AATU 85/15 Grain Free Puppy Dry Food

DryCompletePuppyGrain-free

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 10 Aug 2026

85% meat
One animal protein: fish
No ingredient deductions

First ingredients: Salmon (85%), Dehydrated Salmon (40%), Salmon Stock (1%), Sweet Potato, Chickpeas… All ingredients

Meat: 85%
Protein, dry weight: 38%
Carbs, dry weight: ~30%
kcal/100 g: 374

Ingredients

Listed first: Salmon. 85% of the recipe is declared meat.

Salmon (85%), Dehydrated Salmon (40%), Salmon Stock (1%), Sweet Potato, Chickpeas, Peas, Lucerne, Minerals, Vitamins, Prebiotic FOS, Tapioca, Apple, Cranberry, Pear, Blueberry, Mulberry, Orange, Bilberry, Cowberry, Carrot, Tomato, Chicory, Peppermint, Parsley, Cinnamon, Marigold, Stinging Nettle, Chamomile, Rosehip, Yucca, Spirulina, Seaweed, Aniseed, Fenugreek, Oregano, Sage, Marjoram, Thyme. No added synthetic

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Meat named animal protein

Additives

L-Carnitine, Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Ferrous Sulphate Monohydrate, Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate, Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate, Cupric Sulphate Pentahydrate, Calcium Iodate Anhydrous, Sodium Selenite

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Salmon”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the label	We read it as	Share on the label
Salmon (85%)	Named meat	85%
Dehydrated Salmon (40%)	Named meat	Part of the item above
Salmon Stock (1%)	Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient	1%
Sweet Potato	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
Chickpeas	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
Peas	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
Lucerne	Other	Not given
Minerals	Other	Not given
Vitamins	Other	Not given
Prebiotic FOS	Other	Not given
Tapioca	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
Apple	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
Cranberry	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
Pear	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
Blueberry	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
Mulberry	Other	Not given
Orange	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given
Bilberry	Other	Not given
Cowberry	Other	Not given
Carrot	Vegetable, fruit or plant	Not given

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Nutrition

Protein 38% and carbs about 30%, with the water taken out.

Make-upwater is 8%, left out

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
Nutrient	As sold	Dry weight
Protein	35%	38%
above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat	18%	20%
Carbohydrate	~28%	~30%
below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre	2.5%	2.7%
Ash	8.5%	9.2%
Moisture	8%	taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy374 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 60

The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (6 of 20).

How much meat?
32.8 / 45 points
- Meat on the label29.8 / 35 points
  85% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level3 / 10 points
  Protein is 38% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
9.9 / 20 points
Estimated carbohydrate: About 30.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
6 / 20 points
How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.
What kind of meat?
12 / 15 points
- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
  The label lists the meat as fresh, which earns 100% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat0 / 3 points
  No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

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Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Top 2% of dry foods. 4 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 30% to 17% by dry weight, and protein is about 41%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

6 noted, none cost points: chamomile, marjoram, mint and 3 more. 38 flagged nothing.

6 noted
38 nothing flagged
3 not in our ingredient database yet

ChamomileNoted, no points taken
Botanical / flavouring
Plant extras like this are usually added in tiny amounts, so points are taken only when the label declares 1% or more.
Why it’s noted and sources
The ASPCA lists chamomile as toxic to dogs, with stomach upset and allergic reactions, and warns that long-term use can cause bleeding problems. The amounts in dog food are small; we flag it as a caution.
Sources
- ASPCA Animal Poison Control
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)
MarjoramNoted, no points taken
Botanical / flavouring
Why it’s noted and sources
Can upset a dog's stomach in larger amounts; at the small amounts used as a flavouring, EU assessors found it very unlikely to cause harm.
Sources
- ASPCA Animal Poison Control
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC12699198)
MintNoted, no points taken
Feed material (herb)
Why it’s noted and sources
Mint can upset a dog's stomach if eaten in large amounts; at the small amounts used in food, EU assessors found it safe.
Sources
OreganoNoted, no points taken
Feed material (herb)
Why it’s noted and sources
Can mildly upset a dog's stomach in larger amounts; used in small amounts as a flavouring.
Sources
ParsleyNoted, no points taken
Feed material (vegetable)
Why it’s noted and sources
Only large amounts cause problems (sun sensitivity); the small amounts used in food aren't a concern.
Sources
Yucca extractNoted, no points taken
Feed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
Sources

38 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, aniseed, apples, blueberries, broth (meat stock), carrot, chickpeas, chicory root extract, cinnamon, citrus pulp, cranberries, fenugreek, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), l-carnitine, marigold meal, minerals, nettle, pear, peas, rosehips, sage, salmon, seaweed, spirulina, sweet potato, tapioca, thyme, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato, vitamins

We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients