2 prices from Grampian Pet Services and Durham Animal Feeds
Durham Animal Feeds Essentials Range - Minced Beef
RawComplementary: fed with other foodAdultGrain-free
It scores 88 out of 100 (Excellent). It is a complementary raw food for adult dogs with 90% declared meat, at £2.20 per kg. Price checked .
Good points
- 90% meat
- Almost no starch
- Raw, the least processed
Worth knowing
- Some meat not named by animal
First ingredients: (80% Meat, 10% Bone, 10% Offal), Beef Cuts, Chicken Carcass, Bone, Heart… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 90%
- Protein, dry weight
- 54%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~0%
- kcal/100 g
- 185
Ingredients
Listed first: Beef Cuts. 90% of the recipe is declared meat.
(80% Meat, 10% Bone, 10% Offal), Beef Cuts, Chicken Carcass, Bone, Heart, Liver, Kidney, Spleen
Meat named animal protein
From the maker’s website, checked 20 Oct 2026.
How we read this label
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Beef Cuts | Named meat | Not given |
| Chicken Carcass | Named meat | Not given |
| Bone | Other | Not given |
| Heart | Organ meat | Not given |
| Liver | Organ meat | Not given |
| Kidney | Organ meat | Not given |
| Spleen | Organ meat | Not given |
The label opens with its own meat figure of 90%, so we count at least that much.
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Nutrition
Protein 54% and carbs about 0%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 18.4% | 54% |
| Fat | 14.2% | 41% |
| Carbohydrate | ~0% | ~0% |
| Fibre | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Ash | 3.9% | 11% |
| Moisture | 65.6% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares.
Energy185 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 88
Full marks for starch and how it’s made. The kind of meat scored lowest (11 of 15).
How much meat?
37.1 / 45 points- Meat on the label31.5 / 35 points
90% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level5.6 / 10 points
Protein is 53.5% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
20 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 0% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
20 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Raw: 20 of 20.
What kind of meat?
11 / 15 points- How the meat is listed8 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and unnamed fresh, which earns 67% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat3 / 3 points
Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is named.
No ingredient deductions.
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
What the score means
One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.
75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.
How we rate foods →Ingredient notes
Nothing flagged in 5 ingredients. 4 are not in our ingredient database yet.
5 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beef, chicken, heart (animal organ), kidney (animal organ), liver (animal organ)
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Beef, chicken, heart (animal organ), kidney (animal organ), liver (animal organ)
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Heart (animal organ), kidney (animal organ), liver (animal organ)
4 not in our ingredient database yet
Bone, meat, offal, spleen
Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
Lowest £2.20/kg at Grampian Pet Services. Checked 20 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Sold in multipacks. Prices are for the whole pack.
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Similar foods
4 raw foods from other brands to compare, scoring 97 to 99.
Sources
Taken from the maker’s page, checked 20 Oct 2026.
From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 20 Oct 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.
Pages we read, saved 20 Oct 2026: Durham Animal Feeds (the maker), Grampian Pet Services.
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