Pero

Pero Cold Pressed: Chicken & Sweet Potato review

Name: Pero Cold Pressed: Chicken & Sweet Potato
Brand: Pero

62/100Good

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

62/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

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

Chicken32%Chicken oil and chicken gravy keep the poultry side on one bird.
Sweet potato, potato27%, 20%The base that carries the recipe.
Salmon protein5%Shores up the amino acids, and puts fish on the list.
Chicken oil5%
Whole egg5%
Beet pulp, cane molasses, brewer's yeastMolasses is a little sugar.
Minerals, gravy, prebiotic inulin, alfalfa
Salmon oil, sunflower oil
Herbal blend: chicory root, parsley, thyme, nettle, rosemary, camomile and more0.25%
Glucosamine, collagen, green lipped mussel, chondroitin sulphate0.1% down to 0.05%The joint blend. The mussel is shellfish.

Minerals are listed without doses.

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

Named ingredients

Chicken 32%, Sweet Potato 27%, Potato 20%, Salmon Protein 5%, Chicken Oil 5%, Whole Egg 5%, Beet Pulp, Cane Molasses, Brewer's Yeast, Minerals, Chicken Gravy, Prebiotic Inulin, Alfalfa, Salmon Oil, Sunflower Oil, Herbal Blend 0.25% (Chicory Root, Parsley, Thyme, Nettle Leaf, Rosemary, Camomile Leaf, Sage, Yucca Extract, Rosehip, Dandelion Leaf, Turmeric, Aniseed), Joint Care Blend, Glucosamine 0.1%, Collagen 0.08%, Green Lipped Mussel 0.05%, Chondroitin Sulphate 0.05%

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 32%; 28% to 37% across the sweet potato six.
Fish: Salmon protein 5%; Only the grain recipes are fish free.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 45.6%; Among the lower readings of the six.

A middle-of-the-range chicken bowl on the sweet potato base.

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

328 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

11%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

28.9%

Fat

12.2%

Fibre

3.9%

Ash

9.4%

Carbs

45.6%

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

42.5%

Carbs

50.9%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

5.1%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size