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Forthglade Sardines & Sweet Potato Wet Dog Food
WetCompleteAdultGrain-free
Good points
- 75% meat
- Low starch, about 21% carbs
- One animal protein: fish
First ingredients: Sardines (75%)*, Sweet Potato (4%)*, Carrots (2%)*, Peas (2%)*, Minerals… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 75%
- Protein, dry weight
- 36%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~21%
- kcal/100 g
- 123
Ingredients
Listed first: Sardines. 75% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 75%
- Plants 8%
- Other 0.2%
- No amount given 16.8%
Sardines (75%)*, Sweet Potato (4%)*, Carrots (2%)*, Peas (2%)*, Minerals, Dried Seaweed*, Dried Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Nettle, Camomile) (0.12%)*, Chicory Root Extract (0.05%)*, Glucosamine (50mg/ Kg), Chondroitin (50mg/ Kg), Yucca Extract (0.005%)*. *natural ingredient
Meat named animal protein
From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.
Additives
(per Kg): Vitamin A 2,500IU, Vitamin D3 200IU, Vitamin E 30mg. Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc Chelate of Glycine) 50mg, Iron (as Iron Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate) 10mg, Copper (as Copper Chelate of Glycine) 5mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 0.5mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Sardines”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Sardines (75%)* | Named meat | 75% |
| Sweet Potato (4%)* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4% |
| Carrots (2%)* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| Peas (2%)* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Dried Seaweed* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Nettle, Camomile) (0.12%)* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| Chicory Root Extract (0.05%)* | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.05% |
| Glucosamine (50mg/ Kg) | Other | Not given |
| Chondroitin (50mg/ Kg) | Other | Not given |
| Yucca Extract (0.005%)* | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.005% |
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Nutrition
Protein 36% and carbs about 21%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 10% | 36% |
| below the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 8% | 29% |
| Carbohydrate | ~5.8% | ~21% |
| within the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.7% | 2.5% |
| Ash | 3.5% | 13% |
| Moisture | 72% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the wet foods we rate.
Energy123 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 62
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (8 of 20).
How much meat?
28.9 / 45 points- Meat on the label26.3 / 35 points
75% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.6 / 10 points
Protein is 35.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
13.1 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 20.7% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
8 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cooked in the tin, tray or pouch: 8 of 20.
What kind of meat?
12 / 15 points- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, which earns 100% 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 wet 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 →Ingredient notes
1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 17 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 17 nothing flagged
- 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
Carrot, chicory root extract, chondroitin, fish, glucosamine, herbs, minerals, peas, seaweed, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Chicory root extract, chondroitin, fish, glucosamine, herbs, seaweed, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Carrot, chicory root extract, fish, herbs, minerals, peas, seaweed, sweet potato
- 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)Seaweed
- 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: Forthglade. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Sold in multipacks. Prices are for the whole pack.
Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Forthglade | Tray x 18 | £23.31 | £3.28/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Forthglade | Tray x 36 | £45.36 | £3.19/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Forthglade | Tray x 18 | £23.31 | £3.28/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Forthglade | Tray x 36 | £45.36 | £3.19/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
- about 7% this food about 21%
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- Carbs
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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.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Forthglade (the maker).
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