

2 prices from Zooplus UK
Barking Heads Big Foot Golden Years
Good points
- One main animal protein: chicken
- No ingredient deductions
First ingredients: 50% chicken (23% freshly prepared free-run chicken, 23% dried chicken, 4% chicken gravy, 2.5% chicken fat), 26% rice, barley… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 43.5%
- Protein
- Not on label
- Carbs, dry weight
- Not on label
- kcal/100 g
- Not on label
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken. 43.5% of the recipe is declared meat.
50% chicken (23% freshly prepared free-run chicken, 23% dried chicken, 4% chicken gravy, 2.5% chicken fat), 26% rice, barley, potato 8% peas, 6% oats, lucerne, minerals, 1% salmon oil, yeast products (1000mg/kg), chicory root extract (FOS 1000mg/kg), seaweed, glucosamine (500mg/kg), dried carrot (500mg/kg), mixed herbs (peppermint, rosemary, oregano and thyme 500mg/kg), beta glucans (300mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (150mg/kg)
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Vitamins: Vitamin A 17 000 IU, vitamin D3 1 000 IU, taurine 1000mg, vitamin E 150mg, L-carnitine 50mg. Trace Elements: Iron (iron (ii) sulphate monohydrate) 60mg, zinc (zinc sulphate monohydrate) 50mg, manganese (manganous sulphate monohydrate) 50mg, zinc (zinc chelate of glycine hydrate) 15mg, copper (copper (ii) sulphate pentahydrate) 5mg, iodine (calcium iodate anhydrous) 1.5mg, selenium (sodium selenite) 0.05mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “50% chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| 50% chicken (23% freshly prepared free-run chicken, 23% dri… | Named meat | 50% |
| 26% rice | Grain | 26% |
| barley | Grain | Not given |
| potato 8% peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 8% |
| 6% oats | Grain | 6% |
| lucerne | Other | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| 1% salmon oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 1% |
| yeast products (1000mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| chicory root extract (FOS 1000mg/kg) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| seaweed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| glucosamine (500mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| dried carrot (500mg/kg) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| mixed herbs (peppermint, rosemary, oregano and thyme 500mg/… | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| beta glucans (300mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| chondroitin sulphate (150mg/kg). | Other | Not given |
6.5% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.
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Nutrition
The label gives no analysis.
Why it scores 46
The kind of meat scored best (10.2 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (6 of 20).
How much meat?
20.2 / 45 points- Meat on the label15.2 / 35 points
43.5% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level5 / 10 points
The label doesn’t give the protein and moisture we need: half marks.
How much starch?
10 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: The label doesn’t give enough of its analysis to estimate the carbohydrate: half marks.
How processed?
6 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.
What kind of meat?
10.2 / 15 points- How the meat is listed10.2 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 85% 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 →Ingredient notes
Nothing flagged in 27 ingredients.
27 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, barley, beta-glucans, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, glucosamine, herbs, l-carnitine, minerals, oats, potato, rice, salmon oil, seaweed, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, 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)Alfalfa, barley, beta-glucans, chicory root extract, chondroitin, glucosamine, herbs, l-carnitine, seaweed, taurine, yeast, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Alfalfa, barley, beta-glucans, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, herbs, minerals, oats, potato, rice, salmon oil, seaweed, 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 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
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- 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: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Price has moved by less than 1% since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £59.09 | £4.92/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £116.49 | £4.85/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £55.69 | £4.64/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £109.49 | £4.56/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £58.89 | £4.91/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £115.99 | £4.83/kg |
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Sources
Matches the maker’s own page.
Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.
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