Pero

Pero High Meat & Gluten Free: Chicken & Rice review

Name: Pero High Meat & Gluten Free: Chicken & Rice
Brand: Pero

61.1/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

A straightforward meat and rice kibble in two animals, with a little joint thinking built in. Both reach our Good band, the chicken a shade above the lamb. Meal leads each recipe, so the meat holds up once the oven has done its work.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose digestion likes rice
Older dogs and stiffening joints, with glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate dosed on both labels
A dog that has gone off chicken. The lamb changes the animal and leaves the build alone
Owners who want krill in the bowl, at 3730 mg per kilo
Firm stools, helped by beet pulp

Worth watching

Krill in both, so neither is fish free
Rice at better than a third of each recipe, which a dog that thrives on a meatier bowl will notice
Poultry meal behind most of the chicken headline, a family of birds and not one bird

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

How this scores

How we score

61.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

The chicken is listed for adults and seniors of every size, the lamb for adults. The bag puts a 15kg dog at 150 to 310 grams a day, so set the portion inside that by the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 61.1
Lamb 60.1

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Barely anything separates the two, so pick the animal your dog does better on and treat the gap as noise.

What's in it

Poultry meal, fresh chicken37% (28%, 9%)Poultry can be chicken, turkey, duck or goose, so most of the headline has no species.
Whole brown rice37%Whole, so it keeps its bran. No gluten.
Potato flakes, beet pulpFermentable fibre from the beet pulp.
Chicken oil5%Named properly.
Yeasts, chicken gravy, yeast extract2% gravyThe gravy is the flavour.
Peas, minerals, malt extracts
Krill3730mg/kgThe marine omega source, and why this is not fish free.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate150mg/kg, 75mg/kg
Yucca extract, cranberry extract

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc both chelated, the form the gut absorbs more readily, and as a sulphate, plus iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium.

Calcium works out at 1.99% of dry matter.

Named ingredients

Chicken 37% (Poultry Meal 28%, Fresh Chicken 9%), Whole Brown Rice 37%, Potato Flakes, Beet Pulp, Chicken Oil 5%, Yeasts, Chicken Gravy 2%, Yeast Extract, Peas, Minerals, Malt Extracts, Krill 3730mg/kg, Glucosamine 150mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 75mg/kg, Yucca Extract, Cranberry Extract

Against the range

Protein: 25% declared; 24% on the lamb.
Ash: 6.5%; 9.5% on the lamb.
Fat source: Chicken oil 5%; Lamb fat 6.5%.
Life stage: Adult and senior; Adult only on the lamb.

The slightly stronger of the pair, and the one that names seniors.

Both recipes put a named meat first, mostly as meal with 9% fresh, and use whole rice as the grain at 37% or 35%. Beet pulp, potato and peas sit behind the rice.

Krill at 3730 mg per kilo, glucosamine at 150 mg and chondroitin sulphate at 75 mg are printed on both labels. The trace panel is the same, with zinc arriving both chelated and as a sulphate. What varies is the animal, the fat source and the ash.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

352.3 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

50.5%

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

39.4%

Carbs

51.7%

Oils

Other

3.9%

Pricing & size