

3 prices from ZIWI
Good points
- 83% meat
- Low starch, about 14% carbs
- Air-dried, not extruded
First ingredients: 83% Beef and Beef Organs (including Beef, Lung, Tripe, Liver, Heart, Plasma, Spleen, Bone, Cartilage)… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 83%
- Protein, dry weight
- 42%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~14%
- kcal/100 g
- 440
Ingredients
Listed first: Beef and Beef Organs. 83% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 83%
- Plants 1.7%
- Other 2%
- No amount given 13.3%
83% Beef and Beef Organs (including Beef, Lung, Tripe, Liver, Heart, Plasma, Spleen, Bone, Cartilage), Pumpkin (1.7% Fresh Pumpkin, 1.3% Dried Pumpkin (equivalent to 13.2% Fresh Pumpkin)), Lecithin, 2% Beef Fat, Dried Green Peas, Dried Green Lentils, Dried Apple Pomace, Dried Quinoa, Fish Oil, Rutabaga, Carrot, Beets, Minerals, Dried Chicory Root, Dried Kelp
Meat named animal protein
From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.
Additives
per kg: Vitamin D3 880 IU, Zinc (as Zinc Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 65 mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 3.5 mg, Iron (as Iron (II) Chelate of Glycine Hydrate) 35 mg, Manganese (as Manganese Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 4.3 mg, Selenium (as Selenised yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3060) 0.1 mg; Technological Additives: Antioxidants (tocopherol extracts of vegetable oils).
How we read this label
First ingredient: “83% Beef and Beef Organs”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| 83% Beef and Beef Organs (including Beef, Lung, Tripe, Live… | Named meat | 83% |
| Pumpkin (1.7% Fresh Pumpkin, 1.3% Dried Pumpkin (equivalent… | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1.7% |
| Lecithin | Other | Not given |
| 2% Beef Fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 2% |
| Dried Green Peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Green Lentils | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Apple Pomace | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Quinoa | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Fish Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Rutabaga | Other | Not given |
| Carrot | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Beets | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Dried Chicory Root | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Kelp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Nutritional Additives ( | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 42% and carbs about 14%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 38% | 42% |
| within the usual 40 to 49% for freeze-dried and air-dried foods | ||
| Fat | 30% | 33% |
| Carbohydrate | ~13% | ~14% |
| within the usual 7 to 14% for freeze-dried and air-dried foods | ||
| Fibre | 1% | 1.1% |
| Ash | 9% | 9.9% |
| Moisture | 9% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the freeze-dried and air-dried foods we rate.
Why it scores 77
The kind of meat scored best (15 of 15). Meat scored lowest (32.7 of 45).
How much meat?
32.7 / 45 points- Meat on the label29.1 / 35 points
83% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level3.6 / 10 points
Protein is 41.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
15.2 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 14.3% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
15 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Air-dried: 15 of 20.
What kind of meat?
15 / 15 points- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, which earns 100% 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.
Against other freeze-dried and air-dried foods
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 20 ingredients. 1 is not in our ingredient database yet.
20 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, antioxidants, apples, beef, beetroot, carrot, chicory root extract, fish oil, lentils, minerals, peas, pumpkin, quinoa, swede
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
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)Animal fats, antioxidants, apples, beef, beetroot, carrot, chicory root extract, fish oil, lentils, minerals, peas, pumpkin, quinoa, swede
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, apples, beetroot, chicory root extract, lentils, pumpkin, quinoa, swede, manganese, selenium, zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Lecithin
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: ZIWI. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | ZIWI | 1.5kg | £47.99 | £31.99/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | ZIWI | 3.2kg | £89.99 | £28.12/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | ZIWI | 800g | £25.99 (out of stock) | £32.49/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | ZIWI | 1.5kg | £47.99 | £31.99/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | ZIWI | 3.2kg | £89.99 | £28.12/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | ZIWI | 800g | £25.99 | £32.49/kg |
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Sources
Taken from the maker’s page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 28 Sep 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: ZIWI (the maker).
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