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DryCompletePuppyContains grain
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
- Includes organ meat
Worth knowing
- Some meat not named by animal
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Lamb protein* (20%), rice flour (18%), maize, maize flour, meat meal… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 20%
- Protein, dry weight
- 29%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~44%
- kcal/100 g
- 342
Ingredients
Listed first: Lamb protein. 20% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 20%
- Grain 18%
- Other 0.9%
- No amount given 61.1%
Lamb protein* (20%), rice flour (18%), maize, maize flour, meat meal, beef fat, sunflower oil, beet pulp* (desugared), hydrolysed liver, apple pomace* (0.7%), rapeseed oil, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, yeast*, seaweed, linseed (0.16%), mussel meat* (0.04%), yucca schidigera*, yeast* (extract), milk thistle, artichoke, dandelion, ginger, birch leaves, stinging nettle, camomile, coriander, rosemary, sage, liquorice root, thyme (total dried herbs*: 0.15%) *dried
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Lamb protein*”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Lamb protein* (20%) | Named meat | 20% |
| rice flour (18%) | Grain | 18% |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| maize flour | Grain | Not given |
| meat meal | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| beef fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| sunflower oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| beet pulp* (desugared) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| hydrolysed liver | Organ meat | Not given |
| apple pomace* (0.7%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.7% |
| rapeseed oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| potassium chloride | Other | Not given |
| sodium chloride | Other | Not given |
| yeast* | Other | Not given |
| seaweed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| linseed (0.16%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.2% |
| mussel meat* (0.04%) | Named meat | 0.04% |
| yucca schidigera* | Other | Not given |
| yeast* (extract) | Other | Not given |
| milk thistle | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 29% and carbs about 44%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 26% | 29% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 13% | 14% |
| Carbohydrate | ~40% | ~44% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 8.5% | 9.4% |
| 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.
Energy342 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 25
The kind of meat scored best (7.2 of 15). Meat scored lowest (8.5 of 45).
How much meat?
8.5 / 45 points- Meat on the label7 / 35 points
20% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.5 / 10 points
Protein is 28.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
5.2 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 44.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
7.2 / 15 points- How the meat is listed4.2 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal, unnamed meal, unnamed hydrolysed and fresh, which earns 35% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat3 / 3 points
Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is 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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 44% to 25% by dry weight, and protein is about 36%.
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
3 noted: liver, chamomile and yucca extract. 20 flagged nothing.
- 3 noted
- 20 nothing flagged
- 5 not in our ingredient database yet
- Liver (animal organ)Counted in “How processed?”Feed material (animal organ)
The label says “hydrolysed liver”: a protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
- ChamomileNoted, no points takenBotanical / flavouring
Plant extras like this are usually added in tiny amounts, so points are taken only when the label declares 1% or more.
Why it’s noted and sources
The ASPCA lists chamomile as toxic to dogs, with stomach upset and allergic reactions, and warns that long-term use can cause bleeding problems. The amounts in dog food are small; we flag it as a caution.
- 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.
20 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, apples, beet pulp, dandelion root, ginger, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), milk thistle, nettle, potassium chloride, processed animal protein, rapeseed oil, rice, rosemary, sage, salt (sodium chloride), seaweed, sunflower oil, thyme, yeast
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)Animal fats, apples, beet pulp, dandelion root, ginger, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), nettle, potassium chloride, rapeseed oil, rice, rosemary, seaweed, sunflower oil, thyme, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Apples, dandelion root, ginger, nettle, potassium chloride, rapeseed oil, salt (sodium chloride), seaweed, sunflower oil, thyme, yeast
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlSage
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlThyme
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC7448036)Ginger
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Milk thistle
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Processed animal protein
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Use of Milk Thistle in Farm and Companion Animals (PMC11961297)Milk thistle
5 not in our ingredient database yet
Artichoke, birch leaves, coriander, liquorice root, mussel meat
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: Happy Dog UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Happy Dog UK | 15kg | £51.99 | £3.47/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Happy Dog UK | 15kg x 2 | £114.04 | £3.80/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Happy Dog UK | 15kg | £51.99 | £3.47/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Happy Dog UK | 15kg x 2 | £114.04 | £3.80/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
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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: Happy Dog UK (the maker).
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