Ydolo

Ydolo Adult Cold Pressed: Duck review

Name: Ydolo Adult Cold Pressed: Duck
Brand: Ydolo

79/100Excellent

Cold pressedAdultSenior

Flavour

A cold-pressed range in our Excellent band with an unusually meaty front end and carbohydrate well below the category norm. Ydolo prints most of the health mix down to the milligram, and the joint supplements come at proper doses. Transparency reads Outstanding on every recipe.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept on the low-starch side: carbohydrate runs 34.1% to 34.8% of dry matter against the 43.2% typical of cold-pressed food
Owners who read a label closely
Older dogs with stiffening joints. Glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM all have their doses printed
Rotation feeding across chicken, duck, Iberico pork and wild fish
A house with a giant breed and a toy dog, since the guide covers both

Worth watching

Fish and shellfish in all four, from the trout oil and the green-lipped mussel
The Chicken recipe adds sardines and anchovies, so it is not poultry only
The 75% on the bag shrinks once the pellet is pressed

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

How this scores

How we score

79/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. For an elimination trial, read the fish and mussel lines first, since no recipe is single species.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Chicken 79.4
Iberico Pork 79.3
Wild Fish 79.1
Duck 79.0

All four Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The four score so closely that the animal on the front, not the scoring, should choose between them.

What's in it

Fresh duck meat75%No other animal in the meat share.
Sweet potato20%The only starch.
Banana, chicory, artichoke, alfalfa, apples5982 down to 2094 mg/kgThe head of the 3% health mix.
Pumpkin, cranberries1794, 1495 mg/kg
Green-lipped mussel1346 mg/kgShellfish on a duck label.
Green tea, rosemary, thyme, oregano, milk thistle, spirulina, olive oil, yucca1196 down to 209 mg/kg
Cordyceps, shiitake, dandelion, ginger, turmericOnly this and the Wild Fish carry these.
Trout oil1%Fish, despite the single-animal meat share.
Glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM1000, 850, 650 mg/kg

Taurine and L-carnitine, a full vitamin panel including B vitamins and folic acid, and zinc, iron, copper, iodine and selenium.

The closest to single species in the range, but trout oil and green-lipped mussel are still on the label.

Named ingredients

75% Fresh Duck meat, 20% sweet potato, 3% health mix: (banana (5982 mg/kg), artichoke (4486 mg/kg), chicory (4813 mg/kg), alfalfa (2393 mg/kg), apples (2094 mg/kg), pumpkin (1794 mg/kg), cranberries (1495 mg/kg), green-lipped mussel (1346 mg/kg), green tea (1196 mg/kg), rosemary (1047 mg/kg), thyme (897 mg/kg) oregano (748 mg/kg), milk thistle (269 mg/kg), spirulina (239 mg/kg), olive oil (209 mg/kg), yucca, cordyceps (179 mg/kg), shiitake, dandelion, ginger, turmeric), 1% trout oil, glucosamine (1000 mg/kg), chondroitin (850 mg/kg), msm (650 mg/kg).

Against the range

Meat: Duck only, 75%; Chicken adds fish; pork stands alone; Wild Fish is all fish.
Health mix: The longest of the four; Shared with the Wild Fish: green tea, cordyceps, shiitake and more.
Energy: 364 kcal per 100g; Level with the Chicken, the gentlest here.

The nearest thing here to a single-species recipe, the trout oil and mussel aside.

All four share one blueprint: 75% fresh meat or wild caught fish, 20% sweet potato as the only starch, a 3% health mix, 1% trout oil and the same three joint supplements. Fresh meat brings its own water, so less survives the pressing than the headline suggests, but protein still converts to between 32.7% and 33.0% of dry matter.

Trout oil and green-lipped mussel are in every recipe, so fish and shellfish run through the whole range. Moisture and calcium are both declared, which means every dry matter figure comes straight off the label. What varies is the animal and the make-up of the health mix.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

363.5 kcal/100g

Protein

26.8%

Fat

15.9%

Fibre

Ash

8.7%

Moisture

18.2%

Dry weight

Protein

32.8%

Fat

19.4%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

10.6%

Carbs

34.8%

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

75%

Carbs

20%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size