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Barkin Bistro · raw

Barkin Bistro Surf & Turf Raw review

A genuinely strong raw food. 45% declared meat content is respectable, and the label tells you exactly what is inside. Feeding it costs about £1.39 a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 89/100 Very good
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Top 7%scores higher than 93% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Very goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£1.39 approx.per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 83% of raw foods
45%declared meat content
United Kingdombrand origin

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 90/100 across 11 ingredients (declared percentages used for 5, position estimates for the rest).
36.2 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 90% of the recipe (+5.4); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
14.4 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 90% (added up from every named meat on the label).
15 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 8% dry matter (low); fat 39.8% DM is high (obesity/pancreatitis watch) (-2.0); fibre 0.5% DM (+0.1); ash 8.2% DM - sensible mineral load (+1.9); functional extras: named botanicals (+1).
5 / 10
Processing
Raw - minimal processing, but no heat kill step, so store and handle it with normal raw-meat hygiene.
8 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
89 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 89 down: the biggest single loss is nutritional balance, where it takes 5 of a possible 10. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15.

The label declares 45% meat, which is a real number, which already puts it ahead of the many that print none, and the ingredient list names things individually rather than hiding them in catch-all categories.

At about £1.39 a day to feed a 10kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it broadly does.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

Chicken with Bone 45%Beef Heart 20%Mackerel 15%Beef Liver 5%Beef Kidney 5%

Fruit & veg

AppleBroccoliCarrotCabbageSweet Potato

Supplements & extras

Turmeric
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
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Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
1 kg£4.96£4.96

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 281 g a day = £1.39 / day, £42.26 / month.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 10 kg dog works out near 534 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 190 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £4.96 / kg, for the daily cost, then by 30.4 days for the month.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

43.1 % DM
Directory average: 51.9

Fat

39.8 % DM
Directory average: 36.5

Est. carbs

8.4 % DM
Directory average: 5.6

Fibre

0.5 % DM
Directory average: 3.5

Ash

8.2 % DM
Directory average: 8.6

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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