Paleo Ridge

Paleo Ridge Classic Puppy Weaning Paste review

Name: Paleo Ridge Classic Puppy Weaning Paste
Brand: Paleo Ridge

86.6/100Outstanding

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A fine, soft raw mince made for the short window when a litter starts eating properly, and it reaches our Outstanding band. Beef tripe leads at 70%, and dogs find it famously appetising. Organic chicken with bone follows at 20% and carries the calcium.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Breeders and first-time litter owners starting pups on solid food
A paste soft enough to lap from a shallow tray
A raw start without building the recipe yourself. Bone and organs are already in the mix
Owners who read every word: four ingredients, all named and percentaged
Buying small while a litter finds its appetite, in 500g packs

Worth watching

Packs live in the freezer and thaw in the fridge, and raw feeding means clean bowls, surfaces and hands after every meal
No calcium figure, worth asking about for a large or giant breed litter

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

How this scores

How we score

86.6/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Made for weaning puppies of every size. For a large or giant breed litter, ask Paleo Ridge for the calcium figure before you start.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Paleo Ridge Classic Puppy Weaning Paste 86.6

All one Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Level with the typical raw puppy food, which on our scoring is the hardest company there is.

What's in it

Beef tripe70%Green tripe, the unbleached stomach of a ruminant, prized for its enzymes and bacteria as much as its protein.
Organic chicken meat with bone20%Calcium and phosphorus for a growing skeleton, ground fine enough for a paste.
Beef liver5%Where much of an animal's vitamin and mineral content sits.
Beef kidney5%

No calcium percentage is declared, and ash at 1.3% is low for a recipe carrying bone-in chicken.

Named ingredients

70% Beef Tripe, 20% Organic Chicken Meat with Bone, 5% Beef Liver, 5% Beef Kidney

Against the range

A four-entry raw mince, every entry animal and every one with a percentage: beef tripe, chicken with bone, liver and kidney. Nothing is added for bulk, and there is no starch at all.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

135.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

14.9%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

1.3%

Moisture

72.5%

Dry weight

Protein

54.2%

Fat

35.6%

Fibre

5.5%

Ash

4.7%

Carbs

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

100%

Pricing & size