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Rathlin Raw · raw

Rathlin Raw Simply Raw for Puppies review

A genuinely strong raw food. 35% declared meat content is respectable, and the label tells you exactly what is inside. Feeding it costs about £2.95 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
35%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 84/100 across 8 ingredients (declared percentages used for 8, position estimates for the rest).
33.5 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 100% of the recipe (+6); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
15 / 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 89% (added up from every named meat on the label).
15 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 4% dry matter (low); fat 33.3% DM is high (obesity/pancreatitis watch) (-1.8); fibre 2.1% DM (+2); ash 6.2% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source (+1).
7.2 / 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 ingredient quality, where it takes 33.5 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15.

The label declares 35% 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 £2.95 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

Irish Beef 35%Green Beef Tripe 34%Chicken Bone 10%Kidney 5%Liver 5%

Fruit & veg

Seasonal Vegetables and Berries 10%Islander Rathlin Kelp 0.5%

Oils & fats

Salmon Oil 0.5%
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label

Nutrition

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

Protein

54.2 % DM
Directory average: 51.9

Fat

33.3 % DM
Directory average: 36.5

Est. carbs

4.2 % DM
Directory average: 5.6

Fibre

2.1 % DM
Directory average: 3.5

Ash

6.3 % DM
Directory average: 8.6

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

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This is label analysis, not veterinary advice - if your dog has a health condition, talk to your vet before switching foods.

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