Markus Mühle Black Angus Adult

2 prices from Zooplus UK

Markus Mühle Black Angus Adult

DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
31/ 100
WeakTop 49% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • About 46% carbs (dry weight)
  • Some meat not named by animal

First ingredients: Ground dried Black Angus meat (17.3%), ground brown wholegrain rice, ground dried duck meat (9.7%), ground sea fish (6.6%)… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
33.6%
Protein, dry weight
28%
Carbs, dry weight
~46%
kcal/100 g
318

Ingredients

Listed first: Ground dried Black Angus meat. 33.6% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 33.6%
  • Other 1.5%
  • No amount given 64.9%

Ground dried Black Angus meat (17.3%), ground brown wholegrain rice, ground dried duck meat (9.7%), ground sea fish (6.6%), ground millet, pumpkin, gelatine, vegetable oil mixture cold pressed (consisting of hemp and rapeseed oil), beet pulp, seaweed meal, fish oil, herbal mixture dried and ground (consisting of nettle leaves, Horsetail herb, dandelion), dried blueberries, milk thistle seeds, fennel seeds, peat, linseed, silica (1.5%), mussel meat extract from Perna canaliculus (1.5%), marine mollusc protein from Perna canaliculus (1%), Yucca schidigera dried and ground, egg powder

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (10,000 IU/kg), vitamin D3 (1.000 IU/kg), vitamin E (200 mg/kg), vitamin B1 [thiamine mononitrate] (3.5 mg/kg), vitamin B2 [riboflavin] (7 mg/kg), vitamin B6 [pyridoxine hydrochloride] (4.2 mg/kg), vitamin B12 (42 µg/kg), Biotin (210 µg/kg), folic acid (0.35 mg/kg), niacinamide (21 mg/kg), vitamin C [L-ascorbic acid] (140 mg/kg), pantothenic acid [calcium D-pantothenate] (7 mg/kg), choline chloride (2.000 mg/kg), copper as copper(II) glycine chelate hydrate (16 mg/kg), manganese as glycine manganese chelate hydrate (52 mg/kg), zinc as glycine zinc chelate hydrate (62.5 mg/kg), iodine as calcium iodate, anhydrous (0.3 mg/kg), selenium as sodium selenite (150 μg/kg).

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Ground dried Black Angus meat”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Ground dried Black Angus meat (17.3%)Named meat17.3%
ground brown wholegrain riceGrainNot given
ground dried duck meat (9.7%)Named meat9.7%
ground sea fish (6.6%)Meat, animal not named6.6%
ground milletGrainNot given
pumpkinVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
gelatineOtherNot given
vegetable oil mixture cold pressed (consisting of hemp and …Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
beet pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
seaweed mealVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
fish oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
herbal mixture dried and ground (consisting of nettle leave…OtherNot given
dried blueberriesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
milk thistle seedsOtherNot given
fennel seedsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
peatOtherNot given
linseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
silica (1.5%)Other1.5%
mussel meat extract from Perna canaliculus (1.5%)Named meatNot read
marine mollusc protein from Perna canaliculus (1%)OtherNot read

The label runs on into another flavour; we read the first.

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Nutrition

Protein 28% and carbs about 46%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein25.2%28%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat10.1%11%
Carbohydrate~41%~46%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre6%6.7%
Ash7.5%8.3%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy318 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 31

The kind of meat scored best (7.9 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.7 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    13.1 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label11.8 / 35 points

      33.6% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1.3 / 10 points

      Protein is 28% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    4.7 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 45.8% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    7.9 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed7.9 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as dried and unnamed fresh, which earns 66% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat0 / 3 points

      No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Top 49% of dry foods. 48 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

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 →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 46% to 30% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 34 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 34 nothing flagged
  • 5 not in our ingredient database yet
34 ingredients with nothing flagged

Beet pulp, biotin (vitamin H/B7), blueberries, choline chloride, duck, egg, fennel, fish, fish oil, folic acid (folate), gelatine (hydrolysed), herbs, linseed (flaxseed), milk thistle, millet, niacin (vitamin B3), oils and fats, pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pumpkin, rice, seaweed, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: iodine

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients
5 not in our ingredient database yet

Ground dried black angus meat, marine mollusc protein from perna canaliculus, mussel meat extract from perna canaliculus, peat, silica

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

One shop we track sells this: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Down 9% since 10 Aug.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 15kg · £104.99 down 9% since 10 AugEconomy Pack: 2 x 15kg£104.99£3.50/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK15kg · £53.39 down 9% since 10 Aug15kg£53.39£3.56/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 9%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK15kg£53.39£3.56/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 15kg£104.99£3.50/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK15kg£53.49£3.57/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 15kg£105.49£3.52/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK15kg£58.89£3.93/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 15kg£115.99£3.87/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 18 to 29 points higher and cost up to 16% more.

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Carbs
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To feed
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Carbs
about 24% this food about 46%
To feed
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Carbs
about 27% this food about 46%
To feed
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Meat
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Carbs
about 33% this food about 46%
To feed
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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