Salubrious Healthy Dog Food

Salubrious Healthy Dog Food Cold-Pressed With Grains: Beef review

Name: Salubrious Healthy Dog Food Cold-Pressed With Grains: Beef
Brand: Salubrious Healthy Dog Food

55.5/100Good

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

The cereal side of the Salubrious cold-pressed shelf, and both recipes land in our Good band. Wheat and barley are named outright behind a properly named meat, which is more than many grain recipes manage. Carbohydrate runs to about half the dry matter, and that is what holds the pair where it is.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that digest cereals well. Wheat and barley are named, never hidden behind the word cereals
Dogs avoiding fish, since neither recipe carries fish or fish oil
Fast eaters: a cold-pressed pellet breaks down in water and does not expand
Households mixing ages, as both are listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size
A dog kept to one meat, on the chicken recipe

Worth watching

Wheat in a real share of both, for a dog that has struggled with it
Cane molasses on both lists, a small amount of added sugar
No calcium figure on the chicken label, which matters for a large-breed puppy

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

How this scores

How we score

55.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every breed size. For a large-breed puppy, the beef recipe is the one that declares calcium; ask Salubrious about the chicken before feeding it.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 55.5
Chicken 54.5

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The two sit close together, held in place by a cereal-heavy pellet, so the choice between them is your dog's to make.

What's in it

Beef37%Named and leading the list.
Wheat, barleyThe binders. Wheat is the cereal most often named in intolerance; barley is gentler but also carries gluten.
PeasFibre and some plant protein.
LinseedPlant omega 3, fibre and natural antioxidants.
Cane molassesA little added sugar.
Beet pulp, lucerne, inulin
Beef tallowThe matching fat.
Liver gravyNo animal named beside it.
Herbs: parsley, chicory, kelp, peppermint and six moreKelp is a natural source of iodine.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.1%, 0.05%A modest joint pair, at least quantified.

Only vitamins A, D3 and E are printed, the vitamin E as tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils.

Named ingredients

Beef (37%), wheat, barley, peas, linseed, cane molasses, beet pulp, beef tallow, liver gravy, vitamins and minerals, lucerne, prebiotic (inulin), herbs (parsley, chicory, kelp, peppermint, basil, fennel, thyme, aniseed, yucca and rosemary). Glucosamine (0.1%), chondroitin sulphate (0.05%).

Against the range

Meat: Beef 37%, with tallow and a liver gravy; Chicken 36% with oil and chicken gravy
Calcium: Declared; Not printed on the chicken
Ash, dry matter: 9.7%; 9.4% on the chicken
Additive panel: Vitamins A, D3 and E only; Chicken prints trace elements too

For a large-breed puppy this is the one of the pair with a calcium figure to plan against.

Both recipes open with a named meat, beef at 37% or chicken at 36%, each with a matching fat, then wheat, barley, peas and linseed. Cane molasses, beet pulp, lucerne and inulin follow, and both close on the same ten named herbs and glucosamine at 0.1% with chondroitin sulphate at 0.05%.

Neither list carries fish or fish oil, unusual for Salubrious. What varies is the meat, the gravy and the additive panel: the beef prints only vitamins A, D3 and E, the chicken a full set of trace elements down to selenium.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

322.3 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

10%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.7%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

25.6%

Fat

11.1%

Fibre

3.9%

Ash

9.7%

Carbs

49.7%

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

38.2%

Carbs

56.7%

Oils

0.9%

Other

4.2%

Pricing & size