Cotswold Raw Active 80/20 Wild: Wild Range Pheasant & Duck review

1. Duck 90.6
2. Wild Boar 90.5
3. Wild Range Pheasant 90.4
4. Rabbit 90.2

All four Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Four out of four in the top band is a strong showing in raw, the toughest company a food keeps on our scoring.

• British pheasant with bone30%
• British duck with bone30%
• Beef heart, beef liver, beef kidney10%, 5%, 5%The same organ set in every pack, and the reason a dog kept off beef cannot use these.
• Carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli5% each
• Free range eggs, milled flaxseed0.5% each
• Wheatgerm0.25%
• Kelp0.15%For iodine.
• Turmeric, milk thistle, dandelion, nettle leaf, alfalfa, spirulina, thyme0.12% down to 0.02%Seasoning more than working doses, and the percentages say so.

No additives panel. Nothing goes in that is not on the label, so the bone supplies the calcium.

No calcium figure on the label.

Beef heart

10%

5% in the others

Fat, dry matter

29.7%

Leanest; the rest run 31.8% to 41.3%

Protein, dry matter

54.5%

Highest in the range

The sensible pick for a game-fed dog that does not need the calories.

Every recipe pairs game or duck at 30% to 35% a meat, then adds beef heart, liver and kidney. The plant share is identical across the four: carrot, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli at 5% each, then eggs, flaxseed, wheatgerm, kelp and a run of herbs down to 0.02%.

No premix goes in, so the analyses reflect meat, bone, organ and vegetables. Protein converts to between 42.7% and 54.5% of dry matter and fat to between 29.7% and 41.3%. None of the labels prints a calcium figure.

Price per kilo

£7.95 (RRP)

Pack

500 g, 1 kg

A 15kg dog eats

300 g a day

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£2.38

One price across all four, so the daily cost does not change with the recipe.

Premium end of the market for a raw food, and strong value for what is in the recipe.