Able

Able Adult: Beef and Lamb with Duck review

Name: Able Adult: Beef and Lamb with Duck
Brand: Able

81.9/100Outstanding

RawAdult

Flavour

One raw construction offered ten ways, every recipe in our Outstanding band. Each is 80% named meat with bone and organs inside it, and Able skips the vitamin premix, letting kelp, cod liver oil and organ meat do that job. The menu runs from single meats to three-animal blends.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want meat doing the work, with 80% of every recipe named animal
Rotation feeders: all ten share one construction and swap the animals
Dogs that do better without grain
A home with dogs of every size. Portions run from 150g to 500g, in a chunky or non-chunky grind
Anyone who prefers whole-food micronutrition to a premix

Worth watching

Cod liver oil in every recipe, so none is fish free, the single-meat chicken and turkey included
The usual raw routine: freezer room, a planned defrost, clean hands and surfaces after every bowl
Richness varies more than the names suggest; a dog that gains weight easily suits the leaner recipes

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

81.9/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. On the maker's chart a 15kg dog takes between 405 and 615 grams a day depending on the recipe, so check the energy figure when you switch.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Lamb 90.2
Lamb 90.2
Beef 89.5
Chicken 89.4
Chicken 89.1
Chicken 88.7
Chicken 87.1
Turkey 86.3
Lamb 85.8
Beef 81.9

All ten Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Every recipe holds the same band, so the scoring cannot separate them; pick on your dog's tastes and tolerances.

What's in it

Beef47.5%
Lamb, including bone25%Brings the bone.
Duck, including offal7.5%Brings the organ share.
Carrot, butternut squash, broccoli, kaleCarrot leads the vegetables.
Flaxseed mealFibre and omega fats.
Kelp meal, cod liver oil, wheatgerm oilIodine, vitamin D and vitamin E from whole foods. The cod liver oil puts fish in the bowl.
Cranberries, blueberries
Turmeric, spirulina, green lipped mussel and other powdersSeasoning on a recipe that stands on its meat.

No vitamin premix: Able relies on kelp, cod liver oil, wheatgerm oil and the organ meats for micronutrition.

The carbohydrate estimate of 35.4% is worked out by difference; the list itself has no starch ingredient.

Named ingredients

Beef 47.5%, lamb 25% (including bone), duck 7.5% (including offal), carrot, butternut squash, broccoli, kale, flaxseed meal, kelp meal, cod liver oil, wheatgerm oil, cranberries, blueberries, turmeric, spirulina powder, green lipped mussel powder, chicory root powder, spinach powder, bilberry powder, gingko biloba powder.

Against the range

Animals on the label: Beef, lamb, duck; One to three across the range.
Energy: 186 kcal per 100g; Among the most concentrated; the lightest is 124.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: An estimated 35.4%; The highest estimate, with no starch on the label.

Three animals in one bowl, and one of the most concentrated recipes on the menu.

Every recipe is 80% named meat, bone and organ meats counted inside that figure, built from working cuts such as drumsticks, hearts, gizzards, ribs and liver. Vegetables fill the rest, led by carrot with butternut squash, broccoli and kale, then flaxseed meal and a small tail of extras.

No recipe carries grain or an added vitamin premix: kelp, cod liver oil and wheatgerm oil supply iodine and vitamins D and E, and the organ meats bring the B vitamins. Cod liver oil is in all of them. Richness moves more than the names suggest, from 124 to 187 kcal per 100g.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

186 kcal/100g

Protein

13.4%

Fat

13%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

1.7%

Moisture

54%

Dry weight

Protein

29.1%

Fat

28.3%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

3.7%

Carbs

35.4%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

80.1%

Veg

17.7%

Oils

0.7%

Other

1.5%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £6.05 (RRP)
Pack: 150g single portion, 150g x 28 packs (4.2kg), 200g single portion, 200g x 20 packs (4kg), 250g single portion, 250g x 18 packs (4.5kg), 300g single portion, 300g x 16 packs (4.8kg), 350g single portion, 350g x 12 packs (4.2kg), 400g x 12 packs (4.8kg), 500g single portion, 500g x 10 packs (5kg), **Grind:** Chunky / Non Chunky
A 15kg dog eats: 410 g a day
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.48

One of the most concentrated recipes, so portions run smaller than most.

Middle of the market for a raw food, and strong value for what is in the recipe.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.