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DryCompleteSeniorGrain-freeFish oil
Good points
- 56% meat
- No ingredient deductions
- Includes organ meat
Worth knowing
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Fresh chicken (19%), chicken meal (18%), whole red lentils, whole green peas, turkey meal (6%)… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 56%
- Protein, dry weight
- 38%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~32%
- kcal/100 g
- 332
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh chicken. 56% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 56%
- Other 9%
- No amount given 35%
Fresh chicken (19%), chicken meal (18%), whole red lentils, whole green peas, turkey meal (6%), whole chickpeas, fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (5%), lentil fibre, fresh eggs (4%), raw hake (4%), fish oil (4%), herring meal (3%), whole green lentils, whole yellow peas, pea starch, chicken fat (1%), raw turkey livers (1%), dried kelp, fresh whole pumpkin, fresh whole butternut squash, fresh whole carrots, fresh whole apples, fresh whole pears, fresh whole zucchini, dried chicory root, fresh kale, fresh spinach, fresh turnip greens, fresh beet greens, whole cranberries, whole blueberries, whole saskatoon berries, turmeric, milk thistle, burdock root, lavender, marshmallow root, rosehips
Meat named animal protein
Additives
3a890 Choline chloride (choline): 700 mg, 3b612 (Zinc: 75 mg), 3b407 (Copper: 5.5 mg), 3a821 Vitamin B1: 100mg, 3a825i Vitamin B2: 20mg, 3a314 Niacin: 200 mg, 3a841 Calcium-D-pantothenate: 60mg, 3a831 Vitamin B6: 35mg, 3a316 Folic Acid: 7mg, 3a835 Vitamin B12: 0.2 mg, 3a672a Vitamin A: 7500 IU, 3a671 Vitamin D3: 1000 IU, 3a700 Vitamin E: 475 IU, 3a300 Ascorbic Acid: 0.15 mg. Zootechnical additives: 4b1707 Enterococcus faecium DSM 10663/NCIMB 10415: 1 x 109 CFU. Rosemary extract: 80mg. 1b306(i) Tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils: 121mg, 1a330 citric acid: 40mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Fresh chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh chicken (19%) | Named meat | 19% |
| chicken meal (18%) | Named meat | 18% |
| whole red lentils | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| whole green peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| turkey meal (6%) | Named meat | 6% |
| whole chickpeas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (5%) | Named meat | 5% |
| lentil fibre | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fresh eggs (4%) | Other | 4% |
| raw hake (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| fish oil (4%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 4% |
| herring meal (3%) | Named meat | 3% |
| whole green lentils | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| whole yellow peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| pea starch | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| chicken fat (1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 1% |
| raw turkey livers (1%) | Named meat | 1% |
| dried kelp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fresh whole pumpkin | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fresh whole butternut squash | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 38% and carbs about 32%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 33% | 38% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 14% | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | ~28% | ~32% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 6% | 6.8% |
| Ash | 7% | 8% |
| Moisture | 12% | 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.
Energy332 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 49
The kind of meat scored best (12.1 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).
How much meat?
22.5 / 45 points- Meat on the label19.6 / 35 points
56% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.9 / 10 points
Protein is 37.5% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
9.4 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 31.8% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.
What kind of meat?
12.1 / 15 points- How the meat is listed9.1 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 76% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat3 / 3 points
Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is named.
No ingredient deductions.
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
Against other dry foods
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 Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 32% to 21% 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.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
Nothing flagged in 45 ingredients. 2 are not in our ingredient database yet.
45 ingredients with nothing flagged
Apples, beetroot, blueberries, burdock root, carrot, chicken, chickpeas, chicory root extract, choline chloride, citric acid (E330), courgette, cranberries, egg, fish, fish oil, folic acid (folate), kale, lavender, lentil fibre, lentils, marshmallow root, milk thistle, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pear, peas, poultry fat, probiotic cultures, pumpkin, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), turkey, turmeric, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Apples, beetroot, blueberries, burdock root, chickpeas, chicory root extract, choline chloride, citric acid (E330), courgette, cranberries, fish, folic acid (folate), kale, lavender, lentil fibre, lentils, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pear, poultry fat, probiotic cultures, pumpkin, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, turmeric, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Apples, beetroot, blueberries, burdock root, carrot, chicken, chickpeas, chicory root extract, citric acid (E330), courgette, cranberries, egg, fish, fish oil, kale, lavender, lentil fibre, lentils, pear, peas, poultry fat, pumpkin, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, turkey, turmeric
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- EFSA 2020 (PMC7448085)Turmeric
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC13063795)Cranberries
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Marshmallow root
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Milk thistle
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Starch
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
- Use of Milk Thistle in Farm and Companion Animals (PMC11961297)Milk thistle
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Fresh turnip greens, whole saskatoon berries
Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 11.4kg | £75.29 | £6.60/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £20.49 | £10.24/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 11.4kg | £67.76 | £5.94/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £18.44 | £9.22/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 11.4kg | £67.76 | £5.94/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £18.44 | £9.22/kg |
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Matches the maker’s own page.
Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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