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Rawr Freeze-Dried Complete: Chicken and Wild-Caught Salmon review

Name: Rawr Freeze-Dried Complete: Chicken and Wild-Caught Salmon
Brand: Rawr

83.6/100Outstanding

Freeze-driedAdultSenior

Flavour

Raw feeding with the water taken out and very little else altered, and all three recipes sit in our Outstanding band. The meat is itemised so you can read which parts of the animal are doing the work. Freeze-dried pieces are light and shelf stable, so a day's portion looks modest beside a kibble scoop while carrying far more.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners drawn to raw who would sooner keep a cupboard than a freezer
Dogs that need real meat leading the list, cuts and organs each with a percentage
Fussy eaters. Drying without heat keeps much more of the meat's own smell
Seniors as well as adults
Working dogs and hard walkers, given how much energy each pack holds for its weight

Worth watching

Salmon oil on all three labels, so none is fish free
Corn oil closes each recipe, the only maize but enough for a dog kept off it
Dense pieces. Weigh the first portions instead of reaching for an old scoop

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

How this scores

How we score

83.6/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Work from the maker's chart and weigh, since an old kibble scoop will overfeed.

Food type

Freeze-dried

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 83.6
Gourmet Chicken 83.6
Gourmet Beef 82.9

All three Outstanding. Typical dry food: Good.

Very little separates the three, all holding their place in a demanding freeze-dried field, so let the animal decide.

What's in it

Raw chicken breast70%Part of an 80% chicken share.
Raw chicken liver10%
Raw salmon6%The second animal on the front.
Carrots, pumpkin4% each
Collagen2%A connective tissue protein more often seen in a supplement than a bowl.
Cellulose powderPurified plant fibre from an unnamed plant. Bulk at almost no calories.
Hydrolysed yeastFood for gut bacteria, in on purpose.
Linseed oil, salmon oil, corn oilPlant omega 3, then the marine form, then a general fat.

Zinc, manganese, copper and iron as glycine chelates, the form usually chosen because it survives digestion better than an oxide.

No vitamin D3 on the vitamin panel, where the other two print 519 IU. Put that to the maker.

Named ingredients

Chicken 80% (Raw Chicken Breast 70%, Raw Chicken Liver 10%), Raw Salmon 6%, Carrots 4%, Pumpkin 4%, Collagen 2%, Cellulose Powder, Hydrolysed Yeast, Linseed Oil, Salmon Oil, Corn Oil

Against the range

Other animals on the label: Raw salmon, 6%; Single meat on the other two.
Collagen: 2%; Not on the others.
Protein, dry matter: 55.8%; 50.5% on the beef, 58.9% on the Gourmet Chicken.
Vitamin D3: Not printed; 519 IU on the other two.

The middle of the range for richness, and the one label to ask about.

Named meat leads every recipe at 80% or 85%, itemised down to breast, heart and liver, the parts where much of an animal's micronutrition sits. A short plant side of a few percent apiece follows, in for fibre and colour. Cellulose powder and hydrolysed yeast appear on all three, and so do salmon oil and corn oil.

No label declares moisture, so the dry matter column assumes 5%. On that basis protein runs from 50.5% to 58.9% and the carbohydrate estimate never passes 6.3%. Zinc, manganese, copper and iron all arrive as glycine chelates.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

405 kcal/100g

Protein

53%

Fat

23%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

55.8%

Fat

24.2%

Fibre

6.3%

Ash

9.5%

Carbs

4.2%

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

86%

Veg

Oils

1.4%

Other

4.6%

Pricing & size