Cotswold Raw Active 80/20 Mince (Lamb) review

Across its five varieties this range averages 96, in our Outstanding band. Raw foods score high on our label-based measures as a group, and the typical raw food we've reviewed scores 87, so the range clears a bar that is already set high. The five flavours sit within a point of each other, so the one you pick makes no difference to the score.

All four pillars sit between 95 and 97, so no single measure is carrying the score.

Ingredients, as declared: British lamb with bone (65%), beef heart (5%), beef liver (5%), beef kidney (5%), seasonal vegetables (carrots (5%), cauliflower (5%), cabbage (5%), broccoli (5%), free range eggs (0.5%), milled flaxseed (0.5%), wheatgerm (0.25%), kelp (0.15%), turmeric (0.12%), milk thistle (0.05%), dandelion (0.05%), nettle leaf (0.05%), alfalfa (0.025%), spirulina (0.02%), thyme (0.02%).

Dry-matter figures are calculated from the declared analysis, not read off the label. The carbohydrate figure is an estimate, worked out by subtracting everything else from 100, a method FEDIAF's own advisory board notes tends to run high. Treat it as a ballpark, not a measurement.

The richest recipe in the range. Fat reaches an estimated 43% of dry matter and the energy 214 kcal/100g, both the highest of the five, so portions run smaller and the waistline deserves a watch. Its organ meats are beef, like every flavour here. The range's shared construction, and what it means in the bowl, is covered in our review of all five varieties.

£5.95 a kilo for the chicken and turkey, £6.95 for the beef and tripe, and £7.45 for the beef and the lamb, against the £6.05 a typical raw food costs. Every flavour comes in 500g and 1kg packs, and the 1kg pack is the cheaper way to buy each one.

From roughly £2.60 a day for a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition on the turkey or chicken. That assumes about 840 kcal a day (110 × bodyweight^0.75, the standard maintenance estimate) against these recipes' 190 to 194 kcal/100g. The beef and tripe recipe is the dearest to feed at about £3.90 a day, because its extra water means fewer calories per kilo. A typical adult dry food feeds the same dog for around £1.10 a day, and that difference is the honest price of choosing raw.

Raw feeding needs a freezer and a routine. The minces arrive frozen. Defrost portions in the fridge, use defrosted food within the time stated on the pack, and clean bowls, utensils and surfaces after every meal, the same hygiene you would use after handling raw meat for the family. Prices checked 5 August 2026.