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Rawr Freeze-Dried Complete: Gourmet Beef review

Name: Rawr Freeze-Dried Complete: Gourmet Beef
Brand: Rawr

82.9/100Outstanding

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

82.9/100Outstanding

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

Beef

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 beef55%Part of an 85% beef share.
Raw beef heart21%Organs named separately, worth more than one headline number.
Raw beef liver10%
Carrots, pumpkin3% each
Sweet potato2%
Cellulose powderA refined fibre, plant unnamed.
Hydrolysed yeast
Linseed oil, corn oil, salmon oilSalmon oil means it is not fish free.

Zinc, manganese, copper and iron as glycine chelates, with vitamin D3 at 519 IU.

Named ingredients

Beef 85% (Raw Beef 55%, Raw Beef Heart 21%, Raw Beef Liver 10%), Carrots 3%, Pumpkin 3%, Sweet Potato 2%, Cellulose Powder, Hydrolysed Yeast, Linseed Oil, Corn Oil, Salmon Oil

Against the range

Poultry: None; Chicken leads the other two.
Fat, dry matter: 28.4%; 24.2% and 20.0%.
Energy: 421 kcal per 100g; 405 and 396.

The richest of the three, with the smallest portions, for a dog that puts in a proper day's work.

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

421 kcal/100g

Protein

48%

Fat

27%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

50.5%

Fat

28.4%

Fibre

6.3%

Ash

9.5%

Carbs

5.3%

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

85%

Carbs

Veg

Oils

2.4%

Other

4.6%

Pricing & size