Barkin Bistro

Barkin Bistro Cooked: Roast Pork review

Name: Barkin Bistro Cooked: Roast Pork
Brand: Barkin Bistro

83.9/100Outstanding

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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

83.9/100Outstanding

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

Pork

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

Pork heart30%
Pork mince20%
Pork liver10%Rounds off a 60% pork share from one animal.
Superfoods: carrot, sweet potato, broccoli, apple, cabbage, peas, spinachThe peas add a little plant protein alongside their fibre.
Linseed oilThe only added fat.
Turmeric powder

Vitamin E at 50mg, with zinc, manganese and copper as sulphates and iodine as calcium iodate.

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

Named ingredients

Pork 60% (Pork Heart 30%, Pork Mince 20%, Pork 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: Pork heart, mince, liver; Beef and chicken on the other two.
Protein, dry matter: 48.3%; Between the Beef Stew and the Chicken Casserole.
Fat, dry matter: 32.8%; Between 20.0% and 42.3%.
Moisture: 71.0%; The driest of the three.

Pork is still uncommon in British bowls, so this is the one for a dog that has had trouble with poultry and beef.

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

144.1 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

14%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

0.9%

Moisture

71%

Dry weight

Protein

48.3%

Fat

32.8%

Fibre

1.7%

Ash

3.1%

Carbs

14.1%

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%

Other

16%

Pricing & size