

340 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

10%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

18%

Dry weight

Protein

32.9%

Fat

12.2%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

43.4%

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

87.6%

Carbs

Veg

2.4%

Other

Pricing & size