

3 prices from Zooplus UK
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- About 46% carbs (dry weight)
- Some meat not named by animal
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Dried duck protein (20%), dried potato (20%), dried potato starch, dried poultry protein (10.5%), poultry fat… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 30.5%
- Protein, dry weight
- 28%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~46%
- kcal/100 g
- 326
Ingredients
Listed first: Dried duck protein. 30.5% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 30.5%
- Plants 26%
- No amount given 43.5%
Dried duck protein (20%), dried potato (20%), dried potato starch, dried poultry protein (10.5%), poultry fat, dried sweet potato (6%), desugared dried beet pulp, cellulose, protein hydrolysate, dried peas, mono-calcium phosphate, fish oil, dried chicory, dried brewer's yeast, sodium chloride, dried celery, dried carrots
Meat named animal protein
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (12,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1200 IU), vitamin E (150 IU), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (2mg), copper [cupric(II)-sulphate pentahydrate] (10mg), zinc [amino acids zinc chelate hydrate] (45mg), zinc [zinc oxide] (70mg), selenium [sodium selenite] (0.2mg), vitamin B1 (6mg), vitamin B2 (5mg), vitamin B6 (4mg), vitamin B12 (30mcg), biotin (250mcg), pantothenic acid (10mg), niacin (45mg), folic acid (1mg), choline chloride (1850mg). Technological additives: Antioxidants
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Dried duck protein”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Dried duck protein (20%) | Named meat | 20% |
| dried potato (20%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 20% |
| dried potato starch | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried poultry protein (10.5%) | Meat, animal not named | 10.5% |
| poultry fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Part of the item above |
| dried sweet potato (6%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 6% |
| desugared dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| cellulose | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| protein hydrolysate | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| dried peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| mono-calcium phosphate | Other | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| dried chicory | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried brewer's yeast | Other | Not given |
| sodium chloride | Other | Not given |
| dried celery | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried carrots. | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 28% and carbs about 46%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 23% | 28% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 11.5% | 14% |
| Carbohydrate | ~38% | ~46% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.7% |
| Ash | 6.7% | 8.2% |
| Moisture | 18% | 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 (5 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).
How much meat?
12 / 45 points- Meat on the label10.7 / 35 points
30.5% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.3 / 10 points
Protein is 28% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
4.6 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 46.1% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
4 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
5 / 15 points- How the meat is listed5 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal and unnamed meal, which earns 41% 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 46% to 29% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.
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. 32 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 32 nothing flagged
- 1 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.
32 ingredients with nothing flagged
Antioxidants, beet pulp, biotin (vitamin H/B7), carrot, celery, cellulose, chicory root extract, choline chloride, fish oil, folic acid (folate), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), peas, potato, poultry, poultry fat, processed animal protein, salt (sodium chloride), starch, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), 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
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, biotin (vitamin H/B7), celery, cellulose, chicory root extract, choline chloride, folic acid (folate), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), poultry, poultry fat, salt (sodium chloride), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), yeast, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Antioxidants, beet pulp, carrot, celery, cellulose, chicory root extract, fish oil, peas, potato, poultry, poultry fat, sweet potato, yeast
- 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
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Processed animal protein
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Starch
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Mono-calcium phosphate
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
Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £33.99 | £2.83/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 1kg | £4.49 (out of stock) | £4.49/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £64.99 | £2.71/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £33.99 | £2.83/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 1kg | £4.49 | £4.49/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £64.99 | £2.71/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £33.99 | £2.83/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 1kg | £4.49 | £4.49/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £64.99 | £2.71/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
2 dry foods score 24 to 32 points higher and cost up to 23% more.

- Meat
- 73% this food 30.5%
- Carbs
- about 24% this food about 46%
- To feed
- 23% more per 1,000 kcal
+32 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 59% this food 30.5%
- Carbs
- about 33% this food about 46%
- To feed
- 47% less per 1,000 kcal
+24 pointsCompare
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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