

1 price from Pets at Home
Good points
- Fresh meat, named by animal
Worth knowing
- Sodium tripolyphosphate: −5 points
- Carrageenan: −5 points
First ingredients: Chicken (46%), Brown Rice (7%), Minerals, Beet Pulp, Brewers Yeast… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 46%
- Protein, dry weight
- 36%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~31%
- kcal/100 g
- 94
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken. 46% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 46%
- Grain 7%
- Other 0.1%
- No amount given 46.9%
Chicken (46%), Brown Rice (7%), Minerals, Beet Pulp, Brewers Yeast, Fish Oil, Whole Dried Egg, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharide) (0.040%), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) (0.028%), Glucosamine (0.013%), Chondroitin (0.005%), Yucca Extract (0.005%), Cranberry Extract (0.002%), Green Tea Extract (0.001%), Pomegranate Extract (0.001%)
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamins: Vitamin A: 6,000IU, Vitamin D3: 300IU, Vitamin E: 100mg; Trace Elements: Zinc: 16.05mg, Copper: 2mg, Manganese: 1.95mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate Anhydrous): 0.32mg, Selenium: 0.04mg Carrageenan, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Carbonate, Guar Gum
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken (46%) | Named meat | 46% |
| Brown Rice (7%) | Grain | 7% |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Beet Pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Brewers Yeast | Other | Not given |
| Fish Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Whole Dried Egg | Other | Not given |
| Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructooligos… | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.04% |
| Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoli… | Other | 0.028% |
| Glucosamine (0.013%) | Other | 0.013% |
| Chondroitin (0.005%) | Other | 0.005% |
| Yucca Extract (0.005%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.005% |
| Cranberry Extract (0.002%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.002% |
| Green Tea Extract (0.001%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.001% |
| Pomegranate Extract (0.001%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.001% |
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Nutrition
Protein 36% and carbs about 31%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 8% | 36% |
| below the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 5% | 23% |
| Carbohydrate | ~6.8% | ~31% |
| above the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| Ash | 2% | 9.1% |
| Moisture | 78% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the wet foods we rate.
Why it scores 38
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (8 of 20).
How much meat?
18.8 / 45 points- Meat on the label16.1 / 35 points
46% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.7 / 10 points
Protein is 36.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
9.7 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 30.9% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
8 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cooked in the tin, tray or pouch: 8 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.
Points lost for ingredients: Sodium tripolyphosphate (−5), Carrageenan (−5). Together they cost 10 points.
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
Against other wet 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 →Ingredient notes
2 ingredients cost 10 points: carrageenan and sodium tripolyphosphate. 1 more noted.
- 2 cost points
- 1 noted
- 24 nothing flagged
- CarrageenanCosts 5 points
Why it costs points
A thickener (E407). EU assessors found food-grade carrageenan safe for dogs at normal levels; the cancer concern you may read about relates to a different, degraded form that isn't used in food.
- Sodium tripolyphosphateCosts 5 pointsPhosphate salt
Why it costs points and sources
An added phosphate. In dog trials, easily absorbed phosphates raised hormone levels linked to kidney strain; the trials used high doses and long-term harm isn't shown.
- 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.
24 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beet pulp, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, cranberries, egg, fish oil, glucosamine, green tea extract, guar gum, minerals, pomegranate extract, potassium carbonate, potassium chloride, rice, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, 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
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Chicory root extract, chondroitin, cranberries, glucosamine, green tea extract, pomegranate extract, potassium chloride, yeast, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Beet pulp, chicken, chicory root extract, cranberries, egg, fish oil, green tea extract, minerals, pomegranate extract, potassium chloride, 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
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- EFSA 2018 opinion on green tea catechins (PMC7009618)Green tea extract
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC13063795)Cranberries
- EFSA FEEDAP 2026 (PMC13418618)Guar gum
- 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
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Guar gum
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Potassium carbonate
- 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
Sold in multipacks. Prices are for the whole pack.
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home6 x 395g · £12.99 up 11% since 10 Aug | 6 x 395g | £12.99 | £5.48/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 | 6 x 395g | £12.99 | £5.48/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 6 x 395g | £11.69 | £4.93/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 6 x 395g | £11.69 | £4.93/kg |
Your dog
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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