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Wilsons · cold-pressed

Wilsons Working Dog Cold Pressed review

A solid, honest cold-pressed food. 30% declared meat content is respectable. Feeding it costs about 61p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 72/100 Good
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Top 54%scores higher than 46% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.61 approx.per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 85% of cold-pressed foods
30%declared meat content
United Kingdombrand origin
345kcal per 100 g

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 73/100 across 21 ingredients (declared percentages used for 1, position estimates for the rest).
29.1 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 30% of the recipe (+1.8); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
10.8 / 15
Additives
Declared additives below our neutral line, weakest being Chicken Hydrolysate (-0.8).
9.3 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 30%.
11 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 47% dry matter (high); fat 12.0% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 4.3% DM (+2); ash 12.0% DM - unusually high mineral/bone load; functional extras: pre/probiotics, joint support, named botanicals (+2).
5.3 / 10
Processing
Cold-pressed - lower temperatures than kibble.
7 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
72 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 72 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 29.1 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 9.3 of 10.

The label declares 30% meat, which is a real number, which already puts it ahead of the many that print none, and the ingredient list is only partly specific.

At about 61p a day to feed a 10kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it broadly does.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

Dry Ground Beef 30%

Carbs & grains

Tapioca

Fruit & veg

Sweet PotatoPeasBeet PulpCarrotCranberry

Oils & fats

Chicken Fat

Supplements & extras

Chicken HydrolysateDl MethionineL TryptophanMannan Oligosaccharides MOSYucca SchidigeraGlucosamine 200 mg/kgChondroitin Sulphate 150 mg/kgChicoryInulinDandelion RootMarigoldNatural AntioxidantsRosemary Extract
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Calcium Iodate Anhydrous 1.5mg, Selenium ( Sodium Selenite ) 0.05mg, Iron II Sulphate Monohydrate 80mg, Zinc Chelate of Glycine Hydrate 15mg, Manganese Chelate of Glycine Hydrate 1.5mg, Copper II Sulphate Pentahydrate 6.5mg, Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate 85mg, Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate 8.5mg, Copper II Chelate of Glycine Hydrate 1.5mg, Vitamin a (Retinyl Acetate) 16500 IU, Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) 1300 IU, Vitamin E (All Rac Alpha Tocopherol Acetate) 240mg, Natural Tocopherol E306 100mg, Vitamin B1 24mg, Riboflavin 12.5mg, Vitamin B6 7.5mg, Vitamin B12 0.045mg, Niacin 37.5mg, Calcium Pantothenate 25mg, Folic Acid 1.5mg, Biotin 0.225mg, Carnitine 50mg, Vitamin C 40mg, Choline Chloride 400mg.

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
15 kg£58.99£3.93

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 155 g a day = £0.61 / day, £18.54 / month.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 10 kg dog works out near 534 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 345 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £3.93 / kg, for the daily cost, then by 30.4 days for the month.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

25 % DM
Directory average: 31.2

Fat

12 % DM
Directory average: 13.3

Est. carbs

46.7 % DM
Directory average: 43.2

Fibre

4.3 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

12 % DM
Directory average: 8.6

Energy

345 kcal/100g
Directory average: 362.7

Moisture isn't declared on this label - dry-matter figures assume 8% (typical for a dry food) and are marked estimated.

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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