Barkin Bistro

Barkin Bistro Raw Blends: Lamb Tripe & Duck review

Name: Barkin Bistro Raw Blends: Lamb Tripe & Duck
Brand: Barkin Bistro

87.8/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Three frozen raw minces built on tripe, each paired with a bone-in bird and finished with liver and kidney. Nothing plant based appears anywhere. All three sit in our Outstanding band and finish level, so the choice comes down to animals.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Fussy eaters and dogs off their food; few bowls tempt like tripe
Delicate digestion, as green tripe is famously gentle
Large-breed puppies, with two blends declaring calcium at a level suited to steady growth
Mixed households, since all three cover puppies to seniors, toy to giant

Worth watching

Two species in every blend, so none suits a single-protein trial
Freezer space, an overnight thaw and a lidded bowl for the smell
No added vitamins or minerals to check against; ask the maker about long-term balance if fed alone

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

How this scores

How we score

87.8/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. A 15kg adult takes 300 to 450 grams a day, placed by its waistline.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb Tripe 87.8
Beef Heart 87.3
Beef Tripe 87.1

All three Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Nothing separates the three once the numbers are in, so choose by which animals suit your dog.

What's in it

Lamb tripe60%
Duck with bone30%The largest bird share in the range.
Lamb liver, lamb kidney10%The organ share, together.

No calcium figure declared on this blend.

Named ingredients

60% Lamb Tripe, 30% Duck with Bone, 10% Lamb Liver & Lamb Kidney

Against the range

Animals: Lamb, duck; Beef and chicken on the other two.
Fat, dry matter: 38.3%; Richest; the others are 32.8% and 34%.
Energy: 153.8 kcal per 100g; About 131 on the beef blends.

The one with no beef or chicken, and the richest, so keep a careful hand on the scoop.

Every blend is tripe at 50%, 60% or 70%, paired with a bone-in bird and finished with liver and kidney. Each entry is named and given a percentage. There is no vegetable, no oil and no added vitamin or mineral list on any of them, so carbohydrate reads at or near zero.

Protein converts to between 53.3% and 62.4% of dry matter and fat between 32.8% and 38.3%. The bone supplies the calcium; two blends declare it. What changes is the pairing: beef with chicken twice, lamb with duck once.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

153.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

16%

Fat

11.5%

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

Moisture

70%

Dry weight

Protein

53.3%

Fat

38.3%

Fibre

Ash

6.7%

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

100%

Pricing & size