I was recently asked to try and review some meat and poultry of my choice from Swaledale online butchers.
Being a lover of a good steak and a traditional Sunday roast, I ordered a mixture of products.

Swaledale online butchers is a strictly whole-carcass butcher with a total dedication to supplying exceptional native rare breed meat. Traditionally farmed, fresh and never frozen, free range, grass-fed and farmed on Yorkshire Dales.
Free Range Meat Delivered to your Door - The Delivery
Orders are prepared and shipped the next working day via DPD. My order was shipped overnight and arrived early the next day.;
Everything was very well packed in a double-walled cardboard box with Sealed Air® Brand TempGuard™ that is 100% recyclable and developed for shipping meats and temperature-sensitive goods.
The product’s thermal insulation is constructed from heavy-duty kraft paper containing a uniform inner padding, which provides superior insulating properties.


My Order
- Free range Chicken Crown - herb-fed
- 6 Cumberland Sausages - heritage breed pork
- Dry-cured Smoked Streaky Bacon - extra thin sliced
- Minced Beef - made from selected cuts from grass-fed, native breed cattle
- Topside of Beef - dry-aged, from heritage breeds
- 2x Flat Iron Steaks - from traditional breeds of cattle and dry-aged on the carcass for maximum flavour
- 2 x Fillet Mignon - prepared from heritage breed grass-fed cattle
- 2 x Ribeye Steaks - from native breed, grass-fed cattle

If like me, you're used to buying minced beef that's only 5% fat, you may well wonder if the minced beef was okay - well it honestly was so good. I used it to make cottage pie and we both said it was much tastier than usual.
Swaledale online butchers native breed beef mince is made using selected cuts of grass-fed beef - coarsely ground chuck, rib cap, flank and short-rib combined for the best flavour possible.
Fresh and Never Frozen
This means you can freeze your order for later use. I didn't want to freeze any of our order but I had to as there was simply too much for just the two of us to get through!
I have to tell you, seriously, this was the tastiest and most tender bit of beef we've had in ages. It weighed 1.4kg and so I cut this in half and cooked one half and froze the other. You can of course order a smaller or bigger joint, it's up to you.

Value for Money
Verdict
I know I was sent this order to review, but I can honestly say I will personally order from Swaledale again, as soon as we've got through this lot!
I was totally impressed with the packaging and delivery and the quality of the products are top class.
As I write we haven't tried every product (there are only 2 of us) but I can't wait to try the chicken, so I'll come back and update this post when we have.
Yesterday I cooked some of the smoked streaky bacon. When I opened the packet, you could really smell the smokiness.
Because bacon from Swaledale is dry-cured, there's none of that horrid water you get when cooking some supermarket bacon which means it boils before going crispy.
Dry-cured bacon results in seriously tasty, full-on flavour, deliciously crispy bacon.😋
I'm also looking forward to the other steaks as so far we've only had the Flat iron steak, it was so tender and full of flavour.
I absolutely recommend Swaledale to anyone that is looking for quality free range meats and poultry, oh and by the way, they also sell meat boxes - perfect for the BBQ.
Many thanks to Swaledale Online Butchers for this opportunity.
You can also find Swaledale on FaceBook (Swaledale Butchers), Instagram (Swaledale Butchers and Twitter (Swaledale Foods).
Disclosure: I was sent the above products for the purpose of this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I was not required to write anything positive.
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