Barkin Bistro

Barkin Bistro Cooked: Beef Stew review

Name: Barkin Bistro Cooked: Beef Stew
Brand: Barkin Bistro

87.3/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Three cooked recipes, each kept to a single animal, all three in our Outstanding band with every pillar Outstanding too. The meat share is broken into heart, a muscle cut and liver, so you know exactly what the meat is made of. Nothing else on the label brings a second species in.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a strict elimination diet. Each recipe names one animal and no other
Owners who want heart and liver in the bowl on purpose, itemised inside the meat share
Puppies, adults and seniors alike, as all three are listed for every life stage
Multi-dog homes: the three recipes follow the same pattern and swap cleanly
Dogs that do better without grain, with fruit and vegetables carrying the plant side

Worth watching

No calcium figure on the labels. Ask Barkin Bistro before bringing a large-breed puppy up on them
An opened tub lives in the fridge and wants using up briskly
The vegetables share one heading, so their individual proportions are not set out

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

How this scores

How we score

87.3/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. The energy figures are our estimates, so start from the label's serving guide and adjust to the dog.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef Stew 87.3
Roast Pork 83.9
Chicken Casserole 82.8

All three Outstanding. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

The three sit close enough on our scoring that your dog's protein history matters more than the order they finish in.

What's in it

Beef heart30%Heart is muscle, dense in taurine and B vitamins.
Beef mince20%
Beef liver10%Vitamin A, B12, copper and iron. Together the three make the 60% beef share.
Superfoods: carrot, sweet potato, broccoli, apple, cabbage, peas, spinachAll named, all fresh, no individual shares given. Carrot brings beta carotene and soluble fibre.
Linseed oilThe only added fat, a plant omega 3, which keeps fish off the label.
Turmeric powder

A short panel: vitamin E at 50 mg with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine.

No calcium figure on the label. For a large-breed puppy, ask Barkin Bistro for it.

Named ingredients

Beef 60 % (Beef Heart 30 %, Beef Mince 20 %, Beef Liver 10 %), Superfoods (Fresh Carrot, Fresh Sweet Potato, Fresh Broccoli, Fresh Apple, Fresh Cabbage, Freshly Prepared Peas, Fresh Spinach), Linseed Oil, Turmeric Powder.

Against the range

Meat: Beef heart, mince, liver; Same 30/20/10 split in chicken and pork.
Fat, dry matter: 42.3%; Richest of the three; the Chicken Casserole is 20.0%.
Protein, dry matter: 38.5%; Lowest of the three; up to 55.0%.

Suits a dog with real energy to burn; a quieter dog wants weighing carefully on it.

Every recipe holds a 60% meat share from one animal, split the same way: heart at 30%, a muscle cut at 20% and liver at 10%. There is no unnamed fat, no fish oil and no hydrolysate bringing in a second species. The plant side sits under a Superfoods heading of carrot, sweet potato, broccoli, apple, cabbage, peas and spinach, all named but without individual shares.

Linseed oil is the only added fat, and turmeric closes each list. Moisture runs from 71.0% to 80.0%, and in dry matter protein spans 38.5% to 55.0% and fat 20.0% to 42.3%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

141.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10%

Fat

11%

Fibre

0.3%

Ash

Moisture

74%

Dry weight

Protein

38.5%

Fat

42.3%

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

3.8%

Carbs

14.2%

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

60%

Added water

24%

Oils

4.9%

Other

11.1%

Pricing & size