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Run Working Dog Cold Pressed: Beef review

Name: Run Working Dog Cold Pressed: Beef
Brand: Run

65.4/100Good

Cold pressedAdult

Flavour

Two pressed recipes for dogs that earn their dinner, and they differ by more than the meat. The Turkey declares 41% turkey and leaves out grain, and it sits in our Excellent band. The Beef is the traditional build with barley and oats, one step down in Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and sporting dogs that need energy that keeps well in a sack
Dogs steering around poultry: beef is the only meat named on the Beef
A grain-free routine, which the Turkey serves
Kennels and multi-dog homes, with a 12.5kg sack beside the 1.5kg bag
Joints that take a hammering, with glucosamine and chondroitin dosed on both

Worth watching

The Beef carries grain in barley and oats
Green lipped mussel in the Turkey, and glucosamine is usually made from shellfish
Both are portioned for dogs in work, so a quieter dog needs the amount trimmed

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

How this scores

How we score

65.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Read the label of the one you plan to buy, since grain, shellfish and ash all differ between them.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Turkey 70.0
Beef 65.4

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

The Turkey earns its higher band on how much of the sack is named animal; the analyses sit closer together than the lists suggest.

What's in it

Beef protein meal25%A dried, concentrated meat and the only animal ingredient.
Barley25%Digestible once cooked, with fibre.
Pea25%A large share for a legume.
Oats12%
Sunflower oil7%Little saturated fat and plenty of vitamin E.
Beet pulp, yeasts (MOS), dried carrot
Carnitine, DL methionine
Glucosamine, chondroitin400, 300 mg/kgDosed in print.
Yucca, chicory root extract, vitamin E and rosemary extractsChicory for prebiotic FOS and inulin; the extracts preserve the food.

Vitamins A and D3 with the B group, and iodine, selenium, iron, copper, zinc and manganese, each with a dose per kilo.

Crude ash reads 12.2% of dry matter, high for a pressed food.

Named ingredients

Beef Protein Meal 25% Barley 25%, Pea 25%, Oats 12%, Sunflower Oil 7%, Beet Pulp, Yeasts and parts thereof (including Mannanoligosaccharides; Prebiotic MOS), Dried Carrot, Carnitine, Amino Acids (DL Methionine), Glucosamine (400 mg/kg), Chondroitin (300mg/kg), Yucca Shidigera, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharides and Inulin), Natural Antioxidants (mix of Vitamin E and Rosemary Extracts).

Against the range

Meat: Beef protein meal, 25%; Turkey at 41%, itemised.
Grain: Barley and oats; None in the Turkey.
Ash, dry matter: 12.2%; 7.6% on the Turkey.
Energy: 316 kcal per 100g; 344 on the Turkey.

The poultry-free choice of the two, for a dog happy on grain.

Both recipes are cold pressed, compacted at a low temperature so the pellet holds together dry and falls apart wet. Both print glucosamine at 400 mg/kg and chondroitin at 300 mg/kg, share the prebiotic and vitamin panel, and are preserved with rosemary and vitamin E.

The builds differ more than a flavour swap. The Beef is beef protein meal with barley, pea and oats; the Turkey is grain free, with an itemised turkey share and tapioca, sweet potato and pea starch flour.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

315.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

11%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

11%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

26.7%

Fat

12.2%

Fibre

Ash

12.2%

Carbs

43.9%

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

25%

Carbs

52.9%

Veg

4.3%

Oils

Other

10.8%

Pricing & size