Ziwi Peak

Ziwi Peak Tins: Chicken review

Name: Ziwi Peak Tins: Chicken
Brand: Ziwi Peak

84.6/100Outstanding

WetAdult

Flavour

Ziwi Peak's whole-prey thinking in a tin, with the chicken in our Outstanding band and the other three just behind in Excellent. Around two thirds of each recipe is a named animal with its organs listed out. Chickpeas are the only starch, so this is a low-starch bowl by wet food standards.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs raised on offal: lung, kidney, tripe, liver and heart all named
A list you can read at a glance, six entries on most tins
An unusual protein, with venison and mackerel beside the beef and chicken
Grain-free homes. Chickpeas carry the only starch
Older dogs beginning to stiffen, with green mussel at 3% in every tin

Worth watching

Mussel and kelp in every tin, so none is a one-animal food
More bone in the Chicken, with ash at 18.2% of dry matter
No calcium figure on any tin

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

How this scores

How we score

84.6/100Outstanding

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. These are dense tins, so a 15kg dog needs a little under two of the 390g size a day.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 84.6
Venison 79.3
Mackerel 79.1
Beef 78.7

Four recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The range sits at the top of a strong wet category, with the chicken a step clear of the other three.

What's in it

Chicken and chicken organs: chicken, liver, heart, bone66%The biggest animal declaration in the range.
ChickpeasThe only starch, with no percentage given.
New Zealand green mussel3%In there in earnest, not as a token sprinkle.
Minerals
Dried kelpBrings iodine.

Vitamin D3 with zinc, copper, iron and manganese, every trace element chelated to protein or glycine.

Ash at 18.2% and fibre at 9.1% of dry matter point to more bone in this tin.

Calcium is not declared. Ask Ziwi Peak if your dog needs it capped.

Named ingredients

66% Chicken and Chicken Organs (including Chicken, Liver, Heart, Bone), Chickpeas, 3% New Zealand Green Mussel, Minerals, Dried Kelp

Against the range

Ash, dry matter: 18.2%; 6.2% to 8.2% on the others.
Protein, dry matter: 40.9%; Lowest; up to 55.1% on the Mackerel and Lamb.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 6.8%; Lowest in the range.
List length: Five entries; Six on the others.

The shortest list and the one we rate highest, with the most bone in the bowl.

Every tin is put together the same way: a named animal with its organs at the front, 65% or 66% on most and 39% mackerel to 26% lamb on the pairing. Chickpeas, 3% New Zealand green mussel, minerals and dried kelp follow. The organs are listed one by one, bone and cartilage included, which is where much of the mineral content comes from.

Protein converts to between 40.9% and 55.1% of dry matter and fat to between 22.4% and 28.6%. The added panel is short and fully chelated.

Price and value

Sold in 170g and 390g tins, both by the case of 12, with the same recipe inside either size.

As a guide, a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition gets through 672 to 700 grams a day, depending on the recipe. That comes off an estimate of 840 kcal a day (110 × bodyweight^0.75, the standard maintenance estimate). These are dense tins for wet food, so that works out at a little under two of the 390g size a day, or about four of the 170g.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

122.5 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

40.9%

Fat

25%

Fibre

9.1%

Ash

18.2%

Carbs

6.8%

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

69%

Added water

18.6%

Carbs

8.2%

Veg

1.8%

Other

2.5%

Pricing & size