Concept for Life Labrador Retriever Adult

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Concept for Life Labrador Retriever Adult

DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
36/ 100
WeakTop 32% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions
  • Includes organ meat

Worth knowing

  • Some meat not named by animal
  • Includes hydrolysed protein

First ingredients: Poultry protein (30%, of which 25% chicken, partially dried and hydrolysed), maize, rice, fresh chicken (10%), poultry fat… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
40%
Protein, dry weight
31%
Carbs, dry weight
~44%
kcal/100 g
338

Ingredients

Listed first: Poultry protein. 40% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 40%
  • Plants 4%
  • Other 1.4%
  • No amount given 54.6%

Poultry protein (30%, of which 25% chicken, partially dried and hydrolysed), maize, rice, fresh chicken (10%), poultry fat, dried beet pulp (4%), hydrolysed liver protein, linseed (0.5%), salmon oil (0.5%), brewer's yeast (0.2%, rich in mannan-oligosaccharides and beta-glucans), minerals, dried chicory (0.1%, natural source of fructo-oligosaccharides and inulin), glucosamine hydrochloride (0.04%, from animal tissue), chondroitin sulphate (0.02%, from animal tissue)

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (12,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1400 IU), vitamin E (300mg), vitamin C (100mg), vitamin B1 (15mg), vitamin B2 (15mg), vitamin B6 (11mg), vitamin B12 (60mcg), niacin (75mg), calcium-D-pantothenate (23mg), folic acid (2mg), biotin (1mg), choline (1800mg), iron [ferrous(II)-sulphate monohydrate] (250mg), copper [cupric(II)-sulphate pentahydrate] (12.5mg), zinc [zinc sulphate monohydrate] (98mg), zinc [glycine zinc chelate hydrate] (42mg), manganese [manganous(II)-sulphate monohydrate] (35mg), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (2.2mg), selenium [sodium selenite] (0.4mg). Technological additives: Antioxidants.

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Poultry protein”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Poultry protein (30%, of which 25% chicken, partially dried…Named meat30%
maizeGrainNot given
riceGrainNot given
fresh chicken (10%)Named meat10%
poultry fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
dried beet pulp (4%)Vegetable, fruit or plant4%
hydrolysed liver proteinOrgan meatNot given
linseed (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
salmon oil (0.5%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.5%
brewer's yeast (0.2%, rich in mannan-oligosaccharides and b…Other0.2%
mineralsOtherNot given
dried chicory (0.1%, natural source of fructo-oligosacchari…Vegetable, fruit or plant0.1%
glucosamine hydrochloride (0.04%, from animal tissue)Other0.04%
chondroitin sulphate (0.02%, from animal tissue).Other0.02%

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Nutrition

Protein 31% and carbs about 44%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein28%31%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat12%13%
Carbohydrate~39%~44%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3%3.3%
Ash7.7%8.6%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%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.

Energy338 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 36

The kind of meat scored best (10.2 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    15.9 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label14 / 35 points

      40% 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%.

  2. How much starch?

    5.4 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 43.7% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.

  4. What kind of meat?

    10.2 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed7.2 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as meal, fresh and unnamed hydrolysed, which earns 60% 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

Top 32% of dry foods. 53 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

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 44% to 28% by dry weight, and protein is about 42%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

1 noted: hydrolysed proteins. 33 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 33 nothing flagged
33 ingredients with nothing flagged

Antioxidants, beet pulp, biotin (vitamin H/B7), chicken, chicory root extract, choline chloride, chondroitin, folic acid (folate), glucosamine, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), minerals, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), poultry fat, processed animal protein, rice, salmon oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), yeast

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

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

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Zooplus UKNew Recipe! Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg · £87.99New Recipe! Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg£87.99£3.67/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 12kg · £45.49New Recipe! 12kg£45.49£3.79/kgVisit
Zooplus UKNew Recipe! Economy Pack: 4 x 1.5kg · £31.49New Recipe! Economy Pack: 4 x 1.5kg£31.49£5.25/kgVisit
Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 1.5kg · £8.49New Recipe! 1.5kg£8.49£5.66/kgVisit

Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 1.5kg£8.49£5.66/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 12kg£45.49£3.79/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg£87.99£3.67/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! Economy Pack: 4 x 1.5kg£31.49£5.25/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 1.5kg£8.49£5.66/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 12kg£45.49£3.79/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg£87.99£3.67/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! Economy Pack: 4 x 1.5kg£31.49£5.25/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 1.5kg£8.49£5.66/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 12kg£45.49£3.79/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg£87.99£3.67/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! Economy Pack: 4 x 1.5kg£31.49£5.25/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 13 to 24 points higher and cost up to 17% more.

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Carbs
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To feed
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Meat
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Carbs
about 24% this food about 44%
To feed
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Carbs
about 27% this food about 44%
To feed
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Carbs
about 33% this food about 44%
To feed
60% less per 1,000 kcal

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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.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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