Gilpa Dr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food

1 price from Jollyes

Gilpa Dr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food

DryCompleteAdultContains grain
21/ 100
WeakTied 934th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

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

Worth knowing

  • 11% meat
  • About 64% carbs (dry weight)
  • Protein 20% (dry weight)

First ingredients: Wheat, chicken (11%), maize, peas (4%), chicken gravy… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
11%
Protein, dry weight
20%
Carbs, dry weight
~64%
kcal/100 g
315

Ingredients

Listed first: Wheat. 11% of the recipe is declared meat.

Wheat, chicken (11%), maize, peas (4%), chicken gravy, chicken fat, minerals, linseed, yucca extract

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Wheat”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
WheatGrainNot given
chicken (11%)Named meat11%
maizeGrainNot given
peas (4%)Vegetable, fruit or plant4%
chicken gravyFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
chicken fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
mineralsOtherNot given
linseedVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
yucca extractFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 20% and carbs about 64%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein18%20%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat6%6.7%
Carbohydrate~58%~64%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.5%2.8%
Ash6%6.7%
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.

Energy315 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 21

The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). Starch scored lowest (0 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    3.9 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label3.9 / 35 points

      11% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0 / 10 points

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

  2. How much starch?

    0 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 63.9% 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 934th of 1,171 dry foods. 30 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 64% to 41% by dry weight, and protein is about 35%.

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. 8 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 8 nothing flagged
8 ingredients with nothing flagged

Broth (meat stock), chicken, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), minerals, peas, poultry fat, wheat

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

Sources for these ingredients

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Jollyes. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Down 50% since 10 Aug.

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

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
JollyesDr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food - 15kg · £8.24 down 50% since 10 AugDr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food - 15kg£8.24£0.55/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Jollyes down 50%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026JollyesDr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food - 15kg£8.24£0.55/kg
27 Sep 2026JollyesDr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food - 15kg£8.24£0.55/kg
10 Aug 2026JollyesDr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food - 15kg£16.50£1.10/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

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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: Jollyes.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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