Ziwi Peak

Ziwi Peak Steam & Dried: Beef with Pumpkin review

Name: Ziwi Peak Steam & Dried: Beef with Pumpkin
Brand: Ziwi Peak

76.5/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

About as animal-heavy as a dry food gets, with all three recipes level in our Excellent band. Each is 80% or more one animal and its organs, steamed and dried, and the plant side is small. Fat and energy run high, so portions come out small.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that want meat and little else
Hard keepers and working dogs, real energy in a small portion
Grain free homes
Dogs that eat offal happily, liver and heart on every recipe
Toy and small breeds, with a feeding table from a 1kg dog
Rotation feeders, beef, lamb and chicken built the same way

Worth watching

Fish oil in every recipe, and chelates of unstated origin, so none is strictly single source
A steady-going dog is easy to overfeed unless you weigh the food
Fibre at 1.1% of dry matter, so a dog that needs bulk may want something alongside
Dried egg white in the chicken

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

How this scores

How we score

76.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Start at the label's own table and weigh the portions, since the energy is far above an ordinary kibble.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 76.5
Cage-Free Chicken 74.1
Lamb 74.0

All three Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The three land level, carried by a whole-animal declaration and carbohydrate at a third of the typical dry food, so let the meat decide it.

What's in it

Beef and beef organs: beef, lung, tripe, liver, heart, plasma, spleen, bone, cartilage83%Itemised, with no shelter behind a category term. Liver carries most of the nutrition.
Pumpkin1.7% fresh, 1.3% driedThe label puts the dried at the equivalent of 13.2% fresh.
Lecithin
Beef fat2%
Dried green peas, dried green lentils, dried quinoaWell down the list, so not propping up the protein. Quinoa is a seed, not a cereal.
Dried apple pomace
Fish oilMarine omega 3, ready made. No recipe is fish free.
Swede, carrot, beets
Minerals, dried chicory root, dried kelpA prebiotic and iodine from the kelp.

Vitamin D3, then zinc, copper, iron and manganese as chelates and selenium from yeast.

Named ingredients

83% Beef and Beef Organs (including Beef, Lung, Tripe, Liver, Heart, Plasma, Spleen, Bone, Cartilage), Pumpkin (1.7% Fresh Pumpkin, 1.3% Dried Pumpkin (equivalent to 13.2% Fresh Pumpkin)), Lecithin, 2% Beef Fat, Dried Green Peas, Dried Green Lentils, Dried Apple Pomace, Dried Quinoa, Fish Oil, Rutabaga, Carrot, Beets, Minerals, Dried Chicory Root, Dried Kelp

Against the range

Meat: 83%, plasma and spleen named; 83% lamb, 80% chicken.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 14.2%; The lowest; 16.4% on the other two.
Protein, dry matter: 41.8%; Same as the chicken, 39.6% on the lamb.

The leader of the three by a nose, and the lowest in starch.

Each recipe declares 80% or more as one animal and its organs, itemised down to the bone and cartilage, with liver and heart on all three. Peas, lentils and quinoa do what carrying is left, with no true cereal. Fish oil is the omega 3 source in every bag.

The trace minerals are chelates bound to protein hydrolysates of unstated origin, and vitamin D3 is the only added vitamin. Fat runs from 28% to 30% and energy from 430 to 440 kcal per 100g.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

440 kcal/100g

Protein

38%

Fat

30%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

41.8%

Fat

33%

Fibre

1.1%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

14.2%

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

83%

Carbs

6.2%

Veg

5.6%

Oils

2.3%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size