Paleo Ridge

Paleo Ridge Paleo Puppy: Chicken review

Name: Paleo Ridge Paleo Puppy: Chicken
Brand: Paleo Ridge

88.1/100Outstanding

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Flavour

A four-recipe raw range for dogs still growing, every one in our Outstanding band. Named meat takes 95% of each bowl with bone and organs inside that figure, so the proportions are worked out for you. Calcium is declared on every label, the figure a large-breed owner looks at first.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Raw feeding from the very start, with bone and organ already in proportion
Keeping a young dog to one animal: turkey, chicken and lamb each stay single species
Puppies with a taste for red meat, with beef tripe and duck beside the poultry
Every breed size from toy to giant
Extras that come from food, vegetables and berries in a fully itemised mix

Worth watching

Frozen portions: freezer space, an overnight thaw and clean hands after every meal
Calcium at 2.24% of dry matter on the lamb, one for your vet with a large or giant pup
Two animals in the beef tripe and duck

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

How this scores

How we score

88.1/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a large or giant breed, check each recipe's calcium figure with your vet before choosing.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 88.1
Beef Tripe 87.5
Lamb 86.7
Paleo Ridge Paleo Puppy 85.7

All four Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Raw for puppies is the most competitive corner we score, and all four recipes keep up with the best of it.

What's in it

Chicken thigh65%
Organic chicken meat with bone20%Calcium and phosphorus from the bone.
Chicken heart5%
Chicken liver5%The richest natural source of vitamin A on the label.
Puppy Supplement Mix4.8%Fully itemised: squash, carrot, brassicas, berries, nettles, pumpkin seeds and wheatgrass, which is leaf, not grain.
Reishi mushroom tincture0.2%Gesture level.

Named ingredients

65% Chicken Thigh, 20% Organic Chicken Meat with Bone, 5% Chicken Heart, 5% Chicken Liver, 4.8% Puppy Supplement Mix (inc. Butternut Squash, Carrot, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Kale, Blueberries, Blackberries, Nettles, Pumpkin Seeds, Wheatgrass), 0.2% Reishi Mushroom Tinctures

Against the range

Energy: 182 kcal per 100g; Richest in the range; the lamb is 128
Fat, dry matter: 37.5%; 25% on the turkey
Other animals on the label: None, chicken only; Turkey and lamb also single species

The richest bowl here, so portions run smaller than the rest.

Every recipe is built the same way: a lead cut at 60% to 65%, a bone-bearing cut at 20%, then organs at 5% each, the 4.8% puppy mix and a reishi tincture. Everything is named and percentaged. Three recipes hold to one animal; the beef tripe and duck brings two.

Protein converts to between 53.1% and 67.9% of dry matter and fat to between 25.0% and 37.5%, with carbohydrate at or near zero. Calcium is declared on all four, from 1.0% on the beef tripe and duck to 2.24% on the lamb.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

182 kcal/100g

Protein

17%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

68%

Dry weight

Protein

53.1%

Fat

37.5%

Fibre

Ash

6.2%

Carbs

3.2%

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

95%

Other

Pricing & size