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Forthglade Grain Free Adult Dry Dog Food Chicken
DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
Good points
- 50% meat
- One animal protein: chicken
- No ingredient deductions
First ingredients: Chicken (50%)* (Dried Chicken 26%*, Fresh Chicken 24%*), Dried Sweet Potato (26%)*, Dried Peas*, Dried Beet Pulp*, Chicken Fat… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 50%
- Protein, dry weight
- 34%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~39%
- kcal/100 g
- 345
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken. 50% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 50%
- Plants 26%
- Other 0.1%
- No amount given 23.9%
Chicken (50%)* (Dried Chicken 26%*, Fresh Chicken 24%*), Dried Sweet Potato (26%)*, Dried Peas*, Dried Beet Pulp*, Chicken Fat, Dried Alfalfa*, Chicken Gravy, Mannan- oligosaccharides (0.05%), Chicory Root Extract (0.05%)*, Dried Botanicals (Dandelion Leaf, Marigold) (0.03%)*, Yucca Extract (200mg/kg)*. *natural ingredient
Meat named animal protein
Additives
(per kg): Vitamins: Vitamin A 18000IU, Vitamin D3 2000IU, Vitamin E 500mg. Trace elements: Zinc (as zinc sulphate monohydrate) 70mg, Iron (as iron (II) sulphate monohydrate) 40mg, Zinc (as zinc chelate of protein hydrolysates) 30mg, Manganese (as manganous sulphate monohydrate) 20mg, Copper (as copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate) 5mg, Iodine (as calcium iodate anhydrous) 1.5mg, Selenium (as sodium selenite) 0.13mg, Selenium (organic form of selenium produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3060) 0.02mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken (50%)* (Dried Chicken 26%*, Fresh Chicken 24%*) | Named meat | 50% |
| Dried Sweet Potato (26%)* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 26% |
| Dried Peas* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Beet Pulp* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Chicken Fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Dried Alfalfa* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Chicken Gravy | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Mannan- oligosaccharides (0.05%) | Other | 0.05% |
| Chicory Root Extract (0.05%)* | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.05% |
| Dried Botanicals (Dandelion Leaf, Marigold) (0.03%)* | Other | 0.03% |
| Yucca Extract (200mg/kg)* | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 34% and carbs about 39%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 31% | 34% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 11% | 12% |
| Carbohydrate | ~35% | ~39% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 4% | 4.4% |
| Ash | 9% | 10% |
| 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.
Energy345 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 43
The kind of meat scored best (10.1 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (6 of 20).
How much meat?
19.9 / 45 points- Meat on the label17.5 / 35 points
50% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.4 / 10 points
Protein is 34.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
7 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 38.9% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
6 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.
What kind of meat?
10.1 / 15 points- How the meat is listed10.1 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as dried and fresh, 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.
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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 39% to 25% by dry weight, and protein is about 44%.
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 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 17 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 17 nothing flagged
- 2 not in our ingredient database yet
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed 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.
17 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicken, chicory root extract, peas, poultry fat, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E)
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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Alfalfa, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicken, chicory root extract, peas, poultry fat, sweet potato
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, chicory root extract, poultry fat, manganese, selenium, 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
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- 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
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Dried botanicals, mannan- oligosaccharides
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 16% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home6kg · £35.89 up 16% since 10 Aug | 6kg | £35.89 | £5.98/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 16%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £35.89 | £5.98/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £32.30 | £5.38/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £30.89 | £5.15/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
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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