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Natures Menu · freeze-dried

Natures Menu Raw Freeze Dried Toppers review

About as good as freeze-dried food gets. 80% declared meat content leads the label, and the label tells you exactly what is inside. The breakdown below shows exactly where every point went.

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ODF Score 90/100 Exceptional
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Top 5%scores higher than 96% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Exceptionalscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
80%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 19 ingredients (declared percentages used for 7, position estimates for the rest).
35.8 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 93% of the recipe (+5.6); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
14.6 / 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 80%.
15 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 10% dry matter (low); fat 34.0% DM is high (obesity/pancreatitis watch) (-2.0); fibre 6.4% DM (+1.1); ash 8.5% DM - sensible mineral load (+1.7); functional extras: omega-3 source, named botanicals (+2).
6.7 / 10
Processing
Freeze-dried - gentle preservation, though freeze-drying alone does not kill bacteria, so handle as raw.
8 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
90 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 90 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 35.8 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15.

The label declares 80% meat, which is unusually specific - most brands never print a figure at all, and the ingredient list names things individually rather than hiding them in catch-all categories.

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 80%

Fruit & veg

Apples 6%Buttemut Squash 4.4%Pea FibreSweet Potato 1%Dried Carrot 0.6%Cranberries 0.5%Blackberries 0.5%Kale

Oils & fats

Coconut Oil

Supplements & extras

MineralsFlaxseedChicory RootPeppermintGreen TeaYuccaRosemaryParsleyDandelion Root
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Vitamin a 3133 IU, Vitamin E 44mg, Iron II Sulphate Monohydrate 63mg, Calcium Iodate Anhydrous 3.13mg, Copper II Sulphate Pentahydrate 22.6mg, Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate 157mg, Selenised Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Cncm I 3060 Inactivated 27mg.

Nutrition

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

Protein

41.5 % DM
Directory average: 43.3

Fat

34 % DM
Directory average: 34.6

Est. carbs

9.6 % DM
Directory average: 10.3

Fibre

6.4 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

8.5 % DM
Directory average: 8.3

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

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