

1 price from Pets at Home
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
First ingredients: Chicken 43.7% (Chicken Meal (24.2%), Chicken (17.0%)), Brown Rice (17.0%), Maize (13.8%), Beet Pulp (6.8%), Flaked Oats (4.2%)… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 43.7%
- Protein, dry weight
- 32%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~37%
- kcal/100 g
- 345
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken. 43.7% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 43.7%
- Grain 38.4%
- Plants 6.8%
- Other 6.3%
- No amount given 4.8%
Chicken 43.7% (Chicken Meal (24.2%), Chicken (17.0%)), Brown Rice (17.0%), Maize (13.8%), Beet Pulp (6.8%), Flaked Oats (4.2%), Chicken Fat (3.4%), Barley (3.4%), Chicken Gravy (2.5%), Brewers Yeast, Salmon Oil, Egg, Minerals, Chicory Root Extract (a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharides (0.2%)), Potassium Chloride, Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) (0.14%), Yucca Extract (0.025%), Cranberry Extract (0.018%), Pomegranate Extract (0.009%), Green Tea Extract (0.009%)
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamin A 56,000IU, Vitamin D3 1,000IU, Vitamin E 750mg; Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 100mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate) 10mg, Manganese (as Manganese Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 25mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 1.59mg, Iron (as Iron (II) Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 60mg, Selenium (as Organic form of Selenium produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3060 (Selenised yeast inactivated) 0.2mg. Rosemary Extract Antioxidants
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken 43.7%”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken 43.7% (Chicken Meal (24.2%), Chicken (17.0%)) | Named meat | 43.7% |
| Brown Rice (17.0%) | Grain | 17% |
| Maize (13.8%) | Grain | 13.8% |
| Beet Pulp (6.8%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 6.8% |
| Flaked Oats (4.2%) | Grain | 4.2% |
| Chicken Fat (3.4%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 3.4% |
| Barley (3.4%) | Grain | 3.4% |
| Chicken Gravy (2.5%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 2.5% |
| Brewers Yeast | Other | Not given |
| Salmon Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Egg | Other | Not given |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Chicory Root Extract (a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosacc… | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.2% |
| Potassium Chloride | Other | Not given |
| Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoli… | Other | 0.1% |
| Yucca Extract (0.025%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.025% |
| Cranberry Extract (0.018%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.018% |
| Pomegranate Extract (0.009%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.009% |
| Green Tea Extract (0.009%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.009% |
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Nutrition
Protein 32% and carbs about 37%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 28.5% | 32% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 15% | 17% |
| Carbohydrate | ~33% | ~37% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.3% |
| Ash | 10% | 11% |
| 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.
Why it scores 39
The kind of meat scored best (8.5 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (6 of 20).
How much meat?
17.2 / 45 points- Meat on the label15.3 / 35 points
43.7% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.9 / 10 points
Protein is 31.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
7.6 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 37.2% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
6 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.
What kind of meat?
8.5 / 15 points- How the meat is listed8.5 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal and fresh, which earns 71% 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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 37% to 24% by dry weight, and protein is about 42%.
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. 26 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 26 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.
26 ingredients with nothing flagged
Barley, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicken, chicory root extract, cranberries, egg, green tea extract, maize (corn), minerals, oats, pomegranate extract, potassium chloride, poultry fat, rice, salmon oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: selenium
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Barley, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicken, chicory root extract, cranberries, egg, green tea extract, maize (corn), minerals, oats, pomegranate extract, potassium chloride, poultry fat, rice, salmon oil, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Barley, chicory root extract, cranberries, green tea extract, pomegranate extract, potassium chloride, poultry fat, yeast, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- 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 2018 opinion on green tea catechins (PMC7009618)Green tea extract
- 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
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home1.5kg · £10.79 up 11% since 10 Aug | 1.5kg | £10.79 | £7.19/kg | Visit |
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 | 1.5kg | £10.79 | £7.19/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 1.5kg | £9.71 | £6.47/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 1.5kg | £9.71 | £6.47/kg |
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Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Own-label food: checked against the retailer’s label.
Retailer-verified. This is the retailer’s own-label food, so there is no separate maker’s website to check it against. We publish it because the retailer’s label is complete and passes our consistency checks.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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