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Walker and Drake Puppy Food Premium Cold Pressed - Duck
DryCompletePuppyGrain-freeFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
- Cold-pressed, not extruded
Worth knowing
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Dried Duck 34%, Flaked Potato, Pea Protein, Pea Flour, Sweet Potato… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 34%
- Protein, dry weight
- 36%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~40%
- kcal/100 g
- 370
Ingredients
Listed first: Dried Duck. 34% of the recipe is declared meat.
Dried Duck 34%, Flaked Potato, Pea Protein, Pea Flour, Sweet Potato, Duck Fat, Brewers Yeast, Whole Egg Powder, Beet Pulp (source FOS), Gelatine Powder, Salmon Oil, Blueberry, Cranberry, Yucca Extract, Glucosamine Sulphate (415mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (180mg/kg)
Meat named animal protein
From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.
Additives
per kg: Vitamins (per kg): Vitamin A 15,000 IU, Vitamin D3 2,000 IU, Vitamin E 50 IU. Trace Elements (per kg): Zinc (as Zinc oxide) 100mg, Manganese (as Manganese (II) oxide) 80mg, Iron (as Iron (II) sulphate monohydrate) 30mg, Copper (as Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate) 15mg, Iodine (as Calcium iodate anhydrous) 4mg, Selenium (as Sodium Selenite) 0.1mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Dried Duck 34%”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Dried Duck 34% | Named meat | 34% |
| Flaked Potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Pea Protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Pea Flour | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Sweet Potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Duck Fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Brewers Yeast | Other | Not given |
| Whole Egg Powder | Other | Not given |
| Beet Pulp (source FOS) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Gelatine Powder | Other | Not given |
| Salmon Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Blueberry | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Cranberry | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Yucca Extract | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Glucosamine Sulphate (415mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| Chondroitin Sulphate (180mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 36% and carbs about 40%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 33% | 36% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 12% | 13% |
| Carbohydrate | ~37% | ~40% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2% | 2.2% |
| Ash | 8.5% | 9.2% |
| Moisture | 8% | 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.
Energy370 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 38
The kind of meat scored best (8.4 of 15). Meat scored lowest (14.5 of 45).
How much meat?
14.5 / 45 points- Meat on the label11.9 / 35 points
34% 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%.
How much starch?
6.8 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 39.7% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
9 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cold-pressed: 10 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.
What kind of meat?
8.4 / 15 points- How the meat is listed8.4 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as dried, 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
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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 40% to 22% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.
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. 24 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 24 nothing flagged
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
24 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beet pulp, blueberries, chondroitin, cranberries, duck, egg, gelatine (hydrolysed), glucosamine, peas, potato, poultry fat, salmon oil, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Beet pulp, blueberries, cranberries, duck, egg, gelatine (hydrolysed), peas, potato, poultry fat, salmon oil, sweet potato, vegetable protein extracts, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Blueberries, chondroitin, cranberries, gelatine (hydrolysed), glucosamine, poultry fat, vegetable protein extracts, yeast, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC13063795)Cranberries
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Walker & Drake. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Walker & Drake | 1.5KG | £13.99 | £9.33/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Walker & Drake | 6kg | £41.99 | £7.00/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Walker & Drake | 1.5KG | £13.99 | £9.33/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Walker & Drake | 6kg | £41.99 | £7.00/kg |
Your dog
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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: Walker & Drake (the maker).
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