Ella Cold-Pressed Dog Food

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Ella Cold-Pressed Dog Food

DryCompleteAll agesGrain-free
42/ 100
WeakTop 16% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 28 Sep 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions
  • Cold-pressed, not extruded

First ingredients: Dried Ground Duck 39%, Sweet Potato 36%, Peas 6%, Beet Pulp 5%, Dried Ground Rabbit 2%… All ingredients

Label taken from the maker’s website
Meat
43.1%
Protein, dry weight
36%
Carbs, dry weight
~40%
kcal/100 g
355

Ingredients

Listed first: Dried Ground Duck. 43.1% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 43.1%
  • Plants 47%
  • Other 4.1%
  • No amount given 6%

Dried Ground Duck 39%, Sweet Potato 36%, Peas 6%, Beet Pulp 5%, Dried Ground Rabbit 2%, Dried Ground Trout 2%, Chicken Oil 4%, Green Lipped Mussel 0.05%, Turmeric Mix (Turmeric, Linseed Oil, Black Pepper, Yucca, Apple Cider Vinegar), Vitamins, Dried Carrot, Dried Herbs (Sage, Thyme, Oregano), Dried Fruit (Apple), Seaweed, Chicory Inulin Prebiotic, Yucca, Fennel, Nettle, Linseed Oil, Rapeseed Oil

Meat named animal protein

From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.

Additives

Vitamin A 15,000 iu/kg, Vitamin D3 2,000 iu/kg, Vitamin E 50 iu/kg, Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 3 mg/kg, Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 8 mg/kg, Vitamin B6 5 mg/kg, Vitamin B12 40 mcg/kg, Vitamin C 50 mg/kg, Vitamin K 2 mg/kg. Trace elements: Zinc, 100 mg/kg, Manganese 80 mg/kg, Copper 20 mg/kg, Iron 30 mg/kg

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Dried Ground Duck 39%”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Dried Ground Duck 39%Named meat39%
Sweet Potato 36%Vegetable, fruit or plant36%
Peas 6%Vegetable, fruit or plant6%
Beet Pulp 5%Vegetable, fruit or plant5%
Dried Ground Rabbit 2%Named meat2%
Dried Ground Trout 2%Named meat2%
Chicken Oil 4%Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient4%
Green Lipped Mussel 0.05%Named meat0.05%
Turmeric Mix (Turmeric, Linseed Oil, Black Pepper, Yucca, A…Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
VitaminsOtherNot given
Dried CarrotVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Dried Herbs (Sage, Thyme, Oregano)Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Dried Fruit (Apple)Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
SeaweedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Chicory Inulin PrebioticVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
YuccaOtherNot given
FennelVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
NettleVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Linseed OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Rapeseed OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 36% and carbs about 40%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein32.5%36%
above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat9.7%11%
Carbohydrate~36%~40%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.8%4.2%
Ash8.7%9.6%
Moisture9.5%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy355 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 42

The kind of meat scored best (8.4 of 15). Starch scored lowest (6.8 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    17.7 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label15.1 / 35 points

      43.1% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level2.6 / 10 points

      Protein is 35.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    6.8 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 39.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    10 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Cold-pressed: 10 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    8.4 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed8.4 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as dried and fresh, which earns 70% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat0 / 3 points

      No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Top 16% of dry foods. 21 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 40% to 25% by dry weight, and protein is about 45%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

Best wet foods →

Ingredient notes

1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 29 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 29 nothing flagged
  • 2 not in our ingredient database yet
29 ingredients with nothing flagged

Beet pulp, carrot, chicory root extract, duck, fennel, fish, green-lipped mussel, herbs, linseed oil, nettle, peas, poultry fat, rapeseed oil, seaweed, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), turmeric, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamins

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iron, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients
2 not in our ingredient database yet

Dried fruit, dried ground rabbit

Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Ella. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
EllaOne-time purchase / free run chicken / 5kg · £55.00One-time purchase / free run chicken / 5kg£55.00£11.00/kgCheapest in stockVisit
EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 5kg · £55.00One-time purchase / ocean fish / 5kg£55.00£11.00/kgVisit
EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 10kg · £110.00One-time purchase / ocean fish / 10kg£110.00£11.00/kgVisit
EllaOne-time purchase / free run chicken / 10kg · £110.00One-time purchase / free run chicken / 10kg£110.00£11.00/kgVisit
EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 15kg · £165.00One-time purchase / ocean fish / 15kg£165.00£11.00/kgVisit

Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / country game / 10kg£120.00£12.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / country game / 15kg£180.00£12.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / country game / 20kg£240.00£12.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / country game / 5kg£60.00£12.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / free run chicken / 10kg£110.00£11.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / free run chicken / 15kg£165.00£11.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / free run chicken / 20kg£220.00£11.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / free run chicken / 5kg£55.00£11.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 10kg£110.00£11.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 15kg£165.00£11.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 20kg£220.00£11.00/kg
4 Oct 2026EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 5kg£55.00£11.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / country game / 10kg£120.00£12.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / country game / 15kg£180.00£12.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / country game / 20kg£240.00£12.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / country game / 5kg£60.00£12.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / free run chicken / 10kg£110.00£11.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / free run chicken / 15kg£165.00£11.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / free run chicken / 20kg£220.00£11.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / free run chicken / 5kg£55.00£11.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 10kg£110.00£11.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 15kg£165.00£11.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 20kg£220.00£11.00/kg
28 Sep 2026EllaOne-time purchase / ocean fish / 5kg£55.00£11.00/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Taken from the maker’s page, checked 28 Sep 2026.

From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 28 Sep 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Ella (the maker).

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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