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Good points
- One animal protein: fish
Worth knowing
- Malt extract: −10 points
- About 57% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Salmon (Min 26%), Potato (Min 26%), Pea Starch (26%), Salmon Meal (11%), Salmon Oil (2.2%)… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 37.9%
- Protein, dry weight
- 24%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~57%
- kcal/100 g
- 340
Ingredients
Listed first: Salmon. 37.9% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 37.9%
- Plants 52%
- Other 4.9%
- No amount given 6.1%
Salmon (Min 26%), Potato (Min 26%), Pea Starch (26%), Salmon Meal (11%), Salmon Oil (2.2%), Salmon Digest (1.8%), Pea Fibre, Sunflower Oil, Krill Meal (0.9%), Yeast Extract, Minerals, Malt Extract, Seaweed Meal, Algae (176mg/kg), Green-lipped Mussel Extract (440mg/kg), Spirulina (88mg/kg)
Meat named animal protein
Additives
Nutritional Additives: Vitamin A 22,500 IU; Vitamin D3 1,800 IU, Vitamin E 700 IU. Trace Elements: Zinc Chelate Of Amino Acid Hydrate 600mg; Copper Chelate Of Amino Acid Hydrate 30mg; Calcium Iodate Anhydrous 2.5 mg, Antioxidants (Stabilised With Rosemary And Tocopherol-rich Extracts)
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Salmon”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon (Min 26%) | Named meat | 26% |
| Potato (Min 26%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 26% |
| Pea Starch (26%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 26% |
| Salmon Meal (11%) | Named meat | 11% |
| Salmon Oil (2.2%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 2.2% |
| Salmon Digest (1.8%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 1.8% |
| Pea Fibre | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Sunflower Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Krill Meal (0.9%) | Named meat | 0.9% |
| Yeast Extract | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Part of the item above |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Malt Extract | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Seaweed Meal | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Algae (176mg/kg) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Green-lipped Mussel Extract (440mg/kg) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Spirulina (88mg/kg) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 24% and carbs about 57%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 22% | 24% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 7% | 7.8% |
| Carbohydrate | ~51% | ~57% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.6% | 4% |
| 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 19
The kind of meat scored best (10.1 of 15). Starch scored lowest (1 of 20).
How much meat?
14 / 45 points- Meat on the label13.3 / 35 points
37.9% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.7 / 10 points
Protein is 24.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
1 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 57.1% 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 added plant protein, starch or fibre and digest or flavouring.
What kind of meat?
10.1 / 15 points- How the meat is listed10.1 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 84% 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.
Points lost for ingredients: Malt extract (−10).
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 Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 57% to 35% by dry weight, and protein is about 34%.
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
1 ingredient costs 10 points: malt extract. 21 flagged nothing.
- 1 costs points
- 21 nothing flagged
- Malt extractCosts 10 points
Added sugar gives dogs calories with no nutritional benefit.
21 ingredients with nothing flagged
Algae, antioxidants, digest (rendered meat digest), green-lipped mussel, krill, minerals, pea fibre, potato, salmon, salmon oil, seaweed, spirulina, starch, sunflower oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: iodine, 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: copper
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, antioxidants, digest (rendered meat digest), green-lipped mussel, krill, minerals, potato, salmon, salmon oil, seaweed, spirulina, sunflower oil, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Algae, antioxidants, digest (rendered meat digest), green-lipped mussel, krill, seaweed, spirulina, sunflower oil, yeast, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- 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 (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Pea fibre
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Starch
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
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
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 | £65.99 | £5.50/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £37.99 | £6.33/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £59.39 | £4.95/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £34.19 | £5.70/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £59.39 | £4.95/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £34.19 | £5.70/kg |
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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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