Concept for Life Large Senior

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Concept for Life Large Senior

DryCompleteSeniorContains grainFish oil
32/ 100
WeakTop 45% 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
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre
  • Includes hydrolysed protein

First ingredients: Rice, maize, poultry protein (24%, min. 19% chicken, partly dried and hydrolysed), fresh chicken (10%), poultry fat… All ingredients

Label checked
Meat
34%
Protein, dry weight
29%
Carbs, dry weight
~45%
kcal/100 g
360

Ingredients

Listed first: Rice. 34% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 34%
  • Other 0.9%
  • No amount given 65.1%

Rice, maize, poultry protein (24%, min. 19% chicken, partly dried and hydrolysed), fresh chicken (10%), poultry fat, dried beet pulp, dried beef protein, dried pork protein, lignocellulose, hydrolysed liver protein, salmon oil (0.5%), linseed, MOS [mannan-oligosaccharides], dried yeast [rich in beta-glucans and mannan-oligosaccharides], minerals, psyllium husks (0.1%), aronia berries (0.1%), dried chicory (0.1%, natural source of fructo-oligosaccharides and inulin), glucosamine hydrochloride (0.04%, from animal tissue), dried green tea (0.02%), chondroitin sulphate (0.02%, from animal tissue), marigold flower (0.01%)

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (15,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1400 IU), vitamin E (400mg), vitamin C (300mg), vitamin B1 (15mg), vitamin B2 (15mg), vitamin B6 (11mg), vitamin B12 (60μg), L-carnitine (50mg), nicotinic acid (75mg), calcium-D-pantothenate (23mg), folic acid (2mg), biotin (1mg), choline chloride (1800mg), iron [ferrous(II) sulphate monohydrate] (250mg), copper [cupric(II) sulphate pentahydrate] (12.5mg), zinc [zinc sulphate monohydrate] (160mg), manganese [manganous(II) sulphate monohydrate] (30mg), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (2.2mg), selenium [sodium selenite] (0.4mg). Technological additives: Antioxidants.

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Rice”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
RiceGrainNot given
maizeGrainNot given
poultry protein (24%, min. 19% chicken, partly dried and hy…Named meat24%
fresh chicken (10%)Named meat10%
poultry fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
dried beet pulpVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried beef proteinNamed meatNot given
dried pork proteinNamed meatNot given
lignocelluloseOtherNot given
hydrolysed liver proteinOrgan meatNot given
salmon oil (0.5%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.5%
linseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
MOS [mannan-oligosaccharides]OtherNot given
dried yeast [rich in beta-glucans and mannan-oligosaccharid…OtherNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
psyllium husks (0.1%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.1%
aronia berries (0.1%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.1%
dried chicory (0.1%, natural source of fructo-oligosacchari…Vegetable, fruit or plant0.1%
glucosamine hydrochloride (0.04%, from animal tissue)Other0.04%
dried green tea (0.02%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.02%

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Nutrition

Protein 29% and carbs about 45%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein26%29%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat15%17%
Carbohydrate~40%~45%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3%3.3%
Ash5.7%6.3%
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.

Energy360 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 32

The kind of meat scored best (9.8 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    13.4 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label11.9 / 35 points

      34% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1.5 / 10 points

      Protein is 28.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    5.1 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 44.8% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    4 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and hydrolysed protein.

  4. What kind of meat?

    9.8 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed6.8 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as meal, fresh and unnamed hydrolysed, which earns 56% 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 45% of dry foods. 36 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 Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 45% to 27% by dry weight, and protein is about 36%.

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. 41 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 41 nothing flagged
41 ingredients with nothing flagged

Antioxidants, aronia berry, beef, beet pulp, biotin (vitamin H/B7), chicken, chicory root extract, choline chloride, chondroitin, folic acid (folate), glucosamine, green tea extract, l-carnitine, lignocellulose, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), marigold meal, minerals, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pork, poultry fat, processed animal protein, psyllium, rice, salmon oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

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 · £23.49New Recipe! Economy Pack: 4 x 1.5kg£23.49£3.92/kgVisit
Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 1.5kg · £6.49New Recipe! 1.5kg£6.49£4.33/kgVisit

Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 1.5kg£6.49£4.33/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£23.49£3.92/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 1.5kg£6.49£4.33/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£23.49£3.92/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKNew Recipe! 1.5kg£6.49£4.33/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£23.49£3.92/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 10 to 28 points higher and cost up to 23% more.

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Carbs
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To feed
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+28 pointsCompare

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Carbs
about 41% this food about 45%
To feed
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Carbs
about 34% this food about 45%
To feed
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Carbs
about 37% this food about 45%
To feed
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+10 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.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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