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Ouzil Fresh Food: Beef review

Name: Ouzil Fresh Food: Beef
Brand: Ouzil

88.3/100Outstanding

FreshPuppyAdult

Flavour

Fresh dinners cooked the way you might cook them yourself, and all six sit in our Outstanding band. Every label prints a percentage against every entry, down to the herbs. There is no vitamin panel: nothing synthetic goes in.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want to recognise every word on a label
Dogs that thrive on organ meat, fixed at a printed share
A home with dogs of every age, as all three life stages are listed
Working around the common meats, with pork, duck, turkey and venison on offer
Fussy eaters. Gently cooked food smells far closer to the meat

Worth watching

Sweetcorn in the Wild Duck and peas in the Beef and Wild Duck
Fridge or freezer storage and defrosting time
No calcium figure anywhere, the one number to ask for with a large-breed puppy

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

How this scores

How we score

88.3/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. For a large-breed puppy, ask Ouzil for the calcium figure before ordering.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Wild Duck 88.5
Beef 88.3
Wild Venison 87.0
Pork 85.8
Turkey Feast 85.8
Sausage Casserole 84.8

All six Outstanding. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

Every pillar reads Outstanding on every recipe, so let your dog's history pick, not the order they finish in.

What's in it

Grass fed beef (including heart, liver)75%Heart at 15% and liver at 5% counted inside the figure.
Carrot, broccoli7.5% each
Cauliflower7%
Peas1%A token amount.
Linseed oil1%Plant omega 3.
Ground egg shell0.42%The calcium source.
Parsley, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, blackberry, nettle, seaweed, sage, thyme, reishi, spirulinaFractions of a percent, each declared.

No additives panel and nothing synthetic: micronutrients come from egg shell, seaweed, seeds and herbs inside the recipe.

No calcium figure printed. For a large-breed puppy, ask Ouzil for it.

Named ingredients

Grass fed Beef 75% (including 15% heart, 5% liver), Carrot 7.5%, Broccoli 7.5%, Cauliflower 7%, Peas 1%, Linseed oil 1%, Ground Egg shell 0.42%, Dried Parsley 0.28%, Sunflower Seeds 0.075%, Pumpkin Seeds 0.05%, Dried Blackberry 0.04%, Nettle 0.04%, Seaweed 0.025%, Sage 0.02%, Thyme 0.02%, Reishi 0.015%, Organic Spirulina 0.015%.

Against the range

Moisture: 71.9%; The wettest; 65.0% on the Turkey Feast.
Protein, dry matter: 52.3%; 36.5% to 55.1% across the range.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 0.0%; Up to 24.8% on the Turkey Feast.
Energy: 167 kcal per 100g, measured; 132 to 150 on the others.

The most concentrated bowl once the water comes out, with no starch to speak of.

Six recipes, each led by a named animal at 75% with 15% heart and 5% liver counted inside it, then a short row of vegetables and fruit. Linseed oil is the omega 3 source on every label, and egg shell, seaweed, seeds and herbs stand in for a vitamin panel.

Moisture runs from 65.0% to 71.9%, and protein converts to between 36.5% and 55.1% of dry matter. Carbohydrate swings from 0.0% on the Beef to 24.8% on the Turkey Feast, tracking how starchy each recipe's vegetables are.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

167 kcal/100g

Protein

14.7%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

1.7%

Moisture

71.9%

Dry weight

Protein

52.3%

Fat

33.8%

Fibre

8.2%

Ash

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

75.4%

Carbs

Veg

22.1%

Oils

Other

0.5%

Pricing & size