Gentle Iberico

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Gentle Iberico

DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
30/ 100
WeakTied 569th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 28 Sep 2026

Good points

  • One main animal protein: pork
  • No ingredient deductions
  • Fresh meat, named by animal

Worth knowing

  • Meat amount not given
  • About 51% carbs (dry weight)

First ingredients: Iberico pig meat, dried and ground 30%, Potato flakes… All ingredients

Label taken from the maker’s website
Meat
Not on label
Protein, dry weight
27%
Carbs, dry weight
~51%
kcal/100 g
326

Ingredients

Listed first: Iberico pig meat. The label gives no meat figure.

Iberico pig meat, dried and ground 30%, Potato flakes, Vegetable mixture - dried and ground (peas, beet root, carrots, chicory) 20%, Beta vulgaris, Rapeseed oil, Hemp oil, Apple dried and ground, Redcurrant dried and ground, Sea algae (Ascophyllum nodosum), Cod oil, Herbs - dried and ground (stinging nettles, horsetail, dandelion) 2%, Linseeds, Moor (mineral clay)

Meat named animal protein

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

Additives

Vitamins, Pro-Vitamins & Similar Effective Substances: /kg Vitamin A 10,000IU, Vitamin D3 1000IU, Vitamin E 200mg, Vitamin B1 3.5mg, Vitamin B2 7.0mg, Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxin Hydrochloride) 4.2mg, Vitamin B12 42 µg, Biotin 210 µg, Folic Acid 0.35mg, Niacin 21mg, Vitamin C 140mg, Calcium-D-Pantothenate 7.0mg, Choline Chloride 2000mg, Copper (as Copper (II) chelate of glycine hydrate) 16mg, Manganese (as glycine manganese chelate hydrate) 52mg, Zinc (as glycine zinc chelate hydrate) 62.5mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 0.3mg, Selenium (as Sodium selenite) 150mcg

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Iberico pig meat”. 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
Iberico pig meatNamed meatNot given
dried and ground 30%Other30%
Potato flakesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Vegetable mixture - dried and ground (peas, beet root, carr…Vegetable, fruit or plant20%
Beta vulgarisOtherNot given
Rapeseed oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Hemp oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Apple dried and groundVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Redcurrant dried and groundVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Sea algae (Ascophyllum nodosum)Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Cod oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Herbs - dried and ground (stinging nettles, horsetail, dand…Vegetable, fruit or plant2%
LinseedsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Moor (mineral clay)OtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 27% and carbs about 51%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein24%27%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat9.6%11%
Carbohydrate~46%~51%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.3%3.7%
Ash7.2%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.

Energy326 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 30

The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    9.9 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label8.8 / 35 points

      Meat is named but the label doesn’t say how much, so a quarter of the points.

    • Protein level1.1 / 10 points

      Protein is 26.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    3 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 51% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. 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 dry foods

Tied 569th of 1,171 dry foods. 43 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 51% to 33% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.

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

Nothing flagged in 25 ingredients. 8 are not in our ingredient database yet.

25 ingredients with nothing flagged

Algae, apples, biotin (vitamin H/B7), choline chloride, folic acid (folate), hemp seed oil, herbs, linseed (flaxseed), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), potato, rapeseed oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamins

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, manganese, selenium, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients
8 not in our ingredient database yet

Beta vulgaris, cod oil, dried and ground, iberico pig meat, moor, pro-vitamins & similar effective substances:, redcurrant dried and ground, vegetable mixture - dried and ground

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

No shop we track confirms it is in stock. Last price £8.80/kg at Gentle Dog Food.

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

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Gentle Dog Food5kg · £44.00Stock not confirmed5kg£44.00£8.80/kgVisit

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Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 29 to 33 points higher at the same price or less.

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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: Gentle Dog Food (the maker).

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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