Paleo Ridge

Paleo Ridge Paleo Senior: Turkey review

Name: Paleo Ridge Paleo Senior: Turkey
Brand: Paleo Ridge

87.9/100Outstanding

RawAdultSenior

Flavour

A lamb recipe and a turkey recipe for older dogs, both in our Outstanding band. The idea is simple: one animal, modest fat, and organ meats doing the nutritional work. Both labels name every part with a percentage, so nothing needs interpreting.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs whose owners want fat kept on the lower side
Dogs kept strictly to one animal, lamb or turkey
Organ meats included properly and named with percentages
A faded appetite. Few things tempt a dog like tripe and thigh meat
Any size of dog, with guidance from toy breeds to giants

Worth watching

Raw handling: thaw in the fridge and keep the usual kitchen hygiene
Restrained fat, so a still-energetic older dog eats a sizeable portion

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

How this scores

How we score

87.9/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The maker's chart puts a 15kg dog at 300 to 450 grams a day on either recipe, so start mid-band and watch the waistline.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey 87.9
Paleo Ridge Paleo Senior 86.7

All two Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Few older-dog raw recipes exist, and a pair that keeps to one animal and still matches the best of raw is worth noticing.

What's in it

Boneless turkey thigh60%A soft, palatable lead cut.
Turkey meat with bone20%The calcium source.
Turkey liver5%
Turkey heart4.8%
Carrot4%Beta carotene and soluble fibre.
Broccoli, kale4%, 2%
Reishi mushroom tinctures0.2%A traditional inclusion at trace level.

Calcium is declared at a level suited to adults, so this is not one for a young dog.

Named ingredients

60% Boneless Turkey Thigh, 20% Turkey Meat with Bone, 5% Turkey Liver, 4.8% Turkey Heart, 4% Carrot, 4% Broccoli, 2% Kale, 0.2% Reishi Mushroom Tinctures

Against the range

Lead cut: Turkey thigh 60%; Lamb tripe 40% in the lamb.
Energy: 132 kcal per 100g; 98 in the lamb.
Protein, dry matter: 58.6%; 56.0% in the lamb.

The milder and slightly richer option, for a dog that prefers poultry.

Both recipes keep to one animal from top to bottom: a soft lead cut, a bone-bearing entry for calcium, a deep offal section and a small plant share. Around nine tenths of each label is animal, every part named with a percentage, and there is no fish oil or partner species.

Carrot, broccoli and kale take a tenth of the bowl between them, with a reishi tincture at 0.2%. With no premix, the organ meats carry the micronutrition.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

132 kcal/100g

Protein

17%

Fat

Fibre

0.2%

Ash

0.9%

Moisture

71%

Dry weight

Protein

58.6%

Fat

20.7%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

3.1%

Carbs

16.9%

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

89.8%

Veg

10%

Other

0.2%

Pricing & size