Embark on Raw

Embark on Raw Chunky Complete: Chicken review

Name: Embark on Raw Chunky Complete: Chicken
Brand: Embark on Raw

84.2/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Raw with the plants already added: an 80:10:10 split of meat, liver and vegetables, then seeds, kelp and berries. All three recipes hold our Outstanding band in a category where the typical food is already there. The differences between them are small enough that your dog's tastes can decide.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Raw feeders who want vegetables and seeds in the bowl without assembling them
A single-meat plan, on the beef or the chicken
Dogs at every stage, puppy to senior
A meal made up complete, kelp and seeds included
Any build, toy to giant, with portions by bodyweight

Worth watching

Chicken liver and heart in the turkey recipe
No bone entry on the beef
Freezer space, a fridge defrost and clean hands and surfaces

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

How this scores

How we score

84.2/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. No label prints calcium or moisture, so for a growing pup the crude ash of 16.4% of dry matter is the only mineral signpost: ask the maker before relying on it.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 86.1
Turkey 84.7
Chicken 84.2

All three Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

All three sit around the middle of the strongest category we score, with the beef at the very top by a small margin.

What's in it

Fresh chicken carcass80%Carcass, so bone is included.
Chicken liver10%
Vegetables: kale, broccoli, pumpkin, spinach, butternut squash10%Fibre and antioxidants, pitched about right at a tenth of the bowl.
Organic milled flax seeds, chia seedsPlant omega 3. Milled, because whole flax largely passes straight through.
Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seedsVitamin E and zinc.
Goji berries
Kelp, coconutKelp covers iodine, tricky without a premix.

Named ingredients

80% Fresh chicken carcass, 10% chicken liver, 10% vegetables (Kale, Broccoli, pumpkin, spinach, butternut squash) Organic milled Flax seeds, Sunflower seeds, Pumpkin seeds, Goji berries, Chia seeds, Kelp (seaweed) and Coconut

Against the range

Animals: Chicken only; Beef only on the beef; turkey with chicken organs on the turkey.
Energy: An estimated 119 kcal per 100g; Level with the beef; turkey 178.
Bone: Carcass declared; Not declared on the beef.

The pick for a dog on an elimination trial: one species and bone in.

Every recipe is 80% meat, 10% liver and 10% named vegetables: kale, broccoli, pumpkin, spinach and butternut squash. Then comes a tail most raw ranges skip, milled organic flax, seeds, goji berries, chia, kelp and coconut. Nothing starchy goes in, so carbohydrate is zero.

The chicken and turkey are fresh carcass, bone included; the beef is lean beef with no bone entry. The printed protein, fibre and ash are identical across all three, which reads like one range-level panel, and no moisture is declared.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

119 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

17%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

55.9%

Fat

23%

Fibre

13.2%

Ash

16.4%

Carbs

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

90%

Veg

10%

Pricing & size