Markus Mühle Black Angus Senior

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Markus Mühle Black Angus Senior

DryCompleteSeniorContains grainFish oil
29/ 100
WeakTied 612th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

  • No ingredient deductions
  • About 50% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: Ground dried Black Angus meat (17%), ground brown wholegrain rice, ground dried duck meat (8.5%), ground dried herring (5.4%)… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
30.9%
Protein, dry weight
24%
Carbs, dry weight
~50%
kcal/100 g
345

Ingredients

Listed first: Ground dried Black Angus meat. 30.9% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 30.9%
  • Other 3.5%
  • No amount given 65.6%

Ground dried Black Angus meat (17%), ground brown wholegrain rice, ground dried duck meat (8.5%), ground dried herring (5.4%), ground millet, ground amaranth, fresh green herbs, linseed, dried algae mix, herring oil, cold pressed vegetable oil mix, beet pulp, gelatine, dry peat (2%), dried ground yucca schidigera, milk thistle seeds, fennel seeds, dried blueberries, powdered egg yolk, siliceous earth (1.5%), muscle meat extract from green-lipped mussels (1.5%), grape seed extract, green mineral soil (1.5%), sea mollusc protein from green-lipped mussels (1%), marigold, ginseng root

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

Vitamin A (12,000 IE/kg), vitamin D3 (1200 IE/kg), vitamin E (240 mg/kg), vitamin B1 [thiamine mononitrat] (4.2 mg/kg), vitamin B2 [riboflavin] (8.4 mg/kg), vitamin B6 [pyridoxine hydrochloride] (5 mg/kg), vitamin B12 (50 µg/kg), biotin (250 µg/kg), folic acid (0.42 mg/kg), niacin (25 mg/kg), vitamin C [L-ascorbic acid] (170 mg/kg), pantothenic acid [calcium-D-pantothenate] (9.6 mg/kg), choline chloride (1500 mg/kg), manganese (58 mg/kg), copper (12 mg/kg), zinc (144 mg/kg), iron (240 mg/kg).

How we read this label

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

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Ground dried Black Angus meat (17%)Named meat17%
ground brown wholegrain riceGrainNot given
ground dried duck meat (8.5%)Named meat8.5%
ground dried herring (5.4%)Named meat5.4%
ground milletGrainNot given
ground amaranthVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
fresh green herbsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
linseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried algae mixVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
herring oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
cold pressed vegetable oil mixVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
beet pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
gelatineOtherNot given
dry peat (2%)Other2%
dried ground yucca schidigeraOtherNot given
milk thistle seedsOtherNot given
fennel seedsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried blueberriesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
powdered egg yolkOtherNot given
siliceous earth (1.5%)Other1.5%

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

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Nutrition

Protein 24% and carbs about 50%, with the water taken out.

As soldDry weight
Protein22%24%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat10%11%
Carbohydrate~45%~50%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre6.3%7%
Ash7.1%7.9%
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.

Energy345 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 29

The kind of meat scored best (8.4 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.5 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    11.5 / 45
    • Meat on the label10.8 / 35

      30.9% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.7 / 10

      Protein is 24.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    3.5 / 20

    About 49.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20

    Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    8.4 / 15
    • How the meat is listed8.4 / 12

      The label lists the meat as dried, which earns 70% 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

      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

Tied 612th of 1,171 dry foods. 28 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 Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 50% to 30% by dry weight, and protein is about 34%.

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

Best wet foods →

Ingredient notes

2 noted, none cost points: grape seed extract and yucca extract. 33 flagged nothing.

  • 2 noted
  • 33 nothing flagged
  • 8 not in our ingredient database yet
33 ingredients with nothing flagged

Algae, beet pulp, biotin (vitamin H/B7), blueberries, choline chloride, duck, egg, fennel, fish, fish oil, folic acid (folate), gelatine (hydrolysed), herbs, linseed (flaxseed), marigold meal, milk thistle, millet, niacin (vitamin B3), oils and fats, pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), rice, 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, iron, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

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

Sources for these ingredients
8 not in our ingredient database yet

Dry peat, ginseng root, green mineral soil, ground amaranth, ground dried black angus meat, muscle meat extract from green-lipped mussels, sea mollusc protein from green-lipped mussels, siliceous earth

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 4% since 10 Aug.

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

ShopPackPricePer kg
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 15kg · £109.49 down 4% since 10 AugEconomy Pack: 2 x 15kg£109.49£3.65/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK15kg · £55.69 down 4% since 10 Aug15kg£55.69£3.71/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 4%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK15kg£55.69£3.71/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 15kg£109.49£3.65/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK15kg£55.59£3.71/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 15kg£109.49£3.65/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK15kg£57.99£3.87/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 15kg£114.49£3.82/kg

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Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 13 to 31 points higher and cost up to 18% more.

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Carbs
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Carbs
about 41% this food about 50%
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Carbs
about 34% this food about 50%
To feed
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Carbs
about 37% this food about 50%
To feed
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+13 pointsCompare

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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