Ziwi Peak

Ziwi Peak Steam & Dried: Cage-Free Chicken with Orchard Fruits review

Name: Ziwi Peak Steam & Dried: Cage-Free Chicken with Orchard Fruits
Brand: Ziwi Peak

74.1/100Excellent

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

74.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

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

Chicken

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

Chicken and chicken organs: chicken, liver, necks, bone, cartilage, heart80%The only recipe to name necks.
Fruits: apple, pear, kiwifruit, blueberries, persimmons4%In place of the vegetables.
Dried egg white3%The one protein from outside the headline animal in the range.
Dried green peas, dried green lentils, dried quinoaWell down the list, so not propping up the protein. Quinoa is a seed, not a cereal.
Chicken fat2%
Fish oilMarine omega 3, ready made. No recipe is fish free.
Minerals, dried chicory root, dried kelpA prebiotic and iodine from the kelp.

Vitamin D3 and chelated zinc, copper, iron and manganese, with no selenium entry.

Dried egg white at 3%, so an egg-reactive dog belongs on the beef or lamb.

Named ingredients

80% Chicken and Chicken Organs (including Chicken, Liver, Necks, Bone, Cartilage, Heart), 4% Fruits (Apple, Pear, Kiwifruit, Blueberries, Persimmons), 3% Dried Egg White, Dried Green Peas, Dried Green Lentils, Dried Quinoa, 2% Chicken Fat, Fish Oil, Minerals, Dried Chicory Root, Dried Kelp

Against the range

Meat: 80%; 83% on the beef and lamb.
Other animals on the label: Egg white, 3%; None beyond fish oil on the others.
Fat: 28.0%; 30.0% on the other two.
Additive panel: Copper 6.7 mg, no selenium; Copper 3.5 mg plus selenium elsewhere.

The lighter of the three, and the poultry choice for a dog fine with egg.

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

430 kcal/100g

Protein

38%

Fat

28%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

41.8%

Fat

30.8%

Fibre

1.1%

Ash

9.9%

Carbs

16.4%

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

83%

Carbs

9.4%

Veg

4.5%

Oils

2.6%

Other

0.4%

Pricing & size