Product comparison
Different Dog Braised Beef vs Ouzil Fresh Food Beef
A side-by-side on overall score, the four pillars, food type and declared nutrition. Figures come from our current data, and each food’s full review is linked below. We don’t show prices here.
Quick verdict
Two gently-cooked fresh beef dinners, with Ouzil narrowly ahead. Both sit in our Outstanding band and read Outstanding on every pillar. Ouzil is the higher-meat, leaner recipe at 75% beef, on a short, fully percentaged label with more protein and fewer calories. Different Dog is richer and more elaborate, with 60% beef that is heavily heart and organ led, a broad fruit, veg and botanical mix, and more fat and energy per bowl. Same idea, two different balances.
Choose Different Dog: Braised Beef if…
- You want a richer, more calorie-dense bowl: about 184 kcal/100g and 12.9% fat
- You like a broad plant and botanical mix: spinach, carrot, squash, apple, mushrooms, chia, kelp and turmeric
- You specifically want heart and organ forward beef, with heart at 26% plus kidney and liver
Choose Ouzil Fresh Food: Beef if…
- You want more meat and more protein: 75% beef and 14.7% as-fed protein
- You want a leaner dinner: 9.5% fat and about 167 kcal/100g
- You prefer a short, fully declared recipe with a percentage against each main ingredient
Key differences
- Band: both sit in our Outstanding band and read Outstanding on all four pillars, with Ouzil just ahead on the fine detail
- Meat: Ouzil 75% beef to Different Dog's 60%, though Different Dog's meat is more organ-heavy, with heart at 26%
- Protein and fat: Ouzil is higher in protein (14.7% to 12.3%); Different Dog is higher in fat (12.9% to 9.5%)
- Energy: Different Dog is more calorie-dense, about 184 to 167 kcal/100g
- Recipe length: Ouzil keeps its list short and fully percentaged; Different Dog runs to thirteen ingredients, with more fruit, veg and botanicals
Side by side
- Protein
- 12.3%
- Fat
- 12.9%
- Fibre
- 2.2%
- Ash
- 1.6%
- Moisture
- 68%
- Protein
- 14.7%
- Fat
- 9.5%
- Fibre
- 2.3%
- Ash
- 1.7%
- Moisture
- 71.9%
- Protein
- 38.4%
- Fat
- 40.3%
- Fibre
- 6.9%
- Ash
- 5%
- Carbs
- 9.4%
- Protein
- 52.3%
- Fat
- 33.8%
- Fibre
- 8.2%
- Ash
- 6%
- Carbs
- 0%
Ingredients & nutrition
Both are fresh, gently cooked British beef, and the recipes are shaped differently. Ouzil is the higher-meat option at 75% grass-fed beef, including 15% heart and 5% liver, finished with carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, a little pea, linseed oil, ground egg shell, parsley and seeds. It is a short list with a percentage against each main ingredient. Different Dog is 60% beef and leans harder on organ meat, with beef heart at 26% alongside kidney and liver. It then broadens out with spinach (14%), carrot, butternut squash, apple, button mushrooms, salmon oil and smaller additions of chia, kelp and turmeric, thirteen ingredients in all. That shows in the analysis. Ouzil is higher in protein (14.7% to 12.3% as-fed) and lower in fat (9.5% to 12.9%), and a little less calorie-dense at about 167 kcal per 100g against Different Dog's 184. Both are grain-free and high in moisture, as fresh food is.
Suitability & trade-offs
Both are labelled for every life stage, from puppy to adult and senior, and every breed size from toy to giant, so neither is ruled out by age or size. Both need chilled or frozen storage, like any fresh food. The meaningful split is fat and how loaded the bowl is. Different Dog carries more fat and a little more energy per 100g, with plenty of heart and organ meat and a broad spread of plants and botanicals, so it is the richer bowl. That suits an active dog, or an owner who wants that variety. Ouzil is leaner and higher in named meat on a deliberately short recipe, and its ingredient list is about as simple and transparent as fresh food gets. The choice is whether you want the richer, more varied bowl or the leaner one built around named meat.
Our recommendation
On our scoring Ouzil is just ahead, carried by higher meat content, more protein, a leaner profile and a transparent short recipe. Both read Outstanding on every pillar, so the gap sits in the fine detail. Make Ouzil your default if you want the most meat, the most protein and the simplest label. Choose Different Dog instead when you want a richer bowl, a broader fruit, veg and botanical mix, or heart and organ forward beef. It matches Ouzil on every pillar band, so you are trading a sliver of overall score for more fat, more energy and more variety, and both foods are strong.
Common questions
Which scores higher, Different Dog or Ouzil?
Ouzil, just. Both sit in our Outstanding band. Every pillar is Outstanding for each of them, protein and processing, nutritional balance, transparency and value, so the gap is a point of detail.
Which has more meat?
Ouzil, at 75% beef to Different Dog's 60%. Different Dog's meat is the more organ-heavy though, with beef heart alone at 26%, plus kidney and liver.
Which is higher in fat and calories?
Different Dog. It is 12.9% fat at about 184 kcal per 100g, against Ouzil's 9.5% fat at about 167 kcal per 100g. Ouzil is the leaner option, Different Dog the richer one.
Are both suitable for puppies?
Yes. Both are labelled for all life stages, from puppy to adult and senior, and every breed size from toy to giant.
Are they grain-free?
Yes. Neither recipe contains grain, so both are grain-free fresh beef dinners.
What's actually in each?
Different Dog is 60% beef (heart, forequarter/hindquarter, kidney, liver) with spinach, carrot, squash, apple, mushrooms and small botanical extras, thirteen ingredients in all. Ouzil is 75% grass-fed beef, including heart and liver, then carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, linseed oil, ground egg shell, parsley and seeds, a short, fully percentaged list.