Natures Menu

Natures Menu Complete & Balanced 80/20 Minced Block: Beef review

Name: Natures Menu Complete & Balanced 80/20 Minced Block: Beef
Brand: Natures Menu

91.3/100Outstanding

RawAdult

Flavour

Natures Menu at full strength, and all six blocks earn our Outstanding band. Each is 80% named meat or fish, with the remaining fifth chosen to match the animal: blackberry with the beef, plum with the duck, apple and mint with the lamb. The mineral panel is printed dose by dose.

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Our view

Likely to suit

An exclusion diet. Four of the six keep to one named animal from start to finish
Dogs that need something unfamiliar, with goose and duck beside the beef and lamb
Keeping grain out entirely
Owners who like to defrost a block and portion it by hand
A toy dog or a giant, with the guide running from 1kg to 45kg and above

Worth watching

Richness that moves more than the names suggest, fat running from 28.1% to 36.7% of dry matter
Two animals in the Salmon and Chicken and in the Goose and Turkey
A night in the fridge for every block, and the clean bowl and hands raw handling asks for

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

How this scores

How we score

91.3/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, from toy to giant. Raw at this concentration is rich, so bring it in gradually and judge the portion by the waistline.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 91.3
Farm Reared Goose 90.7
Duck 90.6
Farm-reared Turkey 90.5
Salmon 90.5
Lamb 90.2

All six Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

There is no weak recipe here: all six meet the highest standard in the most competitive category we cover, with the Beef a nose in front.

What's in it

Beef80%The only animal.
Blackberry4%Antioxidants and a touch of sweetness.
Swede, carrot4%, 3%Most of the vegetable work.
Peas2%
Chicory1%Inulin, a prebiotic fibre.
Pea fibre, sunflower oil, mineralsPea fibre holds the mince together in the block.
Yeast products0.016%Prebiotic MOS and beta glucans.
Yucca, green tea

Minerals dosed per kilo, with selenium in an inactivated selenised yeast, the better-absorbed of the two forms a label can use.

Named ingredients

Beef 80%, Blackberry 4%, Swede 4%, Carrot 3%, Peas 2%, Chicory 1%, Pea Fibre, Sunflower Oil, Minerals, Yeast Products (as a source of prebiotic MOS and beta glucans) (0.016%), Yucca, Green Tea

Against the range

Meat: Beef 80%; Single animal on three others, two on the rest.
Protein, dry matter: 43.3%; The highest in the range; the Lamb is 37.5%.
Energy: 163 kcal per 100g; Joint richest; the Duck is 147.

For a dog in proper work, a straightforward single animal bowl.

Named meat or fish makes up 80% of every block, species and percentage at the head of each list. Behind it sits a fruit and vegetable fraction matched to the animal, then pea fibre, minerals, a trace of yeast product, yucca and green tea. No grain appears anywhere.

Across the six, protein converts to between 37.5% and 43.3% of dry matter and fat to between 28.1% and 36.7%. Energy runs from 147 to 163 kcal per 100g, so moving between recipes barely changes the scoop.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

163 kcal/100g

Protein

13%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

70%

Dry weight

Protein

43.3%

Fat

36.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.7%

Carbs

10%

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

80%

Carbs

5.4%

Veg

Oils

1.1%

Other

5.5%

Pricing & size