Walker & Drake

Walker & Drake Cold Pressed: Chicken review

Name: Walker & Drake Cold Pressed: Chicken
Brand: Walker & Drake

75.7/100Excellent

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

One cold-pressed recipe worked three ways, with a named dried meat leading each list and no cereal anywhere. The chicken and duck sit in our Excellent band and the ocean fish one step down in Good. Every vitamin and trace element carries a printed dose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Fast eaters: a cold-pressed pellet softens in water and never swells
Owners with no interest in cereal
Mixed households, every recipe labelled for all life stages and sizes
Older and heavier dogs, with glucosamine and chondroitin in every recipe
Testing before committing, with a 2kg bag beside the 6kg and 10kg

Worth watching

Poultry fat in the chicken, which names no bird
Ocean fish is a category with no species behind it
The joint pair carries no printed dose
Keep the bag sealed and dry, since the pellets fall apart in water

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

How this scores

How we score

75.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. For a dog on an elimination trial, the duck is the one that names a single animal.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 75.7
Duck 74.1
Ocean Fish 60.0

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

The plant-heavy middle of each label holds the range back, and the ocean fish sits a band below the other two on its unnamed fish and pea protein.

What's in it

Dried chicken40%Weighed dry, so it describes the finished pellet.
Sweet potato, potatoThe starch in place of wheat and barley.
Brewer's yeast, beet pulpB vitamins and a savoury note, then fibre.
Whole egg powderA second animal protein, only in this recipe.
Poultry fatAny domestic bird, so duck, goose or turkey cannot be ruled out.
FOS inulin, yeast Bio-Mos, psyllium husk powderPrebiotics for the gut bacteria, and fibre.
Apple, carrot, tomato, seaweed, cranberrySeaweed is a genuine iodine source.
Flavour Bioflavex, fenugreek, green tea extract, fennel seed, blueberry, yucca, marigold powder
Glucosamine, chondroitinNo dose given: supportive, not therapeutic.

Vitamins A, D3, E, the B group, C and K with zinc, manganese, copper and iron, every one with a per-kilo figure.

Poultry fat names no bird, so this cannot anchor a chicken-only plan.

Named ingredients

Dried Chicken 40%, Sweet Potato, Potato, Brewers Yeast, Beet Pulp, Whole Egg Powder, Poultry Fat, FOS Inulin, Yeast Bio-Mos, Psyllium Husk Powder, Apple, Carrot, Tomato, Seaweed, Cranberry, Flavour Bioflavex, Glucosamine, Fenugreek, Green Tea Extract, Fennel Seed, Blueberry, Yucca Schidigera, Chondroitin, Marigold Powder

Against the range

Meat: Dried chicken 40%; Duck 39%, ocean fish 35%.
Other animals on the label: Whole egg, poultry fat; None on the duck.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.67%; The lowest; 2.22% on the duck.
Fat, as fed: 9.0%; 8.0% on the duck.

For a dog that simply likes chicken; a bowl held to one named bird wants the duck.

Each recipe leads with a dried meat weighed after drying, so the percentage describes the finished pellet. Sweet potato and potato take the place of cereal, and a long tail of prebiotics, produce and botanicals follows, with glucosamine and chondroitin undosed.

Protein converts to 35.6% of dry matter on all three. The fat source is where they part: poultry fat in the chicken, rapeseed oil in the duck, salmon oil in the ocean fish, which also adds pea protein.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

360 kcal/100g

Protein

32%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

35.6%

Fat

10%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

10%

Carbs

40%

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

44.3%

Carbs

46.5%

Veg

0.7%

Oils

1.4%

Other

7.1%

Pricing & size