Raw Pet Foods

Raw Pet Foods Puppy's Choice review

Name: Raw Pet Foods Puppy's Choice
Brand: Raw Pet Foods

86.6/100Outstanding

RawPuppy

Outstanding, and an uncomplicated first bowl for a growing dog. Chicken takes 80% and carries bone with it, which is where a raw puppy food finds its calcium. With no premix behind it, the liver does real work.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppy owners who want the animal share as high as it goes
A growing dog that does better without starch. No cereal, potato or pulse is on the list
A label readable in one go, with most entries given a percentage
Homes with more than one youngster, with a guide from toy to giant

Worth watching

No calcium figure, which a large breed puppy's owner will most want
Ox heart, liver and kidney put beef in the bowl with the chicken
Freezer room, a fridge thaw and a wash down after meals

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

How this scores

How we score

86.6/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. The guide runs from 100 to 150 grams a day at 5kg up to 800 to 1200 grams at 40kg, so move up the table as your pup fills out.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Raw Pet Foods Puppy's Choice 86.6

All one Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

Raw for growing dogs is a demanding field, and the meat share, the named organs and a deliberately small plant tail hold it up there.

What's in it

Chicken80%Meat and bone. The meat dogs most often become intolerant to later on, because it is fed so widely.
Carrots7%Beta carotene and gentle fibre.
Ox heart4%Beef.
Green leaf3%
Ox liver2%The most nutrient-dense entry: vitamin A, copper and B vitamins.
Ox kidney2%
Butternut2%
Kelp, flaxseed oil1%Iodine and trace minerals; plant omega 3.

No calcium figure on the label. Ash at 12.4% of dry matter points to ground bone, but for a giant breed puppy, ask the maker.

Named ingredients

Chicken 80%, Carrots 7% Ox Heart 4%, Green leaf 3% Ox liver 2%, Ox kidney 2%, Butternut 2%, Kelp, flaxseed oil 1%

Against the range

A frozen puppy recipe of nine entries: chicken at 80%, ox heart, liver and kidney, then carrots, green leaf and butternut. Kelp and flaxseed oil close the list, with no vitamin premix and nothing starchy, so carbohydrate estimates at zero.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

134.7 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

15.9%

Fat

9.3%

Fibre

1.6%

Ash

3.8%

Moisture

69.4%

Dry weight

Protein

52%

Fat

30.4%

Fibre

5.2%

Ash

12.4%

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

92%

Veg

Oils

Other

Pricing & size