Forthglade Cold Pressed Duck Dry Dog Food

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Forthglade Cold Pressed Duck Dry Dog Food

DryCompleteAll agesGrain-freeFish oil
37/ 100
WeakTop 28% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 28 Sep 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions
  • Cold-pressed, not extruded

Worth knowing

  • About 46% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: Duck 32.5% (17.5% freshly prepared duck, 15% dried ground duck)*†, Dried Sweet Potato (28%)*†, Dried Peas*†, Gelatin*… All ingredients

Label taken from the maker’s website
Meat
32.5%
Protein, dry weight
29%
Carbs, dry weight
~46%
kcal/100 g
338

Ingredients

Listed first: Duck. 32.5% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 32.5%
  • Plants 30.3%
  • Other 2.1%
  • No amount given 35.1%

Duck 32.5% (17.5% freshly prepared duck, 15% dried ground duck)*†, Dried Sweet Potato (28%)*†, Dried Peas*†, Gelatin*, Poultry Fat*, Dried Beet Pulp*†, Dried Fruit (2.3%: apples, pears, blueberries, cranberries)*, Brewer’s Yeast*†, Salmon Oil (1%)*†, Dried Botanicals (0.6%: Fennel, Nettle, Dandelion)*, Mannan-oligosaccharide*, Egg Powder*†, Chicory Extract (0.2%)*†, Dried Seaweed*, Camomile (0.2%)*, Flaxseed Oil (0.1%)*†, Glucosamine (300mg/ Kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (300mg/ Kg), Yucca Extract (0.02%)*

Meat named animal protein

From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.

Additives

(per Kg): Vitamins: Vitamin A 18000IU, Vitamin D3 1,800IU, Vitamin E 500mg, Vitamin C 200mg. Trace Elements: Copper (as copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate) 10mg, Copper (as copper (II) chelate of glycine hydrate) 5mg, Zinc (as zinc sulphate monohydrate) 100mg, Zinc (as zinc chelate of glycine hydrate) 50mg, Iron (as iron (II) sulphate monohydrate) 70mg, Iron (as iron (II) chelate of glycine hydrate) 35mg, Manganese (as manganese (II) oxide) 50mg, Manganese (as manganese chelate of glycine hydrate) 25mg, Iodine (as calcium iodate anhydrous) 2mg, Selenium (as sodium selenite) 0.1mg. Technological additives: antioxidants (tocopherol extracts from vegetable oil).

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Duck 32.5%”. 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
Duck 32.5% (17.5% freshly prepared duck, 15% dried ground d…Named meat32.5%
Dried Sweet Potato (28%)*†Vegetable, fruit or plant28%
Dried Peas*†Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Gelatin*OtherNot given
Poultry Fat*Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Dried Beet Pulp*†Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Dried Fruit (2.3%: apples, pears, blueberries, cranberries)*Vegetable, fruit or plant2.3%
Brewer’s Yeast*†OtherNot given
Salmon Oil (1%)*†Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient1%
Dried Botanicals (0.6%: Fennel, Nettle, Dandelion)*Other0.6%
Mannan-oligosaccharide*OtherNot given
Egg Powder*†OtherNot given
Chicory Extract (0.2%)*†Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.2%
Dried Seaweed*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Camomile (0.2%)*Other0.2%
Flaxseed Oil (0.1%)*†Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.1%
Glucosamine (300mg/ Kg)OtherNot given
Chondroitin Sulphate (300mg/ Kg)OtherNot given
Yucca Extract (0.02%)*Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.02%

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Nutrition

Protein 29% and carbs about 46%, 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
Fat12%13%
Carbohydrate~41%~46%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.5%3.9%
Ash7%7.8%
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 37

The kind of meat scored best (10.3 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.6 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    12.9 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label11.4 / 35 points

      32.5% 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?

    4.6 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 46.1% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    10 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Cold-pressed: 10 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    10.3 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed10.3 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 86% 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

Top 28% of dry foods. 37 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 46% 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.

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Ingredient notes

2 noted, none cost points: chamomile and yucca extract. 26 flagged nothing.

  • 2 noted
  • 26 nothing flagged
  • 2 not in our ingredient database yet
  • ChamomileNoted, no points taken
    Botanical / flavouring

    Plant extras like this are usually added in tiny amounts, so points are taken only when the label declares 1% or more.

    Why it’s noted and sources

    The ASPCA lists chamomile as toxic to dogs, with stomach upset and allergic reactions, and warns that long-term use can cause bleeding problems. The amounts in dog food are small; we flag it as a caution.

  • Yucca extractNoted, no points taken
    Feed material (flavouring)
    Why it’s noted and sources

    Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.

26 ingredients with nothing flagged

Antioxidants, beet pulp, chicory root extract, chondroitin, duck, egg, gelatine (hydrolysed), glucosamine, linseed oil, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), peas, poultry fat, salmon oil, seaweed, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), 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
2 not in our ingredient database yet

Dried botanicals, dried fruit

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

Lowest £4.90/kg at Forthglade, 42% below the dearest. Checked 4 Oct 2026.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Forthglade18kg · £88.1918kg£88.19£4.90/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Forthglade12kg · £62.9912kg£62.99£5.25/kgVisit
Forthglade2kg · £11.202kg£11.20£5.60/kgVisit
Forthglade6kg · £33.596kg£33.59£5.60/kgVisit
Mobile Pet FoodsDuck · £16.99Duck£16.99£8.49/kgVisit

No price has changed since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Forthglade12kg£62.99£5.25/kg
4 Oct 2026Forthglade18kg£88.19£4.90/kg
4 Oct 2026Forthglade2kg£11.20£5.60/kg
4 Oct 2026Forthglade6kg£33.59£5.60/kg
4 Oct 2026Mobile Pet FoodsDuck£16.99£8.49/kg
28 Sep 2026Forthglade12kg£62.99£5.25/kg
28 Sep 2026Forthglade18kg£88.19£4.90/kg
28 Sep 2026Forthglade2kg£11.20£5.60/kg
28 Sep 2026Forthglade6kg£33.59£5.60/kg
28 Sep 2026Mobile Pet FoodsDuck£16.99£8.49/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Taken from the maker’s page, checked 28 Sep 2026.

From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 28 Sep 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.

Pages we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Forthglade (the maker), Mobile Pet Foods.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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