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Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- About 46% carbs (dry weight)
- Some meat not named by animal
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Poultry meal (min) (26%), Whole grain wheat, Whole grain maize, Chicken fat, Hydrolysed chicken… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 26%
- Protein, dry weight
- 27%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~46%
- kcal/100 g
- 357
Ingredients
Listed first: Poultry meal. 26% of the recipe is declared meat.
Poultry meal (min) (26%), Whole grain wheat, Whole grain maize, Chicken fat, Hydrolysed chicken, Whole grain oats, Full fat linseed, Unmolassed beet pulp, Yeast (source of mannan oligosaccharides), Salmon oil, Seaweed, Dandelion leaves, Celery seed, Burdock root, Nettle leaves, Green lipped mussel, glucosamine, Devil’s claw root, Blackcurrant, Rosemary, Pomegranate, Rosehips, Yucca schidigera, Beetroot
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Poultry meal”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Poultry meal (min) (26%) | Meat, animal not named | 26% |
| Whole grain wheat | Grain | Not given |
| Whole grain maize | Grain | Not given |
| Chicken fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Hydrolysed chicken | Named meat | Not given |
| Whole grain oats | Grain | Not given |
| Full fat linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Unmolassed beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Yeast (source of mannan oligosaccharides) | Other | Not given |
| Salmon oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Seaweed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dandelion leaves | Other | Not given |
| Celery seed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Burdock root | Other | Not given |
| Nettle leaves | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Green lipped mussel | Named meat | Not given |
| glucosamine | Other | Not given |
| Devil’s claw root | Other | Not given |
| Blackcurrant | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Rosemary | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 27% and carbs about 46%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 24% | 27% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 15% | 17% |
| Carbohydrate | ~41% | ~46% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.3% | 3.6% |
| Ash | 6.3% | 6.9% |
| 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 (5.3 of 15). Meat scored lowest (10.2 of 45).
How much meat?
10.2 / 45 points- Meat on the label9.1 / 35 points
26% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.1 / 10 points
Protein is 26.7% 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?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
5.3 / 15 points- How the meat is listed5.3 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as unnamed meal, hydrolysed and fresh, which earns 44% 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
2 noted: hydrolysed proteins and yucca extract. 21 flagged nothing.
- 2 noted
- 21 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.
21 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beet pulp, beetroot, blackcurrant, burdock root, celery, dandelion root, glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), nettle, oats, pomegranate extract, poultry, poultry fat, rosehips, rosemary, salmon oil, seaweed, wheat, yeast
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)Beet pulp, beetroot, blackcurrant, burdock root, celery, dandelion root, green-lipped mussel, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), nettle, oats, pomegranate extract, poultry, poultry fat, rosehips, rosemary, salmon oil, seaweed, wheat, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Beetroot, blackcurrant, burdock root, celery, dandelion root, glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, nettle, pomegranate extract, poultry, poultry fat, rosehips, seaweed, yeast
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Devil's claw root
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
Out of stock at every shop we track. Last price £1.86/kg at Jollyes, 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jollyes14KG · £26.00Out of stock | 14KG | £26.00 | £1.86/kg | Visit |
Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Jollyes | 14KG | £26.00 (out of stock) | £1.86/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Jollyes | 14KG | £26.00 (out of stock) | £1.86/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Jollyes | 14KG | £26.00 (out of stock) | £1.86/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
1 dry food scores 24 points higher at the same price or less.

- Meat
- 59% this food 26%
- Carbs
- about 33% this food about 46%
- To feed
- 16% less per 1,000 kcal
+24 points
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: Jollyes.
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