Walker & Drake

Walker & Drake Working Dog review

Name: Walker & Drake Working Dog
Brand: Walker & Drake

76.7/100Excellent

Cold pressedAdult

The brand's plainest recipe and an Excellent one. Dried chicken leads at 41%, the biggest meat share Walker & Drake presses, with gentle pre-gelatinised rice at 26% behind it. The analysis runs leaner than the name suggests, so a working dog simply eats a bigger bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs in genuine work, the ones this label is written for
Owners who want a short list with nothing needing a glossary
Dogs settled on chicken and rice
Kennels and multi-dog homes buying the 12kg bag
A dog carrying a little extra. The fat declaration is the lowest in the brand's cold-pressed food

Worth watching

Poultry fat beside the chicken names no bird
Rice puts it outside a grain-free plan
Light for the format at 315 kcal per 100g, so a dog doing real hours eats more

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

How this scores

How we score

76.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. For a dog in real work, start above the maker's low-activity guide and adjust by condition.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Walker & Drake Working Dog 76.7

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The largest chicken inclusion in the brand's cold-pressed catalogue, on a list you can check in seconds, is what lifts it above the format's middle.

What's in it

Dried chicken41%The only meat named, and substantial by any standard.
Pre-gelatinised rice26%Cooked before pressing, so gentle and quick to digest. The main source of the starch.
Sweet potato, flaked potatoMore of the same starch.
Brewers yeast
Poultry fatCovers any domestic bird, which matters only for an exclusion trial.
Apple, carrot, tomatoThe only produce, at the tail.

The brand's generous vitamin and trace element panel, from vitamin A to vitamin K with zinc, manganese, copper and iron, each dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Dried Chicken 41%, Pre Gelatinised Rice 26%, Sweet Potato, Flaked Potato, Brewers Yeast, Poultry Fat, Apple, Carrot, Tomato

Against the range

A cold-pressed pellet with nine entries and nothing optional. Dried chicken and pre-gelatinised rice make up two thirds of the list; potatoes, yeast, poultry fat and three bits of produce finish it. There are no joint extras, prebiotics or botanicals, all of which the brand's other cold-pressed recipes carry.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

315 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

33%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

10%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

35.9%

Fat

7.6%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

10.9%

Carbs

43.4%

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

41%

Carbs

50.5%

Veg

3.3%

Oils

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size