Pero

Pero High Meat & Gluten Free: Lamb & Rice review

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

60.1/100Good

DryAdult

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

60.1/100Good

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

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

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

Lamb meal, fresh lamb36% (27%, 9%)All from the one animal.
Whole rice35%
Beet pulpKeeps a stool firm.
Lamb fat6.5%Lamb again.
Potato, peas
Yeast extract, minerals, malt extract
Krill3730mg/KgPuts it short of a strict elimination diet.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate150mg/kg, 75mg/kg
Yucca extract, cranberry extract

The same panel: vitamins A, D3 and E, zinc chelated and as a sulphate, then iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium.

Named ingredients

Lamb 36% (Lamb Meal 27%, Fresh Lamb 9%), Whole Rice 35%, Beet Pulp, Lamb Fat 6.5%, Potato, Peas, Yeast Extract, Minerals, Malt Extract, Krill 3730mg/Kg, Glucosamine 150mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 75mg/kg, Yucca Extract, Cranberry Extract

Against the range

Land animals: Lamb only; Poultry meal plus chicken on the other.
Ash: 9.5%; 6.5% on the chicken.
Calcium: Not declared; 1.99% of dry matter on the chicken.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 47.9%; 50.5% on the chicken.

For a dog steered away from poultry, this is the easy choice.

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

340 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

10.3%

Carbs

47.9%

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

36.7%

Carbs

53.7%

Oils

6.5%

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size