Cotswold Raw

Cotswold Raw Enhanced 70/30 Mince: Lamb review

Name: Cotswold Raw Enhanced 70/30 Mince: Lamb
Brand: Cotswold Raw

89.1/100Outstanding

RawAdultSenior

Flavour

Cotswold's raw mince with the dial turned towards vegetables, all three in our Outstanding band. A full third of the recipe is carrot, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli, so the bowl is a little less concentrated, which is the point for an older dog. Two of the three end with the brand's own joint blend.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs, with adult and senior on every label
Dogs that do better with the meat diluted a little
Owners who like the working shown, every entry down to the thyme with a figure
Red meat rotations, beef and lamb beside an organic free range chicken
Owners after a gentler raw analysis for a slowing dog

Worth watching

Joint Care on the Beef and Chicken only, with no dose printed
Beef organs in all three, so the chicken and lamb are not single-animal
Wheatgerm at 0.25% brings a trace of wheat

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

How this scores

How we score

89.1/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors. If joint support is why you are here, ask Cotswold what is in Joint Care, and pick the Beef or Chicken.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Beef 89.5
Chicken 89.3
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.

What's in it

British lamb 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.

The only recipe of the three without Cotswold Joint Care on the label.

Named ingredients

British lamb with bone (55%), beef heart (5%), beef liver (5%), beef kidney (5%), seasonal vegetables (carrots (10%), cauliflower (10%), 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

Fat, dry matter: 39.5%; 28.8% to 31.4% in the other two.
Energy: 208 kcal per 100g; 163 to 166 in the other two.
Joint Care: None; On the Beef and the Chicken.

Much the richest of the family, so it feeds in noticeably smaller portions.

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%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

208.4 kcal/100g

Protein

13%

Fat

13.1%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

3.6%

Moisture

66.8%

Dry weight

Protein

39.2%

Fat

39.5%

Fibre

2.1%

Ash

10.8%

Carbs

8.4%

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