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DryCompleteAdultGrain-freeFish oil
37/ 100
WeakTop 28% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

  • One animal protein: fish
  • No ingredient deductions
  • About 48% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: Salmon (50%) (incl. 26% freshly prepared scottish salmon, 20% dried salmon, 4% salmon oil), sweet potato (26%), potato, peas (10%)… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
46%
Protein, dry weight
24%
Carbs, dry weight
~48%
kcal/100 g
368

Ingredients

Listed first: Salmon. 46% of the recipe is declared meat.

Salmon (50%) (incl. 26% freshly prepared scottish salmon, 20% dried salmon, 4% salmon oil), sweet potato (26%), potato, peas (10%), lucerne, minerals, yeast products (1000mg/kg), chicory root extract (FOS 1000mg/kg), seaweed, dried carrot (500mg/kg), mixed herbs (peppermint, rosemary, oregano & thyme (500mg/kg)), beta glucans

Meat named animal protein

Additives

per kg: Vitamin A (17,000 IU), vitamin E (100mg), biotin (0.15mg), iron [as iron (II) sulphate monohydrate] (60mg), zinc [as zinc sulphate monohydrate] (50mg), manganese [as manganous sulphate monohydrate] (50mg), zinc [as zinc chelate of glycine hydrate] (15mg), copper [as copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate] (5mg), iodine [as calcium iodate anhydrous] (1.5mg).

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Salmon”. It names the animal.

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Salmon (50%) (incl. 26% freshly prepared scottish salmon, 2…Named meat50%
sweet potato (26%)Vegetable, fruit or plant26%
potatoVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
peas (10%)Vegetable, fruit or plant10%
lucerneOtherNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
yeast products (1000mg/kg)OtherNot given
chicory root extract (FOS 1000mg/kg)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
seaweedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried carrot (500mg/kg)Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
mixed herbs (peppermint, rosemary, oregano & thyme (500mg/k…Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
beta glucans.OtherNot given

4% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 24% and carbs about 48%, with the water taken out.

As soldDry weight
Protein22%24%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat16%17%
Carbohydrate~44%~48%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3%3.3%
Ash7%7.6%
Moisture8%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.

Energy368 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 37

The kind of meat scored best (10.4 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.1 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    16.7 / 45
    • Meat on the label16.1 / 35

      46% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.6 / 10

      Protein is 23.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    4.1 / 20

    About 47.8% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20

    Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    10.4 / 15
    • How the meat is listed10.4 / 12

      The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 87% 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

      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

Top 28% of dry foods. 37 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

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 48% to 30% by dry weight, and protein is about 38%.

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 21 ingredients.

21 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, beta-glucans, biotin (vitamin H/B7), carrot, chicory root extract, herbs, minerals, peas, potato, salmon, seaweed, sweet potato, thyme, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

Lowest £4.63/kg at Pets at Home, 38% below the dearest. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

ShopPackPricePer kg
Pets at Home12kg · £55.59 up 11% since 10 Aug12kg£55.59£4.63/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Pets at Home2kg · £14.89 up 11% since 10 Aug2kg£14.89£7.45/kgVisit
Zooplus UK2kg · £14.992kg£14.99£7.50/kgVisit
Zooplus UK12kg · £55.59Out of stock down 2% since 10 Aug12kg£55.59£4.63/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%, Zooplus UK down 2%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home12kg£55.59£4.63/kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home2kg£14.89£7.45/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK12kg£55.59 (out of stock)£4.63/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK2kg£14.99£7.50/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home12kg£50.03£4.17/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home2kg£10.00£5.00/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK12kg£53.79 (out of stock)£4.48/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK2kg£14.99£7.50/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home12kg£50.03£4.17/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home2kg£13.40£6.70/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK12kg£56.69£4.72/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK2kg£14.99£7.50/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 14 to 23 points higher and cost up to 23% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
78% this food 46%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 48%
To feed
2% less per 1,000 kcal

+23 pointsCompare

Meat
73% this food 46%
Carbs
about 24% this food about 48%
To feed
18% less per 1,000 kcal

+20 pointsCompare

Meat
74% this food 46%
Carbs
about 27% this food about 48%
To feed
about the same per 1,000 kcal

+20 pointsCompare

Meat
60% this food 46%
Carbs
about 30% this food about 48%
To feed
23% more per 1,000 kcal

+14 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Read from 2 shops, saved 4 Oct 2026.

Pages we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK, Pets at Home.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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