Albion Pet Foods

Albion Pet Foods Albion Raw Complete Puppy: Complete Beef review

Name: Albion Pet Foods Albion Raw Complete Puppy: Complete Beef
Brand: Albion Pet Foods

90/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Two frozen raw recipes for the growing months, beef and chicken, each finished with added calcium by name. For a young dog that is the part that earns its keep. The beef is all one animal and lands in our Outstanding band; the chicken is a step behind in Excellent.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want the calcium put in by name, not left to the grind of the bone
Organ meats percentaged on both labels
A puppy raised alongside older dogs, as the food comes frozen by the box
Growing dogs of any eventual size, small breeds through to giants

Worth watching

Orders ship frozen with an 11kg minimum, so plan freezer space and a fridge defrost
Lamb at 10% and unnamed heart and liver in the Complete Chicken
No calcium figure printed, so ask your vet if you are raising a large or giant breed

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

How this scores

How we score

90/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Albion's table is written by age, so check where your pup sits on it and recheck as the months pass.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Complete Beef 90.0
Complete Chicken 72.0

Two recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

The beef stands level with a strong raw field and the chicken settles just under it.

What's in it

Beef45%Muscle meat, and the start of an all-beef label.
Beef tripe25%A raw feeder's staple, prized with fussy young eaters.
Beef heart, beef liver5% each
Butternut squash10%
Green beans, red cabbage4%, 3%Fibre work at these inclusions.
Dicalcium phosphate2%Added calcium and phosphorus, steadying the minerals for growth.
Multivitamins and minerals1%

Dicalcium phosphate at 2% and a vitamin and mineral inclusion at 1%, with no itemised panel published.

Every animal ingredient is beef, useful when watching how a young dog responds to one protein.

Named ingredients

Beef 45%, Beef tripe 25%, Beef heart 5%, Beef liver 5%, Butternut squash 10%, Green beans 4%, Red cabbage 3%, Dicalcium phosphate 2%, Multivitamins and minerals 1%

Against the range

Animals: Beef only; Chicken, lamb and unnamed organs in the other.
Fat, dry matter: 46.3%; 23.8% in the chicken.
Energy: 157 kcal per 100g; 111.6 in the chicken.
Ash, dry matter: 4.9%; 15.8% in the chicken.

The richer of the two by a distance, and the cleaner single-protein choice.

Both put muscle meat well in front, organ meats declared as their own lines and a small fruit and vegetable share behind. Each closes with dicalcium phosphate and a vitamin and mineral inclusion, so the calcium does not rest on how much bone went into the batch.

The beef is one animal from top to bottom and rich, fat converting to 46.3% of dry matter. The chicken mixes in lamb and unnamed heart and liver, runs far leaner and carries real minced bone, which shows in its ash.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

157 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

12.8%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

1.4%

Moisture

71.5%

Dry weight

Protein

44.9%

Fat

46.3%

Fibre

4.2%

Ash

4.9%

Carbs

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%

Carbs

Veg

13%

Other

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £5.44 (RRP)
Pack: 12 x 454 g packs (one box). Please note that we do not send out single boxes (12 x 454g) of frozen food. The minimum order quantity is 11kg of frozen packs of meat (24 packets). This is to help keep the product frozen during transit.
A 15kg dog eats: 375 g a day
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.04

Single boxes are not sent alone; the minimum order is 11kg, or 24 packets.

Budget end 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.