Cotswold Raw

Cotswold Raw Active 80/20 Mince: Beef review

Name: Cotswold Raw Active 80/20 Mince: Beef
Brand: Cotswold Raw

90.9/100Outstanding

RawAdult

Flavour

Raw feeding with the sums shown: every entry on these labels carries a printed percentage, right down to the thyme. All five flavours sit in our Outstanding band and the construction never changes, so the choice is protein and how rich you want the bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Raw feeders who want the whole recipe declared, herbs and all
Active and working dogs, with the energy of a meat-and-bone recipe
Owners who like to steer richness, since fat moves meaningfully between flavours
Dogs that thrive on organ meat. Heart, liver and kidney are in every flavour

Worth watching

Beef organs in every flavour, so the chicken, lamb and turkey are not single-animal recipes
The usual raw routine: freezer space, fridge defrosting and clean bowls

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

How this scores

How we score

90.9/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The label feeds roughly 2% of bodyweight a day, 300 grams for a 15kg dog.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 90.9
Chicken 90.8
Beef 90.4
Turkey 90.3
Lamb 90.2

All five Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

All five score level, clearing the typical raw food even in a strong field, so choose on protein and richness.

What's in it

Beef50%British, inside an 80% meat fraction.
Veal bone10%Where the calcium comes from, with no added minerals.
Beef heart10%
Beef liver, beef kidney5% eachOrgans, the most nutrient-dense part of the animal.
Carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli5% eachThe 20% vegetable fraction, brassica-led.
Free range eggs, milled flaxseed0.5% each
Wheatgerm, kelp, turmeric0.25% down to 0.12%
Milk thistle, dandelion, nettle leaf, alfalfa, spirulina, thyme0.05% down to 0.02%Milk thistle is a token, not a treatment, and the label is honest about it.

Named ingredients

80% British beef (beef (50%), veal bone (10%), beef heart (10%), beef liver (5%), beef kidney (5%)), seasonal vegetables (carrots (5%), cauliflower (5%), cabbage (5%), broccoli (5%), free range eggs (0.5%) milled flaxseed (0.5%), wheatgerm (0.25%), kelp (0.15%), turmeric (0.12%), milk thistle (0.05%), dandelion (0.05%), nettle leaf (0.05%), alfalfa (0.025%), spirulina (0.02%), thyme (0.02%).

Against the range

Meat: Beef 50%, veal bone 10%; Tripe 40% in the beef and tripe; 65% meat with bone on the others.
Fat, dry matter: 32.6%; 25.7% (beef and tripe) to 43.3% (lamb).
Energy: 196.5 kcal per 100g; 150 to 214.5 on the others.

A single-animal bowl, beef from the meat through to the organs.

Every recipe is 80% named British meat with bone and organs and 20% vegetables, and every entry carries a printed percentage, down to thyme at 0.02%. Ground bone supplies the calcium, with no added minerals on the label. Heart, liver and kidney from beef are in all five, whatever the headline animal.

The vegetable side is carrots, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli at 5% each, then egg, flaxseed and a herb garden in trace amounts. Carbohydrate runs from 1.3% to 6.7% of dry matter across the range.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

196.5 kcal/100g

Protein

18.1%

Fat

10.4%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.3%

Moisture

68.1%

Dry weight

Protein

56.7%

Fat

32.6%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

1.9%

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