Best Raw Dog Food in Australia
Independent reviews of frozen BARF, air-dried and freeze-dried raw diets — ranked on ingredients, sourcing, completeness and real cost per day. Always transition with your vet.
How we review raw dog food
We compare raw diets on ingredient quality and sourcing, whether they're complete or a base you balance yourself, real value per feed, and how easy they are to store and feed safely. Every brand goes through the same model — and no one can pay to move a score.
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Ingredient Quality
Named muscle meat, organ and bone, minimal fillers.
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Sourcing & Transparency
Where the meat comes from and how it's farmed.
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Completeness & Balance
A complete diet, or a base you must balance yourself.
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Value per day
Real cost per feed once rehydrated or thawed.
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Convenience & Safety
Storage, handling and how easy it is to feed safely.
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Frozen, air-dried or freeze-dried — judged the same way. No pay-to-play. No sponsored ranks.
The raw diets we'd feed.
Frontier Pets
Australian air-dried raw made from free-range, regeneratively farmed meat. The ingredients, ethics and transparency are about as good as it gets, and it is a complete diet that sits in the pantry rather than the freezer. The catch is the price per kg, which is steep, and availability that is mostly direct from the brand.
Big Dog
An Australian raw pioneer with high named-meat patties and a genuinely complete BARF formulation. The ingredients are a real strength, but a raw diet means freezer space, careful handling, a higher cost per day, and a vet chat for some dogs. Excellent of its type, if it suits your setup.
Proudi
Australian frozen raw with single-protein, vet-formulated complete meals and clean, honest ingredient panels. The food is genuinely strong, but it asks more of you: freezer space, frozen handling and a higher cost per day. Availability is narrower than supermarket dry food too.
Compare raw & raw-adjacent diets.
The complete raw diets plus the best air-dried picks from our main index, so you can weigh freshness against convenience and cost.
Scores are set by our independent review board against our published 100-point method. Prices are a guide and can change. Raw feeding is a personal decision — this is an independent comparison resource, not veterinary advice.
One thing worth knowing
Air-dried and freeze-dried raw look pricey per kg, but you feed less of them once rehydrated. Work out the cost per feed, not per bag, before you rule them out.
How we score brandsFrequently asked questions
It depends on the dog and the household. A well-formulated raw diet is minimally processed and high in named meat, which many owners feel suits their dog. Kibble is cheaper, shelf-stable and easier to feed. Neither is automatically 'better' — the right choice comes down to your dog, your budget and how much handling you're comfortable with. Talk to your vet before switching, especially for puppies, seniors or dogs with health conditions.
Raw feeding is a personal decision with real practicalities. Fresh raw needs careful cold storage and clean handling, while air-dried and freeze-dried raw are shelf-stable and simpler to manage. Whichever you choose, follow the brand's storage and handling guidance, wash hands and surfaces, and get your vet's input — particularly for households with very young children, elderly or immune-compromised members.
Frozen raw (BARF) is fresh raw food kept in the freezer and thawed to feed — think Big Dog. Air-dried raw gently removes moisture for a shelf-stable, jerky-like food you can keep in the pantry, like Frontier Pets. Freeze-dried raw does the same with freezing and is usually rehydrated. Air-dried and freeze-dried trade some of frozen raw's freshness for a lot more convenience.
Some are, some aren't — and it matters. A 'complete' raw diet is formulated to meet a recognised standard on its own; a 'complementary' or BARF base may need you to add ingredients to balance it. Always check the pack, and if you're formulating meals yourself, do it with vet or veterinary-nutritionist guidance so your dog isn't short on anything.
Slowly. Most owners introduce raw over one to two weeks, mixing a little into the current food and increasing the proportion as the dog settles. Some dogs do better transitioning onto a gentler air-dried raw first. If you see ongoing tummy upset, ease back and check in with your vet.
Raw diets run through the same independent 100-point framework as the rest of our index, weighted for what matters with raw: ingredient quality, sourcing and transparency, completeness and balance, value per day and convenience and safety. Scores are set by our independent review board and can't be bought. This is an independent comparison resource, not veterinary advice.