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DryCompletePuppyGrain-free
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Some meat not named by animal
- Includes digest or flavouring
First ingredients: ocean fish meal (25%, a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids), whole peas, potato, pork fat, sweet potato (9%)… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 33%
- Protein, dry weight
- 32%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~39%
- kcal/100 g
- 368
Ingredients
Listed first: Ocean fish meal. 33% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 33%
- Plants 11.9%
- Other 0.4%
- No amount given 54.7%
ocean fish meal (25%, a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids), whole peas, potato, pork fat, sweet potato (9%), fresh salmon (4%), salmon meal (4%), dried beet pulp (2,9%), fish gravy, sunflower oil, minerals, fructooligosaccharides (0,28%, a natural prebiotic), mannanoligosaccharides (0.15%, a natural prebiotic)
Meat named animal protein
Additives
omega-6 fatty acids: 2.76%, omega-3 fatty acids: 0.91%, DHA: 0.4%, calcium: 1.14%, phosphorus: 0.85%. Trace Elements: copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate (copper) 11mg, potassium iodide (iodine) 2.2mg, manganous sulphate monohydrate (manganese) 34mg, zinc oxide (zinc) 99mg, iron (II) sulphate monohydrate (iron) 60mg. Antioxidants: (natural) tocopherol extracts from vegetable oil 35mg. Flavouring compounds: organic rosemary extract 17mg, tea extract 9mg. Supplemented levels added at time of manufacture (/kg), Vitamins: vitamin A 60016IU, vitamin C 62mg, vitamin D3 1045IU, vitamin E 214mg, beta-carotene 2.3mg
How we read this label
First ingredient: “ocean fish meal”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| ocean fish meal (25%, a natural source of omega-3 fatty aci… | Meat, animal not named | 25% |
| whole peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| pork fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| sweet potato (9%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 9% |
| fresh salmon (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| salmon meal (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| dried beet pulp (2.9%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2.9% |
| fish gravy | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| sunflower oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| fructooligosaccharides (0.28%, a natural prebiotic) | Other | 0.3% |
| mannanoligosaccharides (0.15%, a natural prebiotic) | Other | 0.1% |
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Nutrition
Protein 32% and carbs about 39%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 28.5% | 32% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 17% | 19% |
| Carbohydrate | ~35% | ~39% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Ash | 6.9% | 7.7% |
| 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.
Energy368 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 29
Starch scored best (6.9 of 20). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).
How much meat?
13.5 / 45 points- Meat on the label11.6 / 35 points
33% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.9 / 10 points
Protein is 31.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
6.9 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 39.2% 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 digest or flavouring.
What kind of meat?
4.5 / 15 points- How the meat is listed4.5 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as unnamed meal, fresh and meal, which earns 37% 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 39% to 22% 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
Nothing flagged in 24 ingredients. 1 is not in our ingredient database yet.
24 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, beta-carotene (provitamin A), broth (meat stock), fish, flavourings (unspecified), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, peas, potato, salmon, sunflower oil, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), fish, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, peas, potato, salmon, sunflower oil, sweet potato
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, beta-carotene (provitamin A), fish, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), sunflower oil, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- 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 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
- Reg (EC) No 767/2009 Annex VII (legislation.gov.uk)Flavourings (unspecified)
- 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
Tea extract
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 · £43.99 up 11% since 10 Aug | 12kg | £43.99 | £3.67/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 | £43.99 | £3.67/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £39.59 | £3.30/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £39.59 | £3.30/kg |
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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: Pets at Home.
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