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Rawternative 80/20 Cold-Pressed: Trout review

Name: Rawternative 80/20 Cold-Pressed: Trout
Brand: Rawternative

70.8/100Excellent

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

A cold-pressed food built to a raw feeder's ratio, and the analysis ends up reading like a raw one. Three of the four recipes reach our Outstanding band, with the Trout a step behind in Excellent. Protein converts to between 56.3% and 60.6% of dry matter on the first three, carbohydrate to between 7.9% and 11.6%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Raw ratios with dry food handling: named meat runs above 70% in every recipe
Dogs that gulp. A cold-pressed pellet crumbles in liquid and never swells
A large breed puppy, with calcium declared at a level suited to steady growth
Stiff joints, glucosamine, collagen, green lipped mussel and chondroitin all printed
Trying it first, with a sample bag beside the 3kg and 12kg

Worth watching

Fish, whole egg and green lipped mussel in all four
The Trout names its meat only as fish
Beef tallow as the fat in the Duck

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

How this scores

How we score

70.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. The label's table puts a 15kg adult at 265 grams a day; adjust from there by waistline.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Chicken 84.3
Beef 84.0
Duck 83.0
Trout 70.8

Four recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Beef, Chicken and Duck sit two bands above the typical cold-pressed food; the Trout falls a band back on the single word fish on its label.

What's in it

Fish73%The bag says Trout; the list says fish.
Goose fat4%The only fat here not from beef or chicken.
Sweet potato8%The only substantial carbohydrate on the list.
Liver gravy3%
Whole egg, white fish hydrolysateEgg is about as complete as protein gets. The hydrolysate puts fish in every recipe, land-named ones included.
Vitamins and minerals, inulin, peas, brewer's yeast
Cooked linseed, salmon oilThe omega fats.
Apple, chicory pulp, pumpkin, seaweed, alfalfa
Herbal blend: chicory root, parsley, thyme, nettle, rosemary, turmeric and more0.25%Character at this inclusion, not medicine.
Glucosamine, collagen, green lipped mussel, chondroitin sulphate0.1%, 0.08%, 0.05%, 0.05%Modest, but printed. Mussel is a shellfish.

Vitamins A, D3 and E only in the additives panel; the prebiotic, probiotic, MOS and joint blend are declared in the composition instead.

Its score sits a band below the others because the meat is named only as fish. If the species matters to your dog, ask Rawternative.

Named ingredients

Fish (73%), goose fat (4%), sweet potato (8%), liver gravy (3%), whole egg, white fish hydrolysate, vitamins and minerals, prebiotic (inulin), peas, brewer's yeast, cooked linseed, salmon oil, apple granulate, chicory pulp, pumpkin, seaweed, alfalfa. Herbal blend (0.25% chicory root, parsley, thyme, nettle leaf, rosemary, camomile leaf, sage, yucca extract, rosehip, dandelion leaf, turmeric, aniseed, blackcurrant, chia seeds). Joint care blend, glucosamine (0.1%), collagen (0.08%), green lipped mussel (0.05%), chondroitin sulphate (0.05%). Natural probiotic, MOS (yeast).

Against the range

Meat: Fish, 73%, species not named; Beef, chicken and duck named outright
Fat source: Goose fat, 4%; Beef tallow or chicken fat at 8%
Ash, dry matter: 12.1%; Highest in the range

The same food with a vaguer label; ask Rawternative which fish goes in and it matches the rest.

Named meat runs from 70% to 76% of each recipe with an animal fat at 4 to 8% on top, and sweet potato at 8% is the only substantial carbohydrate. Liver gravy, whole egg and white fish hydrolysate follow on all four, so every recipe carries fish.

The joint blend, the herbal tail and the declared calcium, converting to 1.19% of dry matter, are the same throughout. The meat and the fat are what change.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

390 kcal/100g

Protein

51.2%

Fat

17.9%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

11.2%

Moisture

7.3%

Dry weight

Protein

55.2%

Fat

19.3%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

12.1%

Carbs

10.8%

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

84.3%

Carbs

8.9%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

4.1%

Other

2.5%

Pricing & size