Ydolo

Ydolo Puppy Cold-Pressed review

Name: Ydolo Puppy Cold-Pressed
Brand: Ydolo

70.4/100Excellent

Cold pressedPuppy

A cold-pressed puppy food with calcium declared at 1.47% of dry matter, the number that matters most while a big-framed puppy grows. Iberico meat at 45% leads, with sardines and anchovies behind it. Carbohydrate lands a good way below where cold-pressed puppy food usually sits.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large and giant breed puppies, with the calcium figure printed for you
A lower-starch start: carbohydrate at 34.0% of dry matter against a typical 41.4%
New teeth. The pellet softens readily with a splash of warm water
Homes already feeding Ydolo to an older dog, as the puppy recipe is built the same way
Puppies kept off grain; sweet potato is the only starch on the list

Worth watching

Sardines, anchovies and trout oil, so it is not fish free
Green-lipped mussel in the botanical mix, for a home keeping shellfish out
Iberico is a pig breed, and the label never says pork

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

How this scores

How we score

70.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. There is no printed feeding table, so portions come from the energy content; weigh your puppy as it grows and adjust.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Ydolo Puppy Cold-Pressed 70.4

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

It stands level with the middle of the cold-pressed puppy field, lifted by its meat share and declared calcium and held steady by the starch a pressed pellet needs.

What's in it

Iberico meat45%Iberico is a breed of pig, so this is pork of a rather good sort, named by breed and never by species.
Sardines, anchovies15% eachTake the meat and fish share to 75%, generous for a pressed pellet.
Sweet potato20%The one starch, binding the pellet and carrying much of the energy.
Banana, artichoke, chicory, alfalfa, apples, broccoliThe front of the 3% health mix, most with a mg/kg figure. Chicory feeds the gut bacteria as a prebiotic.
Blueberries, Brussels sprouts
Green-lipped mussel598 mg/kgA smaller inclusion than the adult recipes carry. Shellfish.
Rosemary, thyme, oregano, milk thistle, spirulina, olive oil, yucca
Trout oil1%The omega 3 source.
Glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM1000, 850 and 650 mg/kgUnusual on a puppy label, with doses attached; it reads as looking ahead for a big-framed dog.

Taurine and L-carnitine declared as nutritional additives, with the vitamin and trace element panel printed in full.

Named ingredients

75% Fresh Meat and Wild Caught Fish (45% Iberico meat, 15% Sardines, 15% Anchovies), 20% sweet potato, 3% health mix: (banana (5982 mg/kg), artichoke (4487 mg/kg), chicory, alfalfa (2692 mg/kg), apples (2542 mg/kg), broccoli, blueberries (2333 mg/kg), Brussels sprouts (2303 mg/kg), green-lipped mussel (598 mg/kg), rosemary (419 mg/kg), thyme (389 mg/kg), oregano (359 mg/kg), milk thistle, spirulina (242 mg/kg), olive oil, yucca), 1% trout oil, glucosamine (1000 mg/kg), chondroitin (850 mg/kg), msm (650 mg/kg)

Against the range

Fresh meat and wild caught fish take 75% of the recipe, with sweet potato the one starch at 20%. The 3% health mix prints most of its doses in milligrams, and the joint additives carry their figures too.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

365.9 kcal/100g

Protein

27.1%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

Ash

8.7%

Moisture

18.2%

Dry weight

Protein

33.1%

Fat

19.9%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

10.6%

Carbs

34%

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