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Lily's Kitchen Farmhouse Stew Adult Dry Dog Food Beef
DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
Good points
- 50% meat
- No ingredient deductions
- Fresh meat, named by animal
Worth knowing
- About 50% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: 43% Beef: Freshly Prepared Beef (36%), Beef Liver (7%). Potatoes (18%), Rye (13%), Egg, Spelt (4%)… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 50%
- Protein, dry weight
- 23%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~50%
- kcal/100 g
- 381
Ingredients
Listed first: Freshly Prepared Beef. 50% of the recipe is declared meat.
43% Beef: Freshly Prepared Beef (36%), Beef Liver (7%). Potatoes (18%), Rye (13%), Egg, Spelt (4%), Sweet Potato, Minerals, Amaranth (2%), Quinoa (2%), Beef Tallow, Botanicals and Herbs* (1%), Salmon Oil, Potato Protein, Nutritional Yeast, Prebiotics (Mannan Oligosaccharides 1.3g/kg, Fructooligosaccharides 0.8g/kg), Carrots, Apples, Joint Care Mix (Methylsulfonylmethane 200mg/kg, Glucosamine 150mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 150mg/kg), Cranberries, Spinach.*Botanicals and Herbs: Alfalfa, Chickweed, Cleavers, Golden Rod, Nettles, Seaweed, Dandelion Root, Celery Seeds, Milk Thistle, Burdock Root, Marigold Flowers, Rosehips
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Not Stated; Vitamins: Vitamin A (as Retinyl Acetate) 18,000 IU, Vitamin D3 (as Cholecalciferol)1,800 IU, Vitamin E (as Alpha Tocopherol Acetate) 150 IU, Taurine 1000mg, L-Carnitine 500mg; Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate) 50mg, Manganese (as Manganese Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate) 10mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate) 9mg, Selenium (as Organic Selenium S. cerevisiae CNCM 1-3060) 0.1mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 0.5mg
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 (36%) | Named meat | 36% |
| Beef Liver (7%) | Named meat | 7% |
| Potatoes (18%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 18% |
| Rye (13%) | Grain | 13% |
| Egg | Other | Not given |
| Spelt (4%) | Grain | 4% |
| Sweet Potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Amaranth (2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| Quinoa (2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| Beef Tallow | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Botanicals and Herbs* (1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| Salmon Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Potato Protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Nutritional Yeast | Other | Not given |
| Prebiotics (Mannan Oligosaccharides 1.3g/kg, Fructooligosac… | Other | Not given |
| Carrots | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Apples | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Joint Care Mix (Methylsulfonylmethane 200mg/kg, Glucosamine… | Other | Not given |
| Cranberries | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
The label's 43% figure covers the ingredients after it.
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Nutrition
Protein 23% and carbs about 50%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 21% | 23% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 15% | 17% |
| Carbohydrate | ~45% | ~50% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 6.5% | 7.2% |
| 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.
Energy381 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 41
The kind of meat scored best (15 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.3 of 20).
How much meat?
18.1 / 45 points- Meat on the label17.5 / 35 points
50% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.6 / 10 points
Protein is 23.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
3.3 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 50% 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 added plant protein, starch or fibre.
What kind of meat?
15 / 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 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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 50% to 30% by dry weight, and protein is about 38%.
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
Nothing flagged in 35 ingredients. 7 are not in our ingredient database yet.
35 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, apples, beef, burdock root, carrot, celery, chickweed, cleavers, cranberries, dandelion root, egg, golden rod, l-carnitine, liver (animal organ), marigold meal, milk thistle, minerals, nettle, potato, quinoa, rosehips, salmon oil, seaweed, sweet potato, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), 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, apples, beef, burdock root, carrot, celery, chickweed, cleavers, cranberries, dandelion root, egg, golden rod, liver (animal organ), marigold meal, minerals, nettle, potato, quinoa, rosehips, salmon oil, seaweed, sweet potato, vegetable protein extracts, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, apples, burdock root, celery, chickweed, cleavers, cranberries, dandelion root, golden rod, l-carnitine, liver (animal organ), marigold meal, nettle, quinoa, rosehips, seaweed, taurine, vegetable protein extracts, yeast, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- 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 FEEDAP (PMC13063795)Cranberries
- 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
- 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)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
- Use of Milk Thistle in Farm and Companion Animals (PMC11961297)Milk thistle
7 not in our ingredient database yet
Amaranth, beef tallow, botanicals and herbs, joint care mix, prebiotics, rye, 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 10% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 1kg | £9.79 | £9.79/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 7kg | £51.19 | £7.31/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 1kg | £8.81 | £8.81/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 7kg | £46.07 | £6.58/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 1kg | £8.81 | £8.81/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 7kg | £46.34 | £6.62/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: Pets at Home.
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