Tucker’s Raw Frozen Dog Food Review

With an average score of 8.9/10, Tucker’s Raw Frozen dog food is considered a low risk food. It has average protein of 45% and average carbohydrates of 11%. The food has low average carbohydrates, however, 2 recipes are higher than we expect to see in a raw food so points were lost. This is more of a concern with foods that are high in starch, but 19% and 21% are fairly high carbohydrates for a raw diet.  

The only other loss of points is due to the addition of vitamins and minerals. Tucker’s states they used science to determine that dogs do not need fruit or vegetable carbohydrates in their diets so their recipes have been formulated without produce, other than pumpkin.  But that requires the addition of synthetic vitamins and minerals to balance the foods to AAFCO standards. It’s always preferable to obtain nutrients from whole food ingredients.

On the safety side, all of these recipes score 10/10 for ingredient safety which is certainly noteworthy. They are minimally processed foods so they haven’t been heat-processed so nutrients aren’t lost through processing. These foods are formulated with very limited produce so that means there aren’t any high pesticide/herbicide or GMO ingredients.

The salmon used in these recipes is wild caught from the US. Wild caught fish is more nutritious and has a better fatty acid profile than farmed fish.

Tucker’s doesn’t provide the omega-6:omega-3 ratio in their foods. They are certainly not the only brand omitting this information, but it’s our hope that more brands will pay more attention to these fats since omega-6 fats are inflammatory and AAFCO allows a very high ratio of 30:1.