Vale Pet Foods

Vale Pet Foods Vale RAW Meat Blend Minces: Duck, Turkey & Chicken review

Name: Vale Pet Foods Vale RAW Meat Blend Minces: Duck, Turkey & Chicken
Brand: Vale Pet Foods

86.4/100Outstanding

RawAdult

Flavour

Two raw minces that never lean on one animal, both in our Outstanding band. One splits three birds almost evenly, the other pairs turkey with beef meat and organs at named percentages. Neither carries a plant, a premix or a filler.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Raw feeders who want meat, bone and organ and nothing else
Dogs that thrive on variety: three birds in one, poultry with red meat in the other
Owners who like organ meats itemised, as heart, liver and kidney each get a percentage on the Turkey & Beef
A puppy or an older dog, with the Turkey & Beef listed across every life stage
Buying meal by meal, as both come in 1kg packs

Worth watching

At least two animals in each, so neither suits a single-protein exclusion trial
The three-bird mince is listed for adults only
Freezer space, a fridge thaw and clean hands and surfaces after serving

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

How this scores

How we score

86.4/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

The Turkey & Beef is listed for puppies, adults and seniors; the three-bird mince for adults. The richer Turkey & Beef feeds in smaller portions, so weigh by mince and not by habit.

Food type

Raw

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Duck 86.4
Turkey 86.0

All two Outstanding. Typical raw food: Outstanding.

The labels are equally clean, so the whisker between them comes from how the two analyses balance out.

What's in it

Duck34%A meat plenty of dogs meet rarely, digestible and well liked.
Turkey33%
Chicken33%
Offal and bone of all threeInside the shares above; the label does not split them out.

No added minerals and no calcium figure; the bone declaration is what you are working from.

Named ingredients

34% Duck, 33% Turkey & 33% Chicken. (inc Offal and Bone of all 3 proteins)

Against the range

Meat: Duck, turkey, chicken; Turkey and beef on the other mince.
Protein, dry matter: 65.8%; 60.5% on the Turkey & Beef.
Fat, dry matter: 31.2%; 46.4% on the Turkey & Beef.
Energy: About 151 kcal per 100g; About 184 on the Turkey & Beef.

The leaner of the pair, and a shade ahead on our scoring.

Two minces where every entry on the label is animal: no vegetables, cereals, oils or supplement blend, so carbohydrate estimates at zero on both. Calcium comes from bone, and neither label prints a calcium figure. Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 69.6%.

The difference is which animals do the work. One splits three birds almost evenly; the other pairs turkey with beef and its organs. The three-bird mince is the leaner and more protein-heavy, the Turkey & Beef the richer.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

150.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

20%

Fat

9.5%

Fibre

Ash

1.92%

Dry weight

Protein

65.8%

Fat

31.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.3%

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

100%

Pricing & size