Pero

Pero Cold Pressed: 80/20 Chicken review

Name: Pero Cold Pressed: 80/20 Chicken
Brand: Pero

84.6/100Outstanding

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

Three ranges under one name, spread from our Good band to Outstanding, with the meat-led 80/20 four at the top. Every recipe is cold pressed, so the pellet crumbles in water where baked kibble swells. Few ranges let you change a dog's dinner this much without changing the brand on the bag.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Meat doing most of the work: four recipes are 70% named animal or more
Fast eaters. A cold-pressed pellet crumbles once wet
Puppy, adult and senior fed from one bag; every recipe is labelled for all three
Dogs settled on one animal, with beef, chicken, duck, trout, lamb, salmon and turkey each given a recipe
Trying before committing, since every recipe comes as a trial pack

Worth watching

Fish in all but the two grain recipes, so a fish-free home is looking at those two
Cane molasses on nine of the twelve labels, a little added sugar
Green lipped mussel in ten recipes, and garlic in Calm Down Dog

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

How this scores

How we score

84.6/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Every recipe is labelled for puppies, adults and seniors, with the duck and fish 80/20s singled out for small breeds. Check the back of the exact bag: one name covers very different labels.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

80/20 Chicken 84.6
80/20 Fish 83.7
80/20 Duck 82.0
80/20 Beef 77.4
Beef 64.4
Lamb 63.5
Salmon 63.3
Chicken 62.0
Turkey Slim Down 60.4
Calm Down Dog 59.6
Chicken 56.1
Beef 56.0

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

Meat share moves Pero up and down: the 80/20 four sit at the top, and the rest keep normal company for the format.

What's in it

Chicken76%The highest named meat share in the range.
Chicken fat8%One bird covers the animal side, bar the fish hydrolysate.
Sweet potato8%The only starch worth naming.
Liver gravy3%A palatability coat.
Whole egg, white fish hydrolysateThe hydrolysate puts fish on the list.
Vitamins and minerals, prebiotic inulin, peas, brewer's yeast
Cooked linseed, salmon oil
Apple, chicory pulp, pumpkin, seaweed, alfalfa
Herbal blend, blackcurrant, chia seeds0.25% herbs
Joint blend, natural probiotic, MOS yeast0.1% glucosamine downMOS is a yeast prebiotic that feeds the gut's own bacteria.

Vitamins A, D3 and E listed per kilo, with no trace mineral doses printed.

Green lipped mussel in the joint blend, one to check where shellfish is avoided.

Named ingredients

Chicken 76%, Chicken Fat 8%, Sweet Potato 8%, Liver Gravy 3%, Whole Egg, White Fish Hydrolysate, Vitamins and Minerals, Prebiotic Inulin, Peas, Brewer's Yeast, Cooked Linseed, Salmon Oil, Apple Granulate, Chicory Pulp, Pumpkin, Seaweed, Alfalfa, Herbal Blend 0.25% - Chicory Root, Parsley, Thyme, Nettle Leaf, Rosemary, Camomile Leaf, Sage, Yucca Extract, Rosehip, Dandelion Leaf, Turmeric, Aniseed, Blackcurrant, Chia Seeds, Joint Care Blend, Glucosamine 0.1%, Collagen 0.08%, Green Lipped Mussel 0.05%, Chondroitin Sulphate 0.05%, Natural Probiotic, MOS, Yeast

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 76%; The highest share in the range.
Protein, dry matter: 56.3%; Joint top with the duck.
Gut extras: Inulin, probiotic, MOS; Shared with the duck and fish 80/20s.

The strongest recipe Pero presses, with one bird doing nearly all the work.

Three constructions share the name. The four 80/20 recipes put named meat at 70% to 76% with sweet potato at 8%. Six more sit on sweet potato at 27% and potato at 20% under 28% to 37% meat, and two grain recipes swap that base for wheat and barley.

All twelve are cold pressed and carry a herbal tail. Ten add a joint blend with green lipped mussel, and cane molasses appears on nine labels. Fish, through salmon oil, salmon protein or white fish hydrolysate, is on every recipe except the two grain ones.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

380 kcal/100g

Protein

52.2%

Fat

16.9%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

10.2%

Moisture

7.3%

Dry weight

Protein

56.3%

Fat

18.2%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

11%

Carbs

11.6%

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

82.2%

Carbs

8.3%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size