Salubrious Healthy Dog Food

Salubrious Healthy Dog Food Cold-Pressed Grain and Gluten Free: Chicken review

Name: Salubrious Healthy Dog Food Cold-Pressed Grain and Gluten Free: Chicken
Brand: Salubrious Healthy Dog Food

63.9/100Good

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

Four cold-pressed, grain-free recipes that change the headline animal and leave the rest alone, all level in our Good band. Cold pressing usually leans on cereals to bind, and here roots do the job instead. The pellet breaks apart in water rather than swelling in the stomach.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off wheat and every other cereal
Rotating the animal without changing anything else
Older dogs feeling their joints
Homes running several ages at once, from puppies to seniors
Picky eaters, with a sample bag of roughly 250 g to try first

Worth watching

Salmon protein and whole egg on all four labels
Cane molasses in the beef, lamb and salmon
No calcium figure on the chicken

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

How this scores

How we score

63.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. For a large breed puppy, pick the beef, lamb or salmon, whose calcium sits at 1.22% of dry matter, or ask the maker about the chicken.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Salmon 64.4
Beef 64.3
Chicken 63.9
Lamb 63.7

All four Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The four sit close enough together that your dog's tastes should decide, and a label this open gives you a lot for what it asks.

What's in it

Chicken32%The smallest animal share of the four.
Sweet potato, potato27% and 20%The same root base under all four, and what sets the carbohydrate level.
Salmon protein5%On every label, so fish is in every bag.
Chicken oil5%
Whole egg5%
Beet pulp, brewers yeast, minerals, chicken gravy, inulin, alfalfaNo cane molasses on this one.
Salmon oil, sunflower oil
Herbal blend: chicory root, parsley, thyme, nettle leaf and eight more0.25%A dozen plants sharing 0.25%. Seasoning, and the label is honest about it.
Glucosamine, green lipped mussel, chondroitin sulphate0.1%, 0.05%, 0.05%

The fullest panel of the four, dosing iodine, iron, copper, zinc, manganese and selenium beside vitamins A, D3 and E.

No calcium content given. If you are feeding a large breed puppy, ask the maker for it.

Named ingredients

Chicken (32%), sweet potato (27%), potato (20%), salmon protein (5%), chicken oil (5%), whole egg (5%), beetpulp, brewers yeast, minerals, chicken gravy, prebiotic (inulin), alfalfa, salmon oil, sunflower oil. Herbal blend (0.25% chicory root, parsley, thyme, nettle leaf, rosemary, camomile leaf, sage, yucca extract, rosehip, dandelion leaf, turmeric, aniseed). Glucosamine (0.1%), green lipped mussel (0.05%) chondroitin sulphate (0.05%).

Against the range

Added sugar: No cane molasses; In the other three.
Additive panel: Trace elements dosed to selenium; Vitamins only on the others.
Fat, dry matter: 12.2%; 11.3% on the beef and lamb, 15.6% on the salmon.
Ash, dry matter: 9.4%; 7.8% on the others.

The most transparent bag of the four, and the one with no added sugar.

All four share one grain-free base: sweet potato at 27%, potato at 20%, salmon protein and whole egg at 5% each, then beet pulp, inulin and alfalfa. Each recipe brings a fat from its own animal, so the headline runs right through, and a joint pack led by glucosamine at 0.1% closes every label.

The named animal runs from 32% to 37% and protein converts to 28.9% of dry matter in every recipe. What varies is the fat, the cane molasses (absent from the chicken) and the additive panel, far fuller on the chicken.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

328 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

11%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

28.9%

Fat

12.2%

Fibre

3.9%

Ash

9.4%

Carbs

45.6%

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

43.1%

Carbs

47%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

5.2%

Other

4.4%

Pricing & size