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Vale Pet Foods Vale RAW Meat Blend Minces: Turkey & Beef review

Name: Vale Pet Foods Vale RAW Meat Blend Minces: Turkey & Beef
Brand: Vale Pet Foods

86/100Outstanding

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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

86/100Outstanding

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

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

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

Turkey, including bone60% (10% bone)Bone declared inside the turkey share.
Beef20%
Beef heart10%Dense working muscle.
Beef liver5%Liver and kidney carry the micronutrition; a proper organ share.
Beef kidney5%

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

Named ingredients

60% Turkey (inc 10% bone), 20% Beef, 10% Beef Heart, 5% Beef Liver, 5% Beef Kidney

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 46.4%; 31.2% on the three-bird mince.
Ash, dry matter: 9.5%; 6.3% on the three-bird mince.
Life stage: Puppy, adult, senior; Adults only on the other.

The richer mince, and the one to pick for a growing dog.

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

184.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

18.4%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

2.9%

Dry weight

Protein

60.5%

Fat

46.4%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

9.5%

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