Raw Pet Foods

Raw Pet Foods Cold-Pressed: Chicken review

Name: Raw Pet Foods Cold-Pressed: Chicken
Brand: Raw Pet Foods

71.6/100Excellent

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

A cold-pressed pair, beef and chicken, pressed at low temperature into a pellet that crumbles in liquid and does not swell. The chicken reads in our Excellent band and the beef a step below in Good. Few labels on this shelf print every vitamin and trace element dose the way these do.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that bolt their dinner, since the pellet breaks apart in liquid
Owners who like to check the selenium dose for themselves
Mixed-age homes. Puppy, adult and senior all feed from the same bag
Cereal-free feeding: peas, sweet potato and tapioca do the carrying, and no wheat or maize appears
Dogs that never quite got on with ordinary kibble

Worth watching

Carbohydrate a step above the cold-pressed norm. Measure portions for a dog that gains weight easily
Chicken oil and chicken liver in the beef bag too, so neither recipe suits a dog avoiding chicken

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

How this scores

How we score

71.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. No calcium figure is printed, so ask the maker before feeding a large-breed puppy on it.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 71.6
Beef 69.5

Two recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named meat and fully printed micronutrient doses carry both recipes, and carbohydrate well above the cold-pressed norm is what holds them back.

What's in it

Dried ground chicken28%Dried meat, so the share stands for more animal than a fresh entry.
Sweet potato, peasSweet potato moves ahead of peas in this recipe.
Tapioca
Chicken oilNamed to the bird.
Beet pulpFermentable fibre most guts get on with.
Dried ground chicken liver
Carnitine, DL methionine, tryptophane
Mannan-oligosaccharides, chicory, inulinPrebiotics.
Yucca, cranberry, dandelion root, ginger, turmeric, thyme
Marigold yellow, lutein, tocopherols

A full panel with every vitamin dose printed and the trace element compounds named, selenium included as sodium selenite.

Chicken is the only animal on this label, oil and liver included.

Named ingredients

Dried Ground Chicken (28%), Sweet Potato, Peas, Tapioca, Chicken Oil, Beet Pulp, Dried Ground Chicken Liver, Carnitine, Amino Acids (DL Methionine, Tryptophane), Pre-Biotic (Mannan-oligosaccharides), Yucca Schidigera, Chicory, Inulin, Cranberry, Dandelion Root, Marigold Yellow, Lutein, Natural Antioxidants and Tocopherol, Ginger, Turmeric, Thyme, Vitamins and Minerals.

Against the range

Meat: Dried ground chicken, 28%; Beef at 28% in the other bag, with chicken oil and liver.
Protein, dry matter: 28.3%; 26.1% in the beef.
Energy: About 349 kcal per 100g; The beef is about 332, so portions here run a little smaller.

For a dog kept to one bird, this is the tidier bag of the two.

Both recipes lead on a dried ground meat at 28%, named to species, and dried meat carries no water, so that share stands for more animal than a fresh entry would. Peas, sweet potato and tapioca carry the carbohydrate, with beet pulp for fermentable fibre. Chicken oil and dried chicken liver are on both labels.

The vitamin and trace element panel is printed dose by dose on each bag, down to the copper and selenium compounds. What varies is the lead meat, the order of peas and sweet potato, and dried carrot, which only the beef carries.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

348.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

12%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

48.4%

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

31.2%

Carbs

62%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

3.8%

Other

2.7%

Pricing & size