

1 price from Happy Dog UK
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- About 53% carbs (dry weight)
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: rice (62 %), poultry protein* (23 %, of which 8 % chicken meat*), oils and fats, salmon meal (4 %), dried beet pulp*… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 27%
- Protein, dry weight
- 26%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~53%
- kcal/100 g
- 362
Ingredients
Listed first: Rice. 27% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 27%
- Grain 62%
- No amount given 11%
rice (62 %), poultry protein* (23 %, of which 8 % chicken meat*), oils and fats, salmon meal (4 %), dried beet pulp*, hydrolysed protein, minerals, apple pomace*, chicory powder, mussel powder; *) dried
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.
Additives
vitamins/kg: vitamin A 15000 IU, vitamin D3 930 IU. Trace elements / kg: iron (3b103) 65 mg, copper (3b405) 13 mg, zinc (3b603) 85 mg, manganese (3b502) 16 mg, iodine (3b202) 1.5 mg, selenium (3b801) 0.25 mg. Antioxidant, tocopherol-rich extracts from plant oils 1b306(i).
How we read this label
First ingredient: “rice”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| rice (62%) | Grain | 62% |
| poultry protein* (23%, of which 8% chicken meat*) | Named meat | 23% |
| oils and fats | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Part of the item above |
| salmon meal (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| dried beet pulp* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| hydrolysed protein | Other | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| apple pomace* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| chicory powder | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| mussel powder; *) dried | Named meat | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 26% and carbs about 53%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 23% | 26% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 10% | 11% |
| Carbohydrate | ~48% | ~53% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 7% | 7.8% |
| 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 24
The kind of meat scored best (6.2 of 15). Starch scored lowest (2.4 of 20).
How much meat?
10.4 / 45 points- Meat on the label9.5 / 35 points
27% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.9 / 10 points
Protein is 25.6% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
2.4 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 52.8% 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?
6.2 / 15 points- How the meat is listed6.2 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal and dried, which earns 51% 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 53% 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.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
1 noted: hydrolysed proteins. 19 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 19 nothing flagged
- 1 not in our ingredient database yet
- Hydrolysed proteinsCounted in “How processed?”Feed material (protein source)
A protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
19 ingredients with nothing flagged
Antioxidants, apples, beet pulp, chicory root extract, minerals, oils and fats, processed animal protein, rice, salmon, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamins
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
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)Antioxidants, apples, chicory root extract, vitamins, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Antioxidants, apples, beet pulp, chicory root extract, minerals, oils and fats, rice, salmon
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- 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)Processed animal protein
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Mussel powder
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
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Dog UK20kg · £46.99 | 20kg | £46.99 | £2.35/kg | Visit |
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 | 20kg | £46.99 | £2.35/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Happy Dog UK | 20kg | £46.99 | £2.35/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
1 dry food scores 25 points higher at the same price or less.

- Meat
- 59% this food 27%
- Carbs
- about 33% this food about 53%
- To feed
- 33% less per 1,000 kcal
+25 points
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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