Raaw

RaaW Adult Dog Food: Chicken review

Name: RaaW Adult Dog Food: Chicken
Brand: Raaw

89.1/100Outstanding

RawAdult

Flavour

Four raw recipes on one construction: a named animal with its bone and organs, then a short list of vegetables and botanicals. All four sit in our Outstanding band. Organ meats do the work a synthetic premix would do elsewhere, and none is declared.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want bone and organ meats doing the mineral work
Dogs kept off grain and starch. No label names a cereal or a pulse
A dog that suits fish, with a salmon led recipe in the line up
Rotation feeders, as only the animal changes
A mixed household, with every recipe listed from toy to giant

Worth watching

Fish runs right through: salmon oil on three labels and salmon leading the fourth
Chicken with bone at 33% in the Salmon recipe
Frozen packs need freezer room, a planned thaw and the usual hygiene round the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

89.1/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Only the Salmon prints a calcium figure, so on the others the bone shows in the recipe and not in the analysis.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 91.4
Lamb 90.0
Salmon 89.6
Chicken 89.1

All four Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

So close together that the animal decides it, with the Beef and the Lamb ahead by the slimmest of margins.

What's in it

Chicken with bone70%More meat in one entry than any other recipe here.
Chicken heart5%
Chicken liver5%Vitamin A and the B group.
Carrots, butternut squash, broccoli, sunflower seedsNo figures past the animal ingredients.
Spinach powder, blueberries
Sea kelp powder, chia seeds
Salmon oilSo not fish free.

Named ingredients

Chicken with Bone (70%), Chicken Heart (5%), Chicken Liver (5%), Carrots, Butternut Squash, Broccoli, Sunflower seeds, Spinach powder, Blueberries, Sea Kelp powder, Chia seeds, Salmon oil.

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 26.8%; Leanest; the Lamb is 46.3%.
Energy: An estimated 120 kcal per 100g; Lowest, so portions are the biggest.
Meat: Chicken with bone 70%, heart and liver 5% each; Beef and bone 62% with three organs on the Beef.

The leanest bowl here, and a full one for a dog who likes plenty.

Three of the four recipes lead with an animal and its bone at between 62% and 70%, with heart and other organ meats declared behind it. A short plant list follows without figures: carrots, butternut squash, broccoli, spinach powder, blueberries, kelp and chia. No synthetic vitamin premix is declared on any label.

The Lamb is built differently, lamb trim at 70% with no bone or organ named. In dry matter, protein runs from 39.7% to 54.3% and fat from 26.8% to 46.3%. No label declares energy, so those figures are ours.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

120 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

14.3%

Fat

7.7%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

3.2%

Moisture

71.3%

Dry weight

Protein

49.8%

Fat

26.8%

Fibre

7.7%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

4.6%

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%

Veg

17.1%

Oils

0.2%

Other

2.7%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £4.58 (RRP)
Pack: Pack Of 4x 1.2kg, Pack Of 6x 1.2Kg, Pack Of 12x 1.2kg, single pack also listed separately as **Dog Chicken 1.2Kg** - https://raawpetfoods.com/products/dog-chicken-box
A 15kg dog eats: 450 g a day
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £2.06

RaaW's own chart puts a 15 kg adult at 450 grams a day.

Budget end of the market for a raw food, and strong value for what is in the recipe.

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