Nextrition Pet Cold-Pressed Dog Food: What It Is and Who It's For

Note: This article provides factual comparisons of dog food products and brands. It does not constitute veterinary or nutritional advice. Always consult your vet before making significant dietary changes, particularly if your dog has a health condition.

What Nextrition Pet Is

Nextrition Pet is a US dog food brand built around the same cold-pressed format covered in our Best Dog Food UK 2026 guide, where Forthglade Cold-Pressed is the UK pick. Nextrition's pitch is near-identical to Forthglade's: compress ingredients at lower temperatures than standard kibble extrusion, skip artificial colours and flavours, and position the result as a "fresher" dry food than conventional kibble without the cost or logistics of fully fresh or raw feeding.

The brand ships within the US only — there is currently no UK storefront or delivery option, so this article exists for two audiences: US-based readers deciding whether Nextrition is worth ordering, and UK readers who want to understand the cold-pressed category before confirming that Forthglade (not Nextrition) is the version actually available to them.

How the Cold-Pressed Format Works

Standard dry kibble is made through extrusion — ingredients are cooked under high heat and pressure, then shaped and dried. Cold-pressing uses meaningfully lower temperatures during the pressing stage, which proponents argue preserves more of the natural nutrient content of the meat and other ingredients compared to high-heat extrusion. It's still a dry, shelf-stable kibble-like product at the end — not a fresh or raw food — so it keeps the practicality of standard dry food (no refrigeration, long shelf life, easy portioning) while aiming for a less processed ingredient profile.

The honest caveat, consistent across every cold-pressed brand including Forthglade: the ingredient-preservation argument is logically reasonable but isn't backed by the same volume of independent, large-scale comparative nutritional studies that exist for standard extruded kibble. Cold-pressed brands are a reasonable choice for owners who specifically want a less-processed dry food, not a food that's been clinically proven to outperform standard kibble nutritionally.

Nextrition vs Forthglade: The Real Difference Right Now

Format-wise, Nextrition and Forthglade are close competitors — both cold-pressed, both marketed on minimal processing and no artificial additives. The meaningful difference today is track record and independent verification, not the format itself:

Forthglade has manufactured dog food in Devon since 1971, and its nutritional profile is independently scored by All About Dog Food (AADF) at 73–75% — a third-party rating UK owners can check themselves rather than relying on the brand's own claims.

Nextrition is a newer brand without the same multi-decade manufacturing history, and as a US-only product it doesn't yet appear in AADF's UK-focused rating database or an equivalent widely-used independent US scoring system at the same depth. That doesn't mean the food is lower quality — it means there's less independent, third-party data available to verify quality claims against, which matters if you specifically weight independent verification over brand messaging when choosing a food.

For UK owners, this is academic: Forthglade is the only one of the two actually available to order. For US owners without a UK-manufacturer equivalent easily accessible, Nextrition is a legitimate option within the cold-pressed category, with the normal first-order caveat of any newer brand — introduce gradually over 7–10 days and watch for any digestive response, the same as switching to any new food.

Who Should Actually Order This

US-based owners already sold on cold-pressed as a format — people who've looked at Forthglade, liked the pitch, but can't get it shipped — are the clearest fit for Nextrition. UK-based owners should use Forthglade directly rather than attempting to import a US-only brand; shipping cost and delivery time would erase any advantage, and Forthglade already occupies the same format niche with a longer verified track record.

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