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Arden Grange Large Breed Puppy/Junior Dry Dog Food with Chicken & Rice
DryCompletePuppyContains grain
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Includes digest or flavouring
First ingredients: Chicken (chicken meat meal 30%, fresh chicken 5%), rice (19%), maize, refined chicken oil, beet pulp… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 35%
- Protein, dry weight
- 29%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~43%
- kcal/100 g
- 388
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken. 35% of the recipe is declared meat.
Chicken (chicken meat meal 30%, fresh chicken 5%), rice (19%), maize, refined chicken oil, beet pulp, chicken digest, krill, minerals, yeast, whole dried egg, whole linseed. prebiotic FOS, prebiotic MOS, glucosamine (370 mg/ kg), MSM (370mg/kg), chondroitin (260mg/kg), yucca extract, cranberries, nucleotides
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Nutritional Additives: Not Stated; Vitamin: Vitamin A 21,000 IU, Vitamin D3 1,575 IU, Vitamin E 280 IU; Trace Elements: Zinc (as zinc chelate of amino acid hydrate) 105mg, Copper (as copper (II) chelate of amino acid hydrate) 9.3mg, Manganese (as manganese chelate of amino acid hydrate) 7mg, Iodine (as calcium iodate anhydrous) 1.5mg
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken (chicken meat meal 30%, fresh chicken 5%) | Named meat | 35% |
| rice (19%) | Grain | 19% |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| refined chicken oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| chicken digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| krill | Named meat | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| yeast | Other | Not given |
| whole dried egg | Other | Not given |
| whole linseed. prebiotic FOS | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| prebiotic MOS | Other | Not given |
| glucosamine (370 mg/ kg) | Other | Not given |
| MSM (370mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| chondroitin (260mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| yucca extract | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| cranberries | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| nucleotides | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 29% and carbs about 43%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 26% | 29% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~39% | ~43% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 7% | 7.8% |
| Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed | 10% | 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.
Energy388 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 32
The kind of meat scored best (8 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).
How much meat?
13.8 / 45 points- Meat on the label12.3 / 35 points
35% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.5 / 10 points
Protein is 28.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
5.7 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 42.8% 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 digest or flavouring.
What kind of meat?
8 / 15 points- How the meat is listed8 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal and fresh, which earns 66% 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.
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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 43% to 23% by dry weight, and protein is about 36%.
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
1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 25 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 25 nothing flagged
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed 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.
25 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beet pulp, chicken, chondroitin, cranberries, digest (rendered meat digest), egg, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, krill, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), nucleotides, poultry fat, rice, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, manganese, 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)Chondroitin, cranberries, digest (rendered meat digest), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, krill, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), nucleotides, poultry fat, yeast, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Beet pulp, chicken, cranberries, digest (rendered meat digest), egg, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), krill, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, poultry fat, rice, yeast
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC13063795)Cranberries
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
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 | 12kg | £47.69 | £3.97/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £12.99 | £6.50/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £42.92 | £3.58/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £11.69 | £5.84/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £42.92 | £3.58/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £11.69 | £5.84/kg |
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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