Tribal

Tribal Fresh Pressed Puppy: Fresh chicken review

Name: Tribal Fresh Pressed Puppy: Fresh chicken
Brand: Tribal

65.7/100Good

Cold pressedPuppy

Flavour

Tribal's low-temperature pellet tuned for growth, with the turkey in our Excellent band and the chicken a step behind in Good. Both print calcium and the growth vitamins, which a puppy food should and many do not. The joint supplements found elsewhere in the Tribal range are left out of these two.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies still learning to chew: the pellet softens with warm water and does not swell
Any finished size, as the feeding guide runs from a 1kg baby to a 50kg giant in waiting
A litter or new arrival moving onto solids, with a small bag for testing the water
Pups kept off cereals. Sweet potato carries the starch
Owners who want the growth nutrients written down per kilo

Worth watching

Fish in both, so neither is fish free
Whole egg on both lists, for a puppy already reacting to eggs
Carbohydrate at just over half of dry matter. Measure meals for a pup that gains condition quickly

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

How this scores

How we score

65.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Portions follow current weight on the label's guide, so reweigh as the pup grows.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Fresh Turkey 72.7
Fresh chicken 65.7

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

The turkey reads stronger than the chicken by enough to notice, and in both the starch share, above the format's middle, is what holds the score back.

What's in it

Fresh chicken35%
Sweet potato35%The main starch.
Hydrolysed fish protein16%The heaviest fish top-up in the pair. Species not named.
Whole egg5%As complete a protein as any label carries.
Beet pulpA steadying fibre.
Brewer's yeast, mineralsB vitamins and a flavour dogs take to.
Chicken fatThe only added fat.
InulinPrebiotic FOS for a gut still building its flora.
Herbal blend: parsley, rosemary, nettle, chamomile, sage, thyme, coriander, dandelion, liquorice0.25%Spelled out in full.

Vitamin D3 at 1750 IU/kg with iron, manganese, copper, zinc, iodine and selenium all dosed, preserved with a tocopherol-rich extract.

Calcium converts to 0.87% of dry matter, a sensible level for a growing dog.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken (35%), Sweet potato (35%), Hydrolysed fish protein (16%), Whole egg (5%), Beet pulp, Brewer's yeast, Minerals, Chicken fat, Inulin (source of prebiotic FOS), Herbal blend (0.25%; Parsley, Rosemary, Nettle, Chamomile, Sage, Thyme, Coriander leaves, Dandelion leaves, Liquorice).

Against the range

Fish: Hydrolysed fish protein, 16%; Blue whiting at 14% in the turkey.
Added fat: Chicken fat; Sunflower oil and salmon oil in the turkey.
Fat, dry matter: 13.0%; 12.0% in the turkey.
Calcium, dry matter: 0.87%; 0.98% in the turkey.

The shorter label of the two, and the one to pick where chicken suits your dog better.

Both recipes open with a fresh meat at 35% and sweet potato at 35%, then top up the animal share with a hydrolysed fish protein and whole egg. Protein converts to 27.2% of dry matter in each, and neither carries wheat or maize.

Calcium is declared on both and sits at sensible growth levels, with vitamin D3 at 1750 IU/kg and every trace mineral dosed. Brewer's yeast, inulin and a herbal blend at 0.25% are shared. The meat, the fish, and the added fat are what change.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378.7 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

6.1%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

50.7%

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

56%

Carbs

39.9%

Oils

0.7%

Other

3.4%

Pricing & size