Cotswold Raw Enhanced 70/30 Mince: Chicken review

1. Beef 89.5
2. Chicken 89.3
3. Lamb 89.1

All three Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

A recipe that gives a third of the bowl to vegetables still reads Outstanding on every pillar, because every gram of it is accounted for on the label.

• Organic and free range British chicken with bone55%
• Beef heart, beef liver, beef kidney5% eachBeef organs behind a non-beef lead.
• Carrots, cauliflower10% eachDouble what the meatier Cotswold recipes use, and none of it starchy.
• Cabbage, broccoli5% each
• Free range eggs, milled flaxseed0.5% each
• Wheatgerm0.25%A trace of wheat.
• Kelp, turmeric, milk thistle, dandelion, nettle leaf, alfalfa, spirulina, thyme0.15% down to 0.02%Flavour and character at these levels.
• Cotswold Joint CareThe brand's own blend. No contents or dose printed, so it cannot be checked.

Meat

55% chicken with bone, plus beef organs

Beef is all beef; Lamb is 55% lamb.

Fat, dry matter

28.8%

Leanest of the three; the Lamb is 39.5%.

Carbohydrate, dry matter

15.5%

Highest here; the Lamb is 8.4%.

The leanest and lightest bowl in the range, with the vegetable third most visible in the analysis.

Every recipe declares the 70/30 split in full: meat with bone and organ makes 70%, and carrot, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli make most of the plant 30%. Beef heart, liver and kidney run through all three. No calcium figure is printed and there is no premix; ground bone, organs, kelp, eggs and wheatgerm carry that work.

What varies is the lead animal, whether Cotswold Joint Care closes the list, and how rich the bowl is: protein runs from 39.2% to 46.4% of dry matter and fat from 28.8% to 39.5%.

Price per kilo

£6.95 (RRP)

Pack

1 kg

A 15kg dog eats

300 g a day

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£2.09

Premium end of the raw market, and strong value for organic free range chicken.