2 prices from Zooplus UK
Lily's Kitchen Cottage Pie
WetCompleteAdultGrain-free
Good points
- 60% meat
- One animal protein: beef
- No ingredient deductions
First ingredients: Freshly prepared beef (60%), potatoes (3%), carrots (3%), apples, green beans… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 60%
- Protein, dry weight
- 38%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~28%
- kcal/100 g
- 118
Ingredients
Listed first: Freshly prepared beef. 60% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 60%
- Plants 6%
- No amount given 34%
Freshly prepared beef (60%), potatoes (3%), carrots (3%), apples, green beans, broccoli, minerals, flaxseed. Botanicals & Herbs: Golden rod, nettle, aniseed, rosehips, marigold petals, cleavers, kelp, alfalfa, milk thistle, dandelion root, burdock root, celery seeds
Meat named animal protein
Additives
(per kg): Nutritional additives: Vitamin D3 (200 IU), vitamin E (20mg). Trace elements: Zinc [as zinc chelate of glycine hydrate] (25mg), managanese [as manganese chelate of glycine hydrate] (1.4mg), iodine [as calcium iodate, anhydrous] (0.75mg). Technological additives: Locust bean gum.
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% |
| potatoes (3%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 3% |
| carrots (3%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 3% |
| apples | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| green beans | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| broccoli | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| flaxseed. Botanicals & Herbs: Golden rod | Other | Not given |
| 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 |
| burdock root | Other | Not given |
| celery seeds. | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 38% and carbs about 28%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 9.8% | 38% |
| within the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 6.9% | 27% |
| Carbohydrate | ~7.2% | ~28% |
| above the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| Ash | 1.7% | 6.5% |
| Moisture | 74% | 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.
Energy118 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 54
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (8 of 20).
How much meat?
24 / 45 points- Meat on the label21 / 35 points
60% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level3 / 10 points
Protein is 37.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
10.8 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 27.7% 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 25 ingredients.
25 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, aniseed, apples, beef, broccoli, burdock root, carrot, celery, cleavers, dandelion root, golden rod, green beans, linseed (flaxseed), locust bean gum, marigold meal, milk thistle, minerals, nettle, potato, rosehips, seaweed, tocopherols (vitamin E)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: iodine, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
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, apples, beef, broccoli, burdock root, carrot, celery, cleavers, dandelion root, golden rod, green beans, linseed (flaxseed), marigold meal, minerals, nettle, potato, rosehips, seaweed
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, aniseed, apples, broccoli, burdock root, celery, cleavers, dandelion root, golden rod, green beans, marigold meal, nettle, rosehips, seaweed, zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC13397469)Locust bean gum
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Locust bean gum
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Milk thistle
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Use of Milk Thistle in Farm and Companion Animals (PMC11961297)Milk thistle
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Down 12% 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): Zooplus UK down 12%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10 x 150g | £12.69 | £8.46/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 20 x 150g | £23.99 | £8.00/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10 x 150g | £12.79 | £8.53/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 20 x 150g | £24.19 | £8.06/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10 x 150g | £14.39 | £9.59/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 20 x 150g | £27.39 | £9.13/kg |
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.
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