Pero

Pero High Meat & Grain Free review

Name: Pero High Meat & Grain Free
Brand: Pero

64.4/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Grain-free dry food built on one named animal per recipe, turkey or pork, both in our Good band. The root vegetables are doing real work in the bowl. Read them as everyday grain-free feeding; neither is a lean sports food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off grain. The starch is potato, sweet potato and peas
An unfamiliar animal. Many dogs have never met pork
Older dogs, with glucosamine and chondroitin on both labels
Digestions that need settling, two prebiotics beside beet pulp
A senior and an adult fed from the same bag

Worth watching

Chicken oil in both, plus chicken gravy or digest, so neither is chicken free
Salmon oil in both, so neither is fish free
The pork label leaves out its joint doses, moisture and calcium

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

How this scores

How we score

64.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Both are listed for adults and seniors of every size. Weigh the first few bowls, as the label's daily bands are wide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Pero High Meat & Grain Free 64.4
Pork 61.4

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Both earn their place on a named animal and root starch, the turkey a little ahead of the pork.

What's in it

Turkey: turkey meal 23%, fresh turkey 15%39%The meal carries most of the protein into the kibble.
Potato23%
Sweet potato19%
Cranberries0.4%
Pure chicken oilThe main added fat.
Alfalfa, mineralsAlfalfa adds fibre and minerals.
Chicken gravy, yeast extractChicken again, for flavour.
Linseed, salmon oilPlant and marine omega 3.
Peas, malt extract, MOS, FOS, yucca extract
Glucosamine, chondroitin195 mg/kg, 90 mg/kgDoses printed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, zinc partly as an amino acid chelate at 333 mg, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and sodium selenite.

Calcium works out at 2.36% of dry matter, on the generous side for an adult food.

Named ingredients

Turkey 39% (Turkey Meal 23%, Fresh Turkey 15%), Potato 23%, Sweet Potato 19%, Cranberries 0.4%, Pure Chicken Oil, Alfalfa, Minerals, Chicken Gravy, Yeast Extract, Linseed, Salmon Oil, Peas, Malt Extract, Prebiotic MOS, Prebiotic FOS, Yucca Extract, Glucosamine 195 mg/kg, Chondroitin 90 mg/kg

Against the range

Meat: Turkey: 23% meal, 15% fresh; Pork: 19% meal, 21% fresh.
Starch: Potato 23%, sweet potato 19%; Sweet potato 36% with peas on the pork.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 52.6%; 47.7% on the pork.
Joint doses: Printed; Not printed on the pork.

The fuller label of the two, and the better score.

No cereal anywhere. Each recipe leads with one named animal at around 40% and prints how it is built from meal and fresh meat; the meal does the heavy lifting, since it goes in already dry. Root starch fills the rest, and the carbohydrate estimate sits at or above the typical adult dry food.

Both use chicken oil as the main added fat and a chicken palatant, so chicken is in the small print of each. Linseed and salmon oil bring omega 3 from two directions, with alfalfa, MOS, FOS and a glucosamine and chondroitin pair on both lists. Fat is declared at 10% in each.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

333.5 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

52.6%

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

42.1%

Carbs

42.6%

Veg

4.4%

Oils

6.1%

Other

4.9%

Pricing & size