

1 price from Zooplus UK
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- About 52% carbs (dry weight)
- Includes digest or flavouring
First ingredients: Chicken meal (29%), wheat*, corn*, wheat middling, poultry fat… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 29%
- Protein, dry weight
- 28%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~52%
- kcal/100 g
- 320
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken meal. 29% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 29%
- Plants 1%
- Other 0.2%
- No amount given 69.8%
Chicken meal (29%), wheat*, corn*, wheat middling, poultry fat, dried beet pulp, minerals, dried chicory root* (1%), digest, fish oil, dried carrot* (0.07%), dried spinach* (0.07%), dried parsley* (0.07%). *Natural ingredients
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (21,200 IU), vitamin D3 (1200 IU), vitamin E (100 IU), ferrous sulphate monohydrate (88mg), calcium iodate anhydrous (2.2mg), cupric sulphate pentahydrate (9mg), manganous sulphate monohydrate (6mg), zinc sulphate monohydrate (120mg), sodium selenite (0.21mg). Antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken meal”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken meal (29%) | Named meat | 29% |
| wheat* | Grain | Not given |
| corn* | Grain | Not given |
| wheat middling | Grain | Not given |
| poultry fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| dried chicory root* (1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| dried carrot* (0.07%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.07% |
| dried spinach* (0.07%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.07% |
| dried parsley* (0.07%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.07% |
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Nutrition
Protein 28% and carbs about 52%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 25% | 28% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 8% | 8.9% |
| Carbohydrate | ~47% | ~52% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| 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.
Why it scores 25
The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Starch scored lowest (2.6 of 20).
How much meat?
11.5 / 45 points- Meat on the label10.2 / 35 points
29% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.3 / 10 points
Protein is 27.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
2.6 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 52.2% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for digest or flavouring.
What kind of meat?
6 / 15 points- How the meat is listed6 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal, which earns 50% 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 52% 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
Nothing flagged in 22 ingredients.
22 ingredients with nothing flagged
Antioxidants, beet pulp, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, digest (rendered meat digest), fish oil, maize (corn), minerals, poultry fat, spinach, tocopherols (vitamin E), wheat, wheat middlings
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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Antioxidants, beet pulp, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, digest (rendered meat digest), fish oil, maize (corn), minerals, poultry fat, spinach, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, chicory root extract, digest (rendered meat digest), poultry fat, spinach, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- 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)Wheat middlings
- 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
Out of stock at every shop we track. Last price £2.36/kg at Zooplus UK, 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zooplus UK14kg · £33.09Out of stock down 2% since 10 Aug | 14kg | £33.09 | £2.36/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 2%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 14kg | £33.09 (out of stock) | £2.36/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 14kg | £33.09 | £2.36/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 14kg | £33.89 | £2.42/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
2 dry foods score 10 to 12 points higher and cost up to 20% more.

- Meat
- 41% this food 29%
- Carbs
- about 46% this food about 52%
- To feed
- 8% more per 1,000 kcal
+12 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 41% this food 29%
- Carbs
- about 47% this food about 52%
- To feed
- 20% more per 1,000 kcal
+10 pointsCompare
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: Zooplus UK.
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