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DryCompleteSeniorContains grain
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 4% meat
- About 53% carbs (dry weight)
- Some meat not named by animal
First ingredients: Cereals (wholegrains 52%), meat and animal derivatives (20%of which 4% chicken), derivatives of vegetable origin… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 4%
- Protein, dry weight
- 27%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~53%
- kcal/100 g
- 339
Ingredients
Listed first: Cereals. 4% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 4%
- Plants 53%
- Other 0.2%
- No amount given 42.8%
Cereals (wholegrains 52%), meat and animal derivatives (20%of which 4% chicken), derivatives of vegetable origin, vegetable protein extracts, oils and fats, glycerol, vegetables* ** (1% dried spinach, 0.3% dried pea and 0.3% dried carrot), minerals, spirulina* (0.2%). ** equivalent to 4% rehydrated vegetables, *natural ingredients
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
From the maker’s website, checked 27 Sep 2026.
Additives
IU/kg: Vitamin A: 22000; Vitamin D3: 1200; Vitamin E: 100 mg/kg: Iron (II) sulphate monohydrate: (Fe: 91); Calcium iodate anhydrous: (I: 2.2); Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate: (Cu: 10); Manganous sulphate monohydrate: (Mn: 6.9); Zinc sulphate monohydrate: (Zn: 130); Sodium selenite: (Se: 0.22)
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Cereals”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Cereals (wholegrains 52%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 52% |
| meat and animal derivatives (20%of which 4% chicken) | Named meat | 4% |
| derivatives of vegetable origin | A group name, not one ingredient | Not given |
| vegetable protein extracts | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| oils and fats | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| glycerol | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| vegetables* ** (1% dried spinach, 0.3% dried pea and 0.3% d… | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| spirulina* (0.2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.2% |
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Nutrition
Protein 27% and carbs about 53%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 24% | 27% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 8% | 8.9% |
| Carbohydrate | ~48% | ~53% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.3% |
| 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.
Energy339 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 13
How it’s made scored best (6 of 20). Meat scored lowest (2.5 of 45).
How much meat?
2.5 / 45 points- Meat on the label1.4 / 35 points
4% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.1 / 10 points
Protein is 26.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
2.2 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 53.3% 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?
2.4 / 15 points- How the meat is listed2.4 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as an unnamed category and fresh, which earns 20% 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 Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 53% to 33% by dry weight, and protein is about 35%.
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
2 noted: meat and animal derivatives, and derivatives of vegetable origin.
- 2 noted
- 16 nothing flagged
- Meat and animal derivativesCounted in “What kind of meat?”Feed material (declared category)
An unnamed category: the label doesn’t say which animal or plant parts are used. It costs points under “What kind of meat?” rather than as a deduction.
- Derivatives of vegetable originNoted, no points takenFeed material (declared category)
An unnamed category: the label doesn’t say which plant parts are used.
16 ingredients with nothing flagged
Cereals, glycerol, minerals, oils and fats, spirulina, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, vegetables
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: copper, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
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)Cereals, glycerol, spirulina, vegetable protein extracts, vegetables, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Cereals, glycerol, minerals, oils and fats, spirulina, vegetable protein extracts, vegetables
- 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 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 Home2.85kg · £8.39 up 11% since 10 Aug | 2.85kg | £8.39 | £2.94/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 | 2.85kg | £8.39 | £2.94/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.85kg | £7.50 | £2.63/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.85kg | £7.55 | £2.65/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
4 dry foods score 22 to 25 points higher and cost up to 24% more.
- Meat
- 30% this food 4%
- To feed
- 24% more per 1,000 kcal
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- Meat
- 41% this food 4%
- Carbs
- about 46% this food about 53%
- To feed
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+24 pointsCompare
- Meat
- 45% this food 4%
- Carbs
- about 49% this food about 53%
- To feed
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+24 pointsCompare
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- 41% this food 4%
- Carbs
- about 47% this food about 53%
- To feed
- 2% more per 1,000 kcal
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Taken from the maker’s page, checked 27 Sep 2026.
From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 27 Sep 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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