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Paws on Plates Complete Fresh: Boot's Beef Bowl review

Name: Paws on Plates Complete Fresh: Boot's Beef Bowl
Brand: Paws on Plates

84.9/100Outstanding

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Flavour

Gently cooked food portioned by the day, with four recipes in our Outstanding band and Vinnie's in Excellent. What marks it out is the labelling: muscle meat, heart and liver each named, and a figure against every single entry. Five recipes cover beef, lamb, turkey and two fish bowls.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want muscle meat, heart and liver named separately
Dogs that eat soft, freshly cooked food far more willingly than kibble
Busy homes. Daily packs mean nothing to weigh
Grain-free feeding, as no label carries a cereal
Puppies, adults and seniors alike
A dog kept off land meat: Vinnie's is salmon and white fish only

Worth watching

Salmon oil in every recipe, so no fish-free bowl
Fridge or freezer space on delivery day
Chicken heart behind the headline birds in Tilly's and Sammy's
No calcium figure in the analysis, the one a large-breed owner should ask for

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

How this scores

How we score

84.9/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. It comes in a 7, 14 or 28 day box, so trying a recipe means starting a subscription.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Tilly's Tasty Turkey 87.0
Sammy's Salmon 86.0
Boot's Beef Bowl 84.9
Loki's Lovely Lamb 81.8
Vinnie's Veggie Packed Salmon Supper 79.0

Five recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

The spread between the five is slight, so your dog's protein history is a better guide than any ranking.

What's in it

Prime beef26.7%
Beef heart26.7%A hard-working muscle, with the amino acids that come with that job.
Beef liver5%Dense in nutrients, which is why it sits at a few percent.
Butternut squash9.99%Carries the starch.
Red pepper, green beans, spinach6.66% each
Broccoli, carrots3.33% each

The shared superfood mix with salmon oil at 1.1%, then a dosed panel of vitamins A and E, five trace minerals and calcium carbonate.

Beef is the only land animal, but salmon oil in the superfood mix means this is not fish free.

Named ingredients

Prime Beef (26.7%), Beef Heart (26.7%), Beef Liver (5%), Butternut Squash (9.99%), Red Pepper (6.66%), Green Beans (6.66%), Spinach (6.66%), Broccoli (3.33%), Carrots (3.33%)

Against the range

Meat: Beef, beef heart, beef liver; Lamb, turkey with chicken heart, or fish on the others
Fat, dry matter: 20.5%; Gentlest of the five; Vinnie's is 31.8%
Energy: 160 kcal per 100g; 115 to 163 across the range

For a dog that suits red meat, nothing else in the range gets this close to a one meat bowl.

Five gently cooked recipes on one construction: a named muscle meat, an equal or near equal share of heart, then liver in a smaller slot, followed by a spread of vegetables. Every entry on every label carries a figure, and none has a cereal.

A shared superfood mix closes each recipe, led by salmon oil at 1.1% with seaweed, turmeric, ginger, green lipped mussel and chia, so every bowl contains fish. Protein runs from 29.8% to 52.0% of dry matter across the five.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

160 kcal/100g

Protein

11.9%

Fat

7.1%

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

2.6%

Moisture

65.4%

Dry weight

Protein

34.4%

Fat

20.5%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Carbs

34.1%

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

59.6%

Added water

Carbs

6.8%

Veg

23.8%

Other

6.8%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £8.50 (RRP)
Pack: 250 g, 400 g, 600 g, 800 g daily meal packs - 250 g 400 g 600 g 800 g (sold as part of a 7 / 14 / 28-day subscription box, not individually)
A 15kg dog eats: 400 g a day
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £3.40

Strong value for what is in the recipe, among gently cooked fresh foods.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.