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Forthglade Lightly Baked Natural Lamb with Sweet Potato
DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
Good points
- 50% meat
- One animal protein: lamb
- No ingredient deductions
First ingredients: Lamb* (50%, incl. 26% fresh lamb*, 24% dried lamb*), dried sweet potato* (25%), dried peas*, dried beet pulp*, rapeseed oil… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 50%
- Protein, dry weight
- 33%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~36%
- kcal/100 g
- 319
Ingredients
Listed first: Lamb. 50% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 50%
- Plants 25%
- Other 0.1%
- No amount given 24.9%
Lamb* (50%, incl. 26% fresh lamb*, 24% dried lamb*), dried sweet potato* (25%), dried peas*, dried beet pulp*, rapeseed oil, dried alfalfa*, lamb gravy, mannan-oligosaccharides (0.05%), chicory root extract* (0.05%), dried botanicals* (0.03%, dandelion leaf, marigold), yucca extract* (200mg/kg). *natural ingredients
Meat named animal protein
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (18,000 IU), vitamin D3 (2000 IU), vitamin E (500mg), 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: “Lamb*”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Lamb* (50%, incl. 26% fresh lamb*, 24% dried lamb*) | Named meat | 50% |
| dried sweet potato* (25%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 25% |
| dried peas* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried beet pulp* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| rapeseed oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| dried alfalfa* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| lamb 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* (0.03%, dandelion leaf, marigold) | Other | 0.03% |
| yucca extract* (200mg/kg) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 33% and carbs about 36%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 30% | 33% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 12% | 13% |
| Carbohydrate | ~32% | ~36% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 5% | 5.6% |
| Ash | 11% | 12% |
| 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.
Energy319 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 48
The kind of meat scored best (10.3 of 15). Starch scored lowest (8.1 of 20).
How much meat?
19.7 / 45 points- Meat on the label17.5 / 35 points
50% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.2 / 10 points
Protein is 33.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
8.1 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 35.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
10 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Baked: 10 of 20.
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
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 36% to 23% by dry weight, and protein is about 43%.
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. 18 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 18 nothing flagged
- 1 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.
18 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicory root extract, lamb, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), peas, rapeseed oil, 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), chicory root extract, lamb, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), peas, rapeseed oil, sweet potato
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, chicory root extract, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), rapeseed oil, 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
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Dried botanicals
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: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 2% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK up 2%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 6kg | £32.99 | £5.50/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 6kg | £64.39 | £5.37/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 6kg | £32.99 | £5.50/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 6kg | £64.39 | £5.37/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 6kg | £32.29 | £5.38/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 6kg | £62.99 | £5.25/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: Zooplus UK.
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