Albion Pet Foods

Albion Pet Foods Albion Raw Complete Puppy: Complete Chicken review

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

72/100Excellent

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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

72/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueExcellent

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

Chicken

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

Chicken including approx. 10% minced bone66%Real bone, which is why the ash runs high.
Heart10%No animal named.
Lamb10%A second species in a chicken recipe.
Liver5%No animal named.
Apple, carrot3% eachCarrot brings vitamin A and soluble fibre.
Dicalcium phosphate, vitamins and minerals2%
Spinach1%

Dicalcium phosphate with vitamins and minerals at 2%, with no itemised panel published.

Lamb and unnamed heart and liver rule this out for a strict single-protein plan.

Named ingredients

Chicken including approx. 10% minced bone 66%, Heart 10%, Lamb 10%, Liver 5%, Apple 3%, Carrot 3%, Dicalcium phosphate, vitamins and minerals 2%, Spinach 1%

Against the range

Animals: Chicken, lamb, unnamed organs; Beef only in the other.
Protein, dry matter: 51.3%; 44.9% in the beef.
Fat, dry matter: 23.8%; 46.3% in the beef.

The leaner bowl, fed in a bigger portion for the same energy.

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

111.6 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

14%

Fat

6.5%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

4.3%

Moisture

72.7%

Dry weight

Protein

51.3%

Fat

23.8%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

15.8%

Carbs

7.6%

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

35%

Veg

Other

58%

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.