Embark on Raw

Embark on Raw Guru: Beef Banquet review

Name: Embark on Raw Guru: Beef Banquet
Brand: Embark on Raw

85.8/100Outstanding

RawPuppyAdult

Flavour

Guru is the range where one animal fills the whole pouch: meat, bone, offal and liver all from the same species. For a dog kept to one animal, that is about as clean a run as frozen raw offers. Every pouch scores Outstanding, and every label prints its moisture, which is rarer in frozen raw than it should be.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Strict elimination diets, with no borrowing between species
Owners who want the offal share spelled out, liver included
Rotation feeders looking for red meat, with lamb and beef beside the poultry
Single-dog homes, as the pouch size makes portions easy to plan
Puppies, adults and seniors of every build

Worth watching

No calcium percentage printed, though bone is a tenth of every recipe
No mint on the Lamb and Mint ingredients list
Raw handling: freezer, thaw in the fridge, clean bowl, hands and surfaces

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

How this scores

How we score

85.8/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. With no calcium figure on the label, ask Embark about levels before a large-breed puppy grows on it.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Chicken Dinner 87.1
Beef Banquet 85.8
Lamb 84.8
Turkey Dinner 84.3

All four Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Four animals, every pillar Outstanding on each, and nothing between them except which species suits your dog.

What's in it

Beef70%
Beef bone10%Same species as the meat. No calcium figure printed.
Beef offal10%
Beef liver, inside the offal5%Called out separately, so the organ share is a real inclusion.
Vegetables: carrot, broccoli, swede, parsnip, butternut squash10%Itemised, not a catch-all word. Nothing starchy, so carbohydrate reads zero.
NettleMinerals.
Linseed mealPlant omega 3, milled so a dog can use it.

Bone is a tenth of the pouch but no calcium figure is printed; worth asking Embark before raising a large-breed puppy on it.

Named ingredients

70% Beef, 10% Beef Bone, 10% Beef Offal (including 5% Beef Liver), 10% Vegetables (Carrot, Broccoli, Swede, Parsnip, Butternut Squash, Nettle, Linseed Meal)

Against the range

Ash, dry matter: 7.3%; 5.3% to 8.6% across the range.
Moisture: 66.9%; Second lowest; up to 68.1% on the Chicken.
Energy: 164 kcal per 100g; 162 to 172 across the range.

A concentrated single-species red meat pouch.

Every pouch is one species from end to end: meat at 70%, bone at 10%, offal at 10% with liver named at 5% inside it. A 10% vegetable block follows of carrot, broccoli, swede, parsnip, butternut squash, nettle and linseed meal. The Lamb alone varies the formula, with 20% tripe.

All four labels print a moisture figure, between 66.1% and 68.1%. Protein converts to between 47.5% and 52.7% of dry matter and fat to between 37.2% and 42.2%. No calcium percentage appears on any label.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

164.4 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

17.1%

Fat

12.3%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

2.4%

Moisture

66.9%

Dry weight

Protein

51.7%

Fat

37.2%

Fibre

3.9%

Ash

7.3%

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