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Naturaw Forage Senior: Grass Fed Beef review

Name: Naturaw Forage Senior: Grass Fed Beef
Brand: Naturaw

86.6/100Outstanding

RawAdultSenior

Named for the beef, though free range chicken with bone actually leads the list, and it sits in our Outstanding band. The beef is all organ, heart at 20.2% and liver at 10%, a far larger organ share than most complete raw recipes carry. That matters in a bowl with no premix behind it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want organ meat and not muscle alone
Sourcing named down to free range chicken and Scottish seaweed
A senior still needing plenty of protein: 50.1% of dry matter
No synthetic supplementation, as there is no premix
Dogs that enjoy an unusual bowl, trachea, lung and a mushroom included

Worth watching

Chicken leads despite the beef name
Oily fish, blue mussel and egg in the same recipe
No published calcium figure
Freezer space and an overnight fridge defrost

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

How this scores

How we score

86.6/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The maker's chart puts a 15kg dog at 300 grams a day, a sensible start for an older dog doing less walking.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Grass Fed Beef 86.6

All one Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Keeping pace with the midpoint of the raw field, the toughest company we score, is a genuine result.

What's in it

Free range British chicken with bone39.1%Leads the list, ahead of the beef in the name.
Grass fed British beef: heart, liver30.2%Heart 20.2%, liver 10%. Organs hold most of the vitamin A, B12 and copper.
Grass fed British lamb trachea and lung9.9%Cartilage and soft connective tissue, more digestible than the names suggest.
Whole seasonal oily fish6.6%
Broccoli, organic kale5.6%, 2.3%
Forage botanical blend2.1%Seaweed for iodine, wheatgrass (leaf, not grain), seeds, and blue mussel, the shellfish entry.
Whole blackberries1.9%
Free range British egg1.9%
Lion's mane mushroom0.25%A considered extra; the recipe stands on its meat.
Pure Yorkshire sea salt0.1%

Chicken leads the list, which matters for a dog kept away from chicken.

No calcium figure is published.

Named ingredients

Free Range British Chicken with Bone 39.1%, Boneless Grass Fed British Beef 30.2% (Heart 20.2%, Liver 10%), Grass Fed British Lamb Trachea & Lung 9.9%, Whole Seasonal Oily Fish 6.6%, Broccoli 5.6%, Organic Kale 2.3%, Forage Botanical Blend 2.1% (Hand Harvested Organic Scottish Seaweed, Wheatgrass, Pumpkin Seeds, Hemp Seeds, Scandinavian Blue Mussel - MSC, Cleavers, Nettles), Whole Blackberries 1.9%, Free Range British Egg 1.9%, Lions Mane Mushroom 0.25%, Pure Yorkshire Sea Salt 0.1%

Against the range

One frozen recipe. Free range chicken with bone leads at 39.1%, beef follows as heart and liver only, then lamb trachea and lung, oily fish, greens, egg and an itemised botanical blend. There is no vitamin and mineral premix; the balance comes from the whole foods.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

158.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

15.73%

Fat

11.58%

Fibre

0.71%

Ash

2.02%

Moisture

68.6%

Dry weight

Protein

50.1%

Fat

36.9%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

6.4%

Carbs

4.3%

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

87.7%

Veg

10%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size