Rockster

Rockster: A Fisherman's Dream review

Name: Rockster: A Fisherman's Dream
Brand: Rockster

80.8/100Outstanding

WetPuppyAdult

Flavour

Rockster reads more like a butcher's order than a recipe, and the eight recipes split evenly between our Excellent and Outstanding bands. Cuts are itemised down to lung and tongue, and the strongest labels print a percentage beside each one. Behind the meat sits a small garden of quinoa, pumpkin, berries and roots.

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Our view

Likely to suit

An unusual animal: rabbit, venison and duck each head a recipe
Organs itemised, with muscle, lung, liver and tongue printed by weight on several labels
Households buying organic, declared on every label
Small dogs and light eaters, with a 195 g can alongside the 340 g and 400 g sizes
A small plant side, kept to low single figures on most labels
Joint support in the venison recipe, with green lipped mussels at 1%

Worth watching

Both Fisherman's Dream recipes add calamari and mussels to the salmon
Salmon oil in the beef, duck and venison recipes, so those three are not fish free
The two Boeuf Du Cap sizes share a list but print very different analysis panels
Chickenrella and Duck A La Royale leave ash off the analysis

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

How this scores

How we score

80.8/100Outstanding

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyExcellent

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Every recipe is listed for adults of every size, and A Fisherman's Dream and Duck A La Royale for puppies and seniors too. Match the can size to your dog before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Duck A La Royale 83.6
A Fisherman's Dream 80.8
Boeuf Du Cap (400g can) 80.4
Heaven 80.0
A Fisherman's Dream (400g can) 76.0
Sound Of Game 74.5
Chickenrella 73.3
Boeuf Du Cap 70.3

Eight recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Half the range climbs into Outstanding and the rest hold Excellent, so the animal is the thing to choose on.

What's in it

Organic SalmonLeads, though this label prints no percentages.
Organic Zucchini, Organic QuinoaQuinoa is a seed and brings protein and fibre with its carbohydrate.
Calamari, MusselsTwo more sea animals beside the salmon.
Organic Quince, Organic Carrots
Organic InulinFeeds the gut's friendly bacteria.
Minerals and vitaminsListed inline, from potassium chloride to biotin.

The vitamins and minerals sit inside the ingredient list, without doses printed beside them.

No percentages beside the ingredients, alone in a range that otherwise prints them.

Named ingredients

Organic Salmon, Organic Zucchini, Organic Quinoa, Calamari, Mussels, Organic Quince, Organic Carrots, Organic Inulin, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Oxide, Choline Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin B6 Supplement, Manganese Oxide, Vitamin A Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Biotin (Vitamin B7)

Against the range

Percentages: None printed; Printed on the 400g can and most others.
Fibre, dry matter: 13.6%; 6.8% on the 400g can of the same recipe.
Life stage: Puppies, adults and seniors; Adults only on the 400g can.

The same sea recipe as the bigger can, with less shown on the label.

Eight recipes across salmon, beef, chicken, duck, rabbit and venison, with organic ingredients declared on every label. Where percentages are printed, the named animal runs from 82% to 86%, and organs are itemised by name and weight: liver, lung, tongue, heart and gizzard.

The plant side is small and chosen, with quinoa doing most of the work on the recipes that carry it, and fibre runs high as a result. Vitamins and minerals are folded into the ingredient list on some labels and printed as a separate panel on others, so the doses do not compare line for line.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

127.2 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

Ash

2.4%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

31.8%

Fat

27.3%

Fibre

13.6%

Ash

10.9%

Carbs

16.4%

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

47.5%

Added water

13%

Carbs

15.2%

Veg

18.3%

Other

Pricing & size