

1 price from Pets at Home
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Includes digest or flavouring
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Poultry meal (min 14% chicken and 14% duck), Whole grain maize, Whole grain barley, Chicken fat, Prairie meal… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 28%
- Protein, dry weight
- 31%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~44%
- kcal/100 g
- 354
Ingredients
Listed first: Poultry meal. 28% of the recipe is declared meat.
Poultry meal (min 14% chicken and 14% duck), Whole grain maize, Whole grain barley, Chicken fat, Prairie meal, Whole grain oats, Rice, Hydrolysed chicken proteins, Unmolassed beet pulp, Full fat linseed, Salmon oil (source of omega 3 fatty acids), Yeast (source of mannan oligosaccharides, 2,000mg/kg), Marine algae (source of omega 3 fatty acid DHA), Seaweed, Potassium chloride, Glucosamine, Blackcurrant, Yucca schidigera, Kale, Spinach, Rosemary, Rosehip, Pomegranate
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamin A (E672) 17,500 iu/kg, Vitamin D (E671) 1,700 iu/kg, Vitamin E (3a700) 300 mg/kg, Iron sulphate monohydrate 75 mg/kg, Calcium iodate 1.5 mg/kg, Cupric sulphate pentahydrate 35 mg/kg, Manganous oxide 75 mg/kg, Zinc sulphate monohydrate 370 mg/kg, Zinc chelate of amino acids hydrate 330 mg/kg, Sodium selenite 0.45 mg/kg. Palatability Enhancer Arresto, Prairie, Potassium Chloride
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Poultry meal”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Poultry meal (min 14% chicken and 14% duck) | Named meat | 28% |
| Whole grain maize | Grain | Not given |
| Whole grain barley | Grain | Not given |
| Chicken fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Prairie meal | Other | Not given |
| Whole grain oats | Grain | Not given |
| Rice | Grain | Not given |
| Hydrolysed chicken proteins | Named meat | Not given |
| Unmolassed beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Full fat linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Salmon oil (source of omega 3 fatty acids) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Yeast (source of mannan oligosaccharides, 2,000mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| Marine algae (source of omega 3 fatty acid DHA) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Seaweed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Potassium chloride | Other | Not given |
| Glucosamine | Other | Not given |
| Blackcurrant | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Yucca schidigera | Other | Not given |
| Kale | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Spinach | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 31% and carbs about 44%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 28% | 31% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 14% | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | ~39% | ~44% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.8% | 3.1% |
| Ash | 6% | 6.7% |
| 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 26
The kind of meat scored best (5 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).
How much meat?
11.7 / 45 points- Meat on the label9.8 / 35 points
28% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.9 / 10 points
Protein is 31.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
5.5 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 43.6% 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 digest or flavouring 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 hydrolysed, which earns 42% 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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 44% to 24% by dry weight, and protein is about 37%.
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
2 noted: hydrolysed proteins and yucca extract. 29 flagged nothing.
- 2 noted
- 29 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.
- 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.
29 ingredients with nothing flagged
Algae, barley, beet pulp, blackcurrant, glucosamine, kale, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), oats, pomegranate extract, potassium chloride, poultry, poultry fat, rice, rosehips, rosemary, salmon oil, seaweed, spinach, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: manganese
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)Algae, barley, beet pulp, blackcurrant, kale, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), oats, pomegranate extract, potassium chloride, poultry, poultry fat, rice, rosehips, rosemary, salmon oil, seaweed, spinach, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Algae, barley, blackcurrant, glucosamine, kale, pomegranate extract, potassium chloride, poultry, poultry fat, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, yeast, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc, manganese
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- 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
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- 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
Prairie
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: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home12kg · £37.69 up 11% since 10 Aug | 12kg | £37.69 | £3.14/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £37.69 | £3.14/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £33.92 | £2.83/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £33.92 | £2.83/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
4 dry foods score 17 to 21 points higher and cost up to 24% more.

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- Carbs
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- To feed
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- Carbs
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- 58% this food 28%
- Carbs
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- To feed
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- 49% this food 28%
- Carbs
- about 39% this food about 44%
- 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.
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