Barking Heads Tummy Lovin' Care Dry Dog Food Fish

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Barking Heads Tummy Lovin' Care Dry Dog Food Fish

DryCompleteAdultGrain-freeFish oil
36/ 100
WeakTop 32% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • One animal protein: fish
  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • About 49% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: Fish 50% (29% Freshly Prepared White Fish, 15% Dried Fish, 4% Salmon Oil, 2% Salmon Gravy), Sweet Potato (26%), Potato, Peas (7%)… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
44%
Protein, dry weight
26%
Carbs, dry weight
~49%
kcal/100 g
351

Ingredients

Listed first: Fish. 44% of the recipe is declared meat.

Fish 50% (29% Freshly Prepared White Fish, 15% Dried Fish, 4% Salmon Oil, 2% Salmon Gravy), Sweet Potato (26%), Potato, Peas (7%), Lucerne, Linseed, Minerals, Yeast Products (1000mg/kg), Chicory Root Extract (FOS 1000mg/kg), Seaweed, Dried Carrot (500mg/kg), Mixed Herbs (Peppermint, Rosemary, Oregano and Thyme 500mg/kg), Beta Glucans

Meat named animal protein

Additives

Nutritional Additives: Vitamin A 17,000 IU, Vitamin E 100mg, Biotin 0.15mg; 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 Aromatic Herbs Selenium, Vitamin E, Salmon Oil

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Fish 50%”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Fish 50% (29% Freshly Prepared White Fish, 15% Dried Fish, …Named meat50%
Sweet Potato (26%)Vegetable, fruit or plant26%
PotatoVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Peas (7%)Vegetable, fruit or plant7%
LucerneOtherNot given
LinseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot 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 and Thyme 500mg/…Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Beta GlucansOtherNot given

6% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 26% and carbs about 49%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein23%26%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat11%12%
Carbohydrate~44%~49%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.5%3.9%
Ash8.5%9.4%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%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.

Energy351 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 36

The kind of meat scored best (10.8 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.7 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    16.3 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label15.4 / 35 points

      44% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.9 / 10 points

      Protein is 25.6% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    3.7 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 48.9% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    10.8 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed10.8 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 90% 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

Top 32% of dry foods. 53 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 49% to 31% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.

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 22 ingredients.

22 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, beta-glucans, biotin (vitamin H/B7), carrot, chicory root extract, fish, herbs, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, peas, potato, salmon oil, seaweed, sweet potato, 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

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

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
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

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.

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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
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home12kg£50.03£4.17/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home2kg£10.00£5.00/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home12kg£50.03£4.17/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home2kg£13.40£6.70/kg

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Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

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Carbs
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Carbs
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Carbs
about 27% this food about 49%
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Carbs
about 23% this food about 49%
To feed
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

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: Pets at Home.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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