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Lily's Kitchen Adult Wet Dog Food Beef Goulash
Good points
- 60% meat
- Low starch, about 15% carbs
- One animal protein: beef
First ingredients: Freshly Prepared Beef (60%), Pumpkin (4%), Carrots (2%), Spinach (2%), Red Peppers (2%)… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 60%
- Protein, dry weight
- 44%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~15%
- kcal/100 g
- 118
Ingredients
Listed first: Freshly Prepared Beef. 60% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 60%
- Plants 8%
- Other 2.4%
- No amount given 29.6%
Freshly Prepared Beef (60%), Pumpkin (4%), Carrots (2%), Spinach (2%), Red Peppers (2%), Amaranth, Spelt, Minerals, Sunflower Oil (0.2%), Cinnamon (0.1%), Parsley (0.1%); Herbs and botanicals: Golden Rod, Nettle, Aniseed, Rosehips, Marigold Petals, Cleavers, Kelp, Alfalfa, Milk Thistle, Dandelion Root, Burdock Root, Celery Seeds
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamin D3 200 IU, Vitamin E 20 mg Natural Thickener (per kg): Locust Bean Gum 1g
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Freshly Prepared Beef”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Freshly Prepared Beef (60%) | Named meat | 60% |
| Pumpkin (4%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4% |
| Carrots (2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| Spinach (2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| Red Peppers (2%) | Other | 2% |
| Amaranth | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Spelt | Grain | Not given |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Sunflower Oil (0.2%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.2% |
| Cinnamon (0.1%) | Other | 0.1% |
| Parsley (0.1%); Herbs and botanicals: Golden Rod | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| Nettle | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Aniseed | Other | Not given |
| Rosehips | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Marigold Petals | Other | Not given |
| Cleavers | Other | Not given |
| Kelp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Alfalfa | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Milk Thistle | Other | Not given |
| Dandelion Root | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 44% and carbs about 15%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 10.6% | 44% |
| within the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 7.4% | 31% |
| Carbohydrate | ~3.5% | ~15% |
| within the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.4% | 1.7% |
| Ash | 2.1% | 8.8% |
| Moisture | 76% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the wet foods we rate.
Why it scores 60
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (8 of 20).
How much meat?
25 / 45 points- Meat on the label21 / 35 points
60% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level4 / 10 points
Protein is 44.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
15.1 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 14.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
8 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cooked in the tin, tray or pouch: 8 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 wet 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 →Ingredient notes
Nothing flagged in 22 ingredients. 2 are not in our ingredient database yet.
22 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, aniseed, beef, burdock root, carrot, celery, cinnamon, cleavers, dandelion root, golden rod, marigold meal, milk thistle, minerals, nettle, pepper (spice), pumpkin, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, sunflower oil, tocopherols (vitamin E)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
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)Alfalfa, aniseed, beef, burdock root, carrot, celery, cleavers, dandelion root, golden rod, marigold meal, minerals, nettle, pepper (spice), pumpkin, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, sunflower oil
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, aniseed, burdock root, celery, cleavers, dandelion root, golden rod, marigold meal, nettle, pepper (spice), pumpkin, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, sunflower oil
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlCinnamon
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Milk thistle
- Pet Poison HelplineCinnamon
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Use of Milk Thistle in Farm and Companion Animals (PMC11961297)Milk thistle
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Amaranth, spelt
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: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Sold in multipacks. Prices are for the whole pack.
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 15%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 10 x 150g | £12.29 | £8.19/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 6 x 400g | £18.99 | £7.91/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 10 x 150g | £11.06 | £7.37/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 6 x 400g | £17.09 | £7.12/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 10 x 150g | £10.70 | £7.13/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 6 x 400g | £17.09 | £7.12/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
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: Pets at Home.
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