Walker & Drake

Walker & Drake Small Breed Cold Pressed: Ocean Fish with Rice review

Name: Walker & Drake Small Breed Cold Pressed: Ocean Fish with Rice
Brand: Walker & Drake

52.4/100Good

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

Two small-breed cold-pressed recipes, both in our Good band, built around a grain the rest of the brand avoids: rice. The pellet is small and gentle. Both print real doses for their joint supplements, which many labels do not.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breeds needing a pellet scaled to their mouths
Dogs that get along with rice
Joint supplements you can see, glucosamine at 415mg/kg
Mixed-age homes. Every life stage is on both labels
Small dogs kept away from poultry, through the ocean fish recipe

Worth watching

Rice rules out a grain-free plan
Pea protein and potato protein high on both lists
No calcium figure on either label

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

How this scores

How we score

52.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small dogs at every life stage. The maker's low-activity guide puts a 3 to 5kg dog at 65 to 96 grams a day, the better starting point for this line.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Ocean Fish

The score, in context

Turkey 65.9
Ocean Fish 52.4

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Printed joint doses and a readable list hold the band, while the lightest meat share in the catalogue and the plant proteins behind it keep both low inside it.

What's in it

Ocean fish26%Species never named. Likely brings bone, given the ash.
Pre gelatinised rice18%Cooked and dried before pressing, so the starch asks little of the stomach.
Sweet potato, flaked potato
Pea protein, potato proteinPlant protein lifting the figure. Dogs digest it less completely than animal protein.
Rapeseed oilThe only added fat.
Blueberry, cranberry, yucca extract
Glucosamine sulphate, chondroitin sulphate415mg/kg, 180mg/kgReal figures for the joints.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with the trace elements named down to their source compounds, zinc oxide through to sodium selenite.

The fish is never named to a species, though no other animal is on the label.

Named ingredients

Ocean Fish 26%, Pre Gelatinised Rice 18%, Sweet Potato, Flaked Potato, Pea Protein, Potato Protein, Rapeseed Oil, Blueberry, Cranberry, Yucca Extract, Glucosamine Sulphate (415mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (180mg/kg)

Against the range

Meat: Ocean fish, 26%; Turkey meal at 28% in the other.
Rice: 18%; 8% in the turkey.
Ash, declared: 13.0%; 8.5% in the turkey.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 41.3%; 46.2% in the turkey.

The shorter list of the two, and the one for a small dog kept away from poultry.

Both recipes press a small pellet around rice, cooked before pressing, which sets them apart from the rest of the brand's cold-pressed food. Both declare 30.0% protein and 9.0% fat, and both lean on pea protein and potato protein close behind the meat.

Joint supplements are dosed in print on both, glucosamine at 415mg/kg and chondroitin at 180mg/kg, and the trace elements name their compounds. Neither prints calcium. The meat, the rice share and the animals on the label are what change.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

355 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

13%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

14.1%

Carbs

41.3%

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

26%

Carbs

68.9%

Oils

1.9%

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size