

2 prices from Zooplus UK
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 4% meat
- About 56% carbs (dry weight)
- Meat not named by animal
First ingredients: Poultry meat meal, barley, corn, milo, rice… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 4%
- Protein, dry weight
- 24%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~56%
- kcal/100 g
- 364
Ingredients
Listed first: Poultry meat meal. 4% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 4%
- Plants 4%
- Other 0.2%
- No amount given 91.8%
Poultry meat meal, barley, corn, milo, rice, animal fat, fish meal (4%), potato flour (4%), dried beet pulp (desugared), protein hydrolysate, meal meal, yellow millet, dried yeast (incl. 0.1% mannan oligosaccharides, 0.06% β-glucans), peas, fish oil, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, green-lipped mussel extract (0.1%), dried chicory
Meat animal not namedGrain cereals
Additives
(per kg): Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (12,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1200 IU), vitamin E (70mg), zinc [as zinc oxide] (70mg), zinc [as zinc chelate of amino acids, hydrate] (45mg), copper [as copper(II) sulphate, pentahydrate] (10mg), iodine [as calcium iodate, anhydrous] (2mg), selenium [as sodium selenite] (0.2mg). Technological additives: Antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Poultry meat meal”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Poultry meat meal | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| barley | Grain | Not given |
| corn | Grain | Not given |
| milo | Other | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fish meal (4%) | Meat, animal not named | 4% |
| potato flour (4%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4% |
| dried beet pulp (desugared) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| protein hydrolysate | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| meal meal | Other | Not given |
| yellow millet | Grain | Not given |
| dried yeast (incl. 0.1% mannan oligosaccharides, 0.06% β-gl… | Other | 0.1% |
| peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| sodium chloride | Other | Not given |
| potassium chloride | Other | Not given |
| green-lipped mussel extract (0.1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.1% |
| dried chicory. | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 24% and carbs about 56%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 21.5% | 24% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 10.5% | 12% |
| Carbohydrate | ~50% | ~56% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 5.5% | 6.1% |
| 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 11
How it’s made scored best (5 of 20). Meat scored lowest (2 of 45).
How much meat?
2 / 45 points- Meat on the label1.4 / 35 points
4% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.6 / 10 points
Protein is 23.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
1.5 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 55.6% 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 hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
3 / 15 points- How the meat is listed3 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as unnamed meal, which earns 25% 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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 56% to 34% 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
1 noted: hydrolysed proteins. 24 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 24 nothing flagged
- 2 not in our ingredient database yet
- Hydrolysed proteinsCounted in “How processed?”Feed material (protein source)
A protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
24 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, antioxidants, barley, beet pulp, chicory root extract, fish, fish oil, green-lipped mussel, maize (corn), peas, potassium chloride, potato, poultry, rice, salt (sodium chloride), sorghum, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, 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)Animal fats, antioxidants, barley, beet pulp, chicory root extract, fish, fish oil, green-lipped mussel, maize (corn), peas, potassium chloride, potato, poultry, rice, sorghum, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, barley, chicory root extract, fish, green-lipped mussel, potassium chloride, poultry, salt (sodium chloride), sorghum, yeast, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- 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
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Meal meal, yellow millet
Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.
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
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 5%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 15kg | £41.89 | £2.79/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 15kg | £82.09 | £2.74/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 15kg | £41.99 | £2.80/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 15kg | £82.29 | £2.74/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 15kg | £44.09 | £2.94/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
1 dry food scores 38 points higher at the same price or less.

- Meat
- 59% this food 4%
- Carbs
- about 33% this food about 56%
- To feed
- 42% less per 1,000 kcal
+38 points
Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.
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