Michie's of Cornwall

Michie's of Cornwall Premium Complete Puppy: Wild Venison review

Name: Michie's of Cornwall Premium Complete Puppy: Wild Venison
Brand: Michie's of Cornwall

87.6/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Five Cornish raw recipes for growing dogs, all in our Outstanding band, fed at 4% of a puppy's bodyweight a day. The thing that sets them apart is the organ share: liver at 10% in every tub, with every percentage printed. The micronutrition comes from whole foods, so it has to be read off the ingredient list.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A first raw diet for a puppy, where the label spells out what goes into a small stomach
Households that want organ meat in the bowl from the start
Puppies kept to one land animal: the Turkey, the Wild Venison and the Chicken each use just one
Litters and singletons alike. The 500g and 1kg packs portion down without waste
A pup that burns a lot. Cooked potato and sweet potato add energy beside the fat
Anything from a 1kg toy pup to a 40kg giant in the making, going by the feeding chart

Worth watching

No calcium figure published. For a large breed puppy, ask Michie's before you commit
Organic cod liver oil in all five, so no recipe keeps a puppy clear of fish
Freezer space goes faster than adult owners expect at 4% of bodyweight a day

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

How this scores

How we score

87.6/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, from toy to giant. Before ordering, check the freezer has room and wash bowls, boards and hands after every raw meal.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Venison

The score, in context

Free Range/Organic Chicken 88.8
Turkey 88.7
Turkey 88.3
Free Range/Organic Chicken 87.7
Wild Venison 87.6

All five Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

A strong family from end to end, with every pillar reading Outstanding on all five and the Chicken with Lamb a nose ahead.

What's in it

Wild venison trim35%
Wild venison ribs20%Split on the label into 10% meat and 10% bone, the most detailed line in the range.
Wild venison liver, wild venison heart10%, 5%The only recipe with heart named.
Fresh broccoli or runner beans, cooked white potato, fresh carrot7% each
Fresh apple (deseeded), cooked sweet potato6% down to 2%
Alfalfa, organic sea kelp
Organic cod liver oilThe only non-venison animal on the label.
Organic coconut oil, organic turmeric

No calcium figure on the label. For a large or giant breed puppy, ask Michie's for it.

Named ingredients

Meat & Offal Content: 35% Wild Venison Trim, 20% Wild Venison Ribs (10% Meat & 10% Bone), 10% Wild Venison Liver, 5% Wild Venison Heart, Vegetables & Fruit Content: Fresh Broccoli/Runner Beans 7%, Cooked White Potato 7%, Fresh Carrot 7%, Fresh Apple (Deseeded) 6%, Cooked Sweet Potato 2%, Botanicals/Oils Content: Alfalfa, Organic Cod Liver Oil, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Sea Kelp, Organic Turmeric

Against the range

Meat: Venison only: trim, ribs, liver and heart; The others are chicken, turkey or a bird with lamb.
Fat, dry matter: 9.3%; The leanest; the others run 18.1% to 31.3%.
Protein, dry matter: 60.1%; The highest of the five.

The leanest tub here at 93 kcal per 100g, and the cleanest single-animal label of the five.

Every tub puts meat and offal at 70%, with liver held at 10% in all five. The vegetable and fruit side is identical across the range: broccoli or runner beans, cooked white potato and carrot at 7% each, apple at 6%, cooked sweet potato at 2%. Alfalfa, organic cod liver oil, coconut oil, sea kelp and turmeric close every label, and there is no vitamin and mineral premix.

What changes is the animal. Chicken, turkey and venison each stand alone in three recipes, and the other two pair a bird with lamb at 25%. Bone comes in through the meat, and no label gives a calcium figure. Ash runs from 10.5% to 16.4% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

92.6 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

16.1%

Fat

2.49%

Fibre

Ash

2.9%

Moisture

73.2%

Dry weight

Protein

60.1%

Fat

9.3%

Fibre

3.7%

Ash

10.8%

Carbs

16.1%

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

70%

Carbs

16%

Veg

13.1%

Oils

0.8%

Other

0.1%

Pricing & size