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Good points
- 63% meat
- No ingredient deductions
- Includes organ meat
Worth knowing
- Some meat not named by animal
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Fresh duck (60%), yellow peas, beef fat (8%), hydrolysed liver (3%), pea protein… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 63%
- Protein, dry weight
- 33%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~33%
- kcal/100 g
- 388
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh duck. 63% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 63%
- Plants 5%
- Other 10.5%
- No amount given 21.5%
Fresh duck (60%), yellow peas, beef fat (8%), hydrolysed liver (3%), pea protein, linseed, chickpeas (2%), pumpkin (2%), salmon oil (2%), red lentils, dried apple pulp (1%), carrots, egg shells, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, pea flour, dried sea buckthorn (0.2%), dried ginger root (0.1%), dried blueberries (0.1%), dried rosemary (0.1%), dried cranberries (0.1%), dried thyme (0.1%), hydrolysed crustacean shells (source of glucosamine, 0.022%), chicory root (source of fructo-oligosaccharides, 0.0163%), cartilage extract (source of chondroitin, 0.014%), brewer’s yeast (source of mannan-oligosaccharides, 0.013%), Mojave yucca (0.0085%)
Meat named animal protein
From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.
Additives
per kg: vitamin A (3a672a) 20,000 IU, vitamin D3 (3a671) 1,575 IU, vitamin E (3a700) 530 mg, choline chloride (3a890) 2,400 mg, taurine (3a370) 1,500 mg, vitamin B1 (3a821) 4.7 mg, vitamin B2 (3a825i) 8.1 mg, biotin (3a880) 0.5 mg, folic acid (3a316) 0.43 mg, vitamin B6 (3a831) 8.5 mg, calcium-D-pantothenate (3a841) 17.1 mg, niacinamide (3a315) 55.8 mg, vitamin B12 (3a835) 0.3 mg, zinc (3b612) 86.8 mg, iron (3b107) 62.3 mg, manganese (3b505) 30.4 mg, potassium iodide (3b201) 1.07 mg, copper (3b407) 12.7 mg, Technological additives: tocopherol extracts from vegetable oil (1b306(i)), ascorbyl palmitate (1b304), rosemary extract (1b392).
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Fresh duck”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh duck (60%) | Named meat | 60% |
| yellow peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| beef fat (8%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 8% |
| hydrolysed liver (3%) | Organ meat | 3% |
| pea protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| chickpeas (2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| pumpkin (2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| salmon oil (2%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 2% |
| red lentils | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried apple pulp (1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| carrots | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| egg shells | Other | Not given |
| potassium chloride | Other | Not given |
| sodium chloride | Other | Not given |
| pea flour | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried sea buckthorn (0.2%) | Other | 0.2% |
| dried ginger root (0.1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| dried blueberries (0.1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| dried rosemary (0.1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
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Nutrition
Protein 33% and carbs about 33%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 30% | 33% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 19% | 21% |
| Carbohydrate | ~30% | ~33% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.3% |
| Ash | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Moisture | 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.
Energy388 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 51
The kind of meat scored best (14.5 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).
How much meat?
24.3 / 45 points- Meat on the label22.1 / 35 points
63% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.2 / 10 points
Protein is 33.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
8.9 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 33.4% 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?
14.5 / 15 points- How the meat is listed11.5 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and unnamed hydrolysed, which earns 96% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat3 / 3 points
Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is 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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 33% to 18% 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
3 noted: hydrolysed crustacean shells, liver and yucca extract. 39 flagged nothing.
- 3 noted
- 39 nothing flagged
- 3 not in our ingredient database yet
- Hydrolysed crustacean shellsCounted in “How processed?”
A protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
- Liver (animal organ)Counted in “How processed?”Feed material (animal organ)
The label says “hydrolysed liver”: a protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
39 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, apples, biotin (vitamin H/B7), blueberries, carrot, chickpeas, chicory root extract, choline chloride, cranberries, duck, egg, folic acid (folate), ginger, lentils, linseed (flaxseed), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), peas, potassium chloride, pumpkin, rosemary, salmon oil, salt (sodium chloride), taurine, thyme, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, 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, iron, manganese, 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)Apples, biotin (vitamin H/B7), blueberries, chickpeas, chicory root extract, choline chloride, cranberries, folic acid (folate), ginger, lentils, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), potassium chloride, pumpkin, salt (sodium chloride), taurine, thyme, vegetable protein extracts, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), yeast, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Animal fats, apples, blueberries, carrot, chickpeas, chicory root extract, cranberries, duck, egg, ginger, lentils, linseed (flaxseed), peas, potassium chloride, pumpkin, rosemary, salmon oil, thyme, vegetable protein extracts, yeast
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlThyme
- 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
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC13063795)Cranberries
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC7448036)Ginger
- 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
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
3 not in our ingredient database yet
Ascorbyl palmitate (1b304), cartilage extract, dried sea buckthorn
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: Carnilove. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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- Carbs
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- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 33%
- To feed
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Taken from the maker’s page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 28 Sep 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Carnilove (the maker).
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