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Markus Mühle NaturNah Mini review

A solid, honest dry food. 28% declared meat content is respectable, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 58p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 60/100 Good
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Top 69%scores higher than 31% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.58per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 61% of dry foods
28%declared meat content
Germanybrand origin

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 61/100 across 19 ingredients (declared percentages used for 5, position estimates for the rest).
24.3 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (sea fish meal) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 22% of the recipe (+1.3); meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
3.3 / 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 28%.
10.2 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 50% dry matter (high); fat 11.4% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 3.6% DM (+2); ash 7.6% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source (+1).
5.8 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
60 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 60 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 24.3 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10.

The label declares 28% meat, which is a real number, which already puts it ahead of the many that print none, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

At about 58p 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.

Additives (as declared on the label)
Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (10500 IU), vitamin D3 (1050 IU), vitamin E [all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate] (200mg), vitamin B1 [thiamine mono-nitrate] (3.5mg), vitamin B2 [riboflavin] (7mg), vitamin B6 [pyridoxine hydrochloride] (4.2mg), vitamin B12 (42mcg), vitamin C [L-ascorbic acid] (140mg), biotine [D-(+)-biotine] (210mcg), folic acid (0.35mg), niacin (21mg), pantothenic acid [calcium-D-pantothenate] (7mg), choline chloride (1050mg), manganese [manganese-(II)-oxide] (10mg), zinc [zinc oxide] (65mg), iodine [calcium iodate] (1.6mg).

Feeding & cost

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

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
5 kg--
10 kg--

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 158 g a day = £0.58 / day, £17.63 / 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, 338 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £3.69 / 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

27.2 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

11.4 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

50.2 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

3.6 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

7.6 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Moisture isn't declared on this label - dry-matter figures assume 8% (typical for a dry food) and are marked estimated.

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

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