Ziwi Peak

Ziwi Peak Tins: Venison review

Name: Ziwi Peak Tins: Venison
Brand: Ziwi Peak

79.3/100Excellent

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

79.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

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

Venison

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

Venison and venison organs: venison, tripe, liver, lung, heart, kidney, bone65%The novel protein of the range.
ChickpeasThe only starch, with no percentage given.
New Zealand green mussel3%In there in earnest, not as a token sprinkle.
Lecithin
Minerals
Dried kelpBrings iodine.

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

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

Named ingredients

65% Venison and Venison Organs (Venison, Tripe, Liver, Lung, Heart, Kidney, Bone), Chickpeas, 3% New Zealand Green Mussel, Lecithin, Minerals, Dried Kelp

Against the range

Ash, dry matter: 6.2%; Lowest; 18.2% on the Chicken.
Protein, dry matter: 54.2%; Second only to the Mackerel and Lamb.
Fat, dry matter: 22.9%; Among the leaner tins.

A sound first stop once the usual meats have caused trouble.

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.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

120 kcal/100g

Protein

13%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

76%

Dry weight

Protein

54.2%

Fat

22.9%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

6.2%

Carbs

12.5%

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

68%

Added water

19.2%

Carbs

Veg

Other

3.8%

Pricing & size