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Good points
- One animal protein: fish
Worth knowing
- Malt extract: −10 points
- About 47% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Salmon (26%), Potato (26%), Salmon Meal (17%), Pea Starch (17%), Salmon Oil (6.2%)… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 43.9%
- Protein, dry weight
- 29%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~47%
- kcal/100 g
- 369
Ingredients
Listed first: Salmon. 43.9% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 43.9%
- Plants 43%
- Other 8.9%
- No amount given 5.1%
Salmon (26%), Potato (26%), Salmon Meal (17%),Pea Starch (17%), Salmon Oil (6.2%), Salmon Digest (1.8%),Sunflower Oil, Pea Fibre, Krill Meal (0.9%), Yeast Extract, Minerals, Malt Extract, Seaweed Meal, Algae (176 mg/kg), Green Lipped Mussel Extract (440 mg/kg), Spirulina (88 mg/kg)
Meat named animal protein
Additives
Vitamins: 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 2.5mg. 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 (26%) | Named meat | 26% |
| Potato (26%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 26% |
| Salmon Meal (17%) | Named meat | 17% |
| Pea Starch (17%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 17% |
| Salmon Oil (6.2%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 6.2% |
| Salmon Digest (1.8%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 1.8% |
| Sunflower Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Pea Fibre | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 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 (176 mg/kg) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Green Lipped Mussel Extract (440 mg/kg) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Spirulina (88 mg/kg) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 29% and carbs about 47%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 26% | 29% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 12% | 13% |
| Carbohydrate | ~42% | ~47% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 7% | 7.8% |
| 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 24
The kind of meat scored best (9.6 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).
How much meat?
16.9 / 45 points- Meat on the label15.4 / 35 points
43.9% 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%.
How much starch?
4.3 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 47.2% 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?
9.6 / 15 points- How the meat is listed9.6 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 80% 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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 47% to 29% by dry weight, and protein is about 41%.
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)
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: copper, 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)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 |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
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- Meat
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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- Carbs
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- 80% this food 43.9%
- Carbs
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- To feed
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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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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