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Wilsons Puppy Cold Pressed review

Name: Wilsons Puppy Cold Pressed
Brand: Wilsons

63/100Good

Cold pressedPuppy

A Good puppy food from Wilsons, salmon-led and pressed at low temperature instead of baked. What sets it apart is the tail: prebiotics, a postbiotic yeast and a joint pair, each with a printed dose. The base leans on pea flour and tapioca.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners after a fish lead, with salmon named first and salmon oil further down
Printed doses for methionine, glucosamine, chondroitin and carnitine
Puppies of any expected adult size, small to giant on the feeding guide
Fast eaters. The pellets crumble in water and never swell
Households that want the same brand into adulthood, as the adult range is made the same way

Worth watching

Pea flour and tapioca high on the list, both there mainly for starch
Chicken protein meal at 12% alongside the fish, for a pup kept off poultry
No calcium figure, the number that matters most in growth. Ask Wilsons for a large-breed puppy

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

How this scores

How we score

63/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a pup heading for a large or giant frame, get the calcium figure from Wilsons before ordering.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Wilsons Puppy Cold Pressed 63.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Real doses on the extras and a pressed pellet earn its place; the starch base and a moderate meat fraction keep it there.

What's in it

Salmon19%The lead meat, and the reason most owners pick it up.
Sweet potatoGives the most back of the three starches: fibre and beta carotene.
Pea flour, tapiocaPea flour adds plant protein; tapioca is starch that holds the pellet together.
Chicken protein meal12%Water already out, so it lifts the protein. A second species.
Rapeseed oil, beet fibre
Salmon oilLong chain omega 3, which matters more in a growing dog.
Carrot, seaweed, pea fibre, chicory, inulinChicory and inulin feed the gut.
DL-methionine, MOS, postbiotic yeast500 mg/kg eachAmino acid balance and gut support, all dosed.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate400 and 300 mg/kgJoint support while the frame forms.
Yucca, rosemary and tocopherol extracts, carnitine, herbsYucca for stool odour; preserved without a synthetic antioxidant.

Zinc, manganese and copper each as a sulphate paired with a glycine chelate, iron as a sulphate, iodine as calcium iodate, and vitamins A, D3 and E.

No calcium figure printed. For a large-breed puppy, ask Wilsons directly.

Named ingredients

Salmon (19%), sweet potato, pea flour, tapioca, chicken protein meal (12%), rapeseed oil, beet fibre, salmon oil, carrot, seaweed, pea fibre, chicory, minerals, inulin, DL-methionine (500 mg/kg), mannan-oligosaccharides (500 mg/kg), postbiotic yeast (500 mg/kg), glucosamine (400 mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (300 mg/kg), yucca schidigera, natural antioxidants (tocopherol extracts and rosemary extract), thyme, carnitine (50 mg/kg), cranberry, dandelion root, marigold yellow, ginger, turmeric.

Against the range

One cold-pressed puppy recipe drawing on two animals, salmon and chicken protein meal, over a sweet potato, pea flour and tapioca base. Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

378.5 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

46.1%

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

31%

Carbs

58.2%

Veg

2.4%

Oils

5.4%

Other

Pricing & size