

1 price from Jollyes
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.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat | Grain | Not given |
| chicken (11%) | Named meat | 11% |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| peas (4%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4% |
| chicken gravy | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| chicken fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| yucca extract | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 20% and carbs about 64%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 18% | 20% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 6% | 6.7% |
| Carbohydrate | ~58% | ~64% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 6% | 6.7% |
| 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.
Why it scores 21
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). Starch scored lowest (0 of 20).
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%.
How much starch?
0 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 63.9% 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?
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
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
- 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.
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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Broth (meat stock), chicken, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), minerals, peas, poultry fat, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Poultry fat
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
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JollyesDr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food - 15kg · £8.24 down 50% since 10 Aug | Dr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food - 15kg | £8.24 | £0.55/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Jollyes down 50%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Jollyes | Dr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food - 15kg | £8.24 | £0.55/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Jollyes | Dr John Silver Adult & Senior Dry Dog Food - 15kg | £8.24 | £0.55/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Jollyes | Dr 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.
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