Markus Mühle Free-Range Venison

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Markus Mühle Free-Range Venison

DryCompleteAdultGrain-freeFish oil
27/ 100
WeakTied 669th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

  • One main animal protein: venison
  • No ingredient deductions
  • About 50% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: Ground dried venison meat [fallow deer] (24%), steamed potatoes, pumpkin (10%), carrots, peas… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
24%
Protein, dry weight
27%
Carbs, dry weight
~50%
kcal/100 g
328

Ingredients

Listed first: Ground dried venison meat. 24% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 24%
  • Plants 16%
  • No amount given 60%

Ground dried venison meat [fallow deer] (24%), steamed potatoes, pumpkin (10%), carrots, peas, beet, beet pulp, cold-pressed hemp oil, white fish oil, apples (3%), dried and ground herb mixture [consisting of: nettle leaves, horsetail herb, dandelion], blackcurrants (3%), seaweed meal, peat

Meat named animal protein

Additives

per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (10,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1000 IU), vitamin E (200mg), vitamin C (140mg), vitamin B1 (3.5mg), vitamin B2 [as riboflavin] (7mg), vitamin B6 [as pyridoxine hydrochloride] (4.2mg), vitamin B12 (42µg), biotin (210µg), folic acid (0.35mg), niacinamide (21mg), calcium-D-pantothenate (7mg), choline chloride (2000mg), manganese [as manganese chelate hydrate] (52mg), copper [as copper-(II)-glycine chelate hydrate] (16mg), zinc [as zinc chelate hydrate] (52mg), iodine [as calcium iodate, anhydrous] (0.3mg), selenium [as sodium selenite] (150µg).

How we read this label

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

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Ground dried venison meat [fallow deer] (24%)Named meat24%
steamed potatoesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
pumpkin (10%)Vegetable, fruit or plant10%
carrotsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
peasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
beetVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
beet pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
cold-pressed hemp oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
white fish oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
apples (3%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3%
dried and ground herb mixture [consisting of: nettle leaves…Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
blackcurrants (3%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3%
seaweed mealVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
peat.OtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 27% and carbs about 50%, with the water taken out.

As soldDry weight
Protein24%27%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat10%11%
Carbohydrate~45%~50%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.8%4.2%
Ash6.9%7.7%
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.

Energy328 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 27

The kind of meat scored best (8.4 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.2 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    9.5 / 45
    • Meat on the label8.4 / 35

      24% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1.1 / 10

      Protein is 26.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    3.2 / 20

    About 50.3% 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 669th of 1,171 dry foods. 30 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 50% to 32% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.

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

Nothing flagged in 30 ingredients. 2 are not in our ingredient database yet.

30 ingredients with nothing flagged

Apples, beet pulp, biotin (vitamin H/B7), blackcurrant, carrot, choline chloride, fish oil, folic acid (folate), hemp seed oil, nettle, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), peas, potato, pumpkin, seaweed, tocopherols (vitamin E), venison, 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, iodine, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

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

Sources for these ingredients
2 not in our ingredient database yet

Beet, peat

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 12kg · £105.49 down 4% since 10 AugEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£105.49£4.40/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK12kg · £53.59 down 4% since 10 Aug12kg£53.59£4.47/kgVisit
Zooplus UK5kg · £24.89 down 4% since 10 Aug5kg£24.89£4.98/kgVisit

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

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK12kg£53.59£4.47/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK5kg£24.89£4.98/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£105.49£4.40/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK12kg£53.29£4.44/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK5kg£24.89£4.98/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£104.99£4.37/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK12kg£55.59£4.63/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK5kg£25.99£5.20/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 12kg£109.49£4.56/kg

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Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

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Carbs
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Carbs
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Carbs
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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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