Pero

Pero Working & Sporting: Lamb & Rice Performance review

Name: Pero Working & Sporting: Lamb & Rice Performance
Brand: Pero

53.4/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

On this range the name on the bag matters more than the range. The Lamb & Rice Performance recipe names its animal at 39%, writes out a full list and reaches our Good band. Working Dog Active sits in Average and the other two rations in Poor, all three written in the broad language of the working shelf.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and sporting dogs on the lamb recipe, with fat at 15%
A dog kept to one meat: lamb, lamb tallow and lamb gravy are the only animal entries in the lamb recipe
Glucosamine and chondroitin, printed in the lamb recipe beside seaweed and cranberry
Dogs who do fine on rice and barley
A yard feeding several dogs a simple, familiar ration

Worth watching

No species named anywhere on the three Working Dog rations, so no elimination diet on them
Maintenance at 6% fat and Premiwm at 7% are modest for a dog that works
Fish meal in Working Dog Active, so that one is not fish free

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

How this scores

How we score

53.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Every recipe is listed for adults. If your dog genuinely works all day, check the fat figure first, and expect to feed well above the label's amounts.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 53.4
Working Dog Active 33.1
Working Dog Premiwm 24.7
Working Dog Maintenance 23.4

Four recipes across Good and Average and Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

The spread across this range comes down almost entirely to how much each label is willing to say.

What's in it

Lamb39%Leads, and the only animal on the label.
Rice26%
Lamb tallowThe fat, from the same animal.
Barley, potato starchMore starch; potato starch binds.
Pea proteinPlant protein counting towards the declared 27%, and not a match for meat protein in quality.
Beet pulp, dried brewer's yeastYeast brings B vitamins.
Flaxseed, lamb gravyFlaxseed for plant omega 3s.
Minerals, seaweedSeaweed for iodine and trace minerals.
Prebiotic MOS, yucca extract
Glucosamine, chondroitin, cranberryJoint support, printed but not dosed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium in an organic form.

Named ingredients

Lamb 39%, Rice 26%, Lamb Tallow, Barley, Potato Starch, Pea Protein, Beet Pulp, Dried Brewer's Yeast, Flaxseed, Lamb Gravy, Minerals, Seaweed, Prebiotic Mannan - Oligosaccharide, Yucca Extract, Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Cranberry

Against the range

Meat: Lamb 39%, all lamb; Unnamed meat products or derivatives on the other three.
Protein and fat, declared: 27% and 15%; Highest of the four; Maintenance is 19% and 6%.
Transparency: Outstanding; Poor on the three Working Dog rations.

The one recipe in the range that tells you what is in the bowl, and the one to pick for a working dog.

Only the Lamb & Rice Performance recipe writes its ingredients out by name, and every animal entry on it is lamb. The three Working Dog rations use the trade categories of the working shelf: cereals, meat and animal derivatives, oils and fats. Active adds fish meal, pasta and linseed oil to its list.

What varies most is fat. The lamb recipe declares 15%, Active 10%, Premiwm 7% and Maintenance 6%. None of the four prints a moisture figure, so every dry matter reading rests on the standard 8% kibble assumption.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

355 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

10.9%

Carbs

41.3%

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

39.8%

Carbs

50.1%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

7.9%

Other

Pricing & size