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Darf Complete Dry: Beef review

Name: Darf Complete Dry: Beef
Brand: Darf

68.1/100Good

Cold pressedAdultSenior

Flavour

A raw feeder's shopping list pressed into a pellet: 60% meat on both bags, itemised down to heart, lung, tripe and liver. The turkey reaches our Excellent band and the beef sits a step behind in Good. Both are pressed at low temperature, never cooked the way ordinary kibble is.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who like knowing which cut of which animal they are buying
Adult and senior dogs, the two stages both recipes are written for
Two dogs of different builds, as one bag covers toy to giant
Raw-curious owners who would rather scoop from a bag than clear the freezer

Worth watching

Krill in both, and the turkey adds salmon oil and beef offal, so neither keeps fish or beef out
Millet, carrot and apple push carbohydrate well above a frozen raw diet

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

How this scores

How we score

68.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The supplement doses are not printed, so ask Darf if you need the full mineral picture.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Turkey 72.8
Beef 68.1

Two recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Naming every animal part with a percentage does most of the earning; the turkey edges ahead on the label even though more of its pellet is carbohydrate.

What's in it

Beef meat60% meat block, 70% of itOne animal for the whole block.
Beef heart, beef lung10% each of the meatOrgan meats carry micronutrition muscle alone never matches.
Beef tripe, beef liver5% each of the meat
Raw dried carrot10%
Raw dried apple9%
Millet5%A gentle, gluten-free grain.
Krill2%Marine omega fats.
Coconut oil2%
Nettle1%

A vitamin and mineral supplement at 0.5%, with the individual doses left off the label.

Named ingredients

60% meat (70% beef meat, 10% beef heart, 10% beef lung, 5% beef tripe, 5% beef liver), 10% raw dried carrot, 9% raw dried apple, 5% millet, 2% krill, 2% coconut oil, 1% nettle

Against the range

Meat: All beef; The turkey mixes turkey with beef organs.
Fat, dry matter: 12.8%; 9.3% on the turkey.
Energy: 418 kcal per 100g; 358 on the turkey.
Finishing oil: Coconut oil; Salmon oil on the turkey.

The richer of the pair, and the one for a dog kept to a single animal.

Both recipes declare 60% meat and itemise it by part, with heart, lung, tripe and liver named beside the muscle meat. Raw dried carrot and apple and some millet follow, then krill at 2% on both.

The pellets are cold pressed, never cooked at high heat, and crumble in moisture without swelling. Carbohydrate is the cost of that structure: 52.0% of dry matter on the beef and 62.5% on the turkey, against 43.2% for a typical cold-pressed food. Calcium sits at a sensible adult level on both.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

418.4 kcal/100g

Protein

23%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

24.5%

Fat

12.8%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

6.4%

Carbs

52%

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

69.7%

Carbs

5.6%

Veg

22.5%

Oils

2.2%

Pricing & size