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Lily's Kitchen Puppy Dry Dog Food - Chicken, Salmon & Peas
DryCompletePuppyGrain-freeFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
- Fresh meat, named by animal
Worth knowing
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: 44% chicken & salmon: fresh chicken (27%); freshly prepared salmon (10%); chicken liver (7%), sweet potato, pea protein… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 44%
- Protein, dry weight
- 32%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~38%
- kcal/100 g
- 380
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken & salmon. 44% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 44%
- Plants 5%
- No amount given 51%
44% chicken & salmon: fresh chicken (27%); freshly prepared salmon (10%); chicken liver (7%), sweet potato, pea protein, potato protein, whole lentils, whole peas (4%), chicken fat, egg, chicken gravy, flaxseed, minerals, botanicals & herbs* (1%), salmon oil, Joint Care Mix [methylsulphonylmethane 1600mg/kg, glucosamine 1500mg/kg, chondroitin sulphate 1500mg/kg], prebiotics [mannan oligosaccharides 2.5g/kg, fructooligosaccharides 1.5g/kg], carrots, apples, cranberries, spinach. *Botanicals & herbs: alfalfa, chickweed, cleavers, golden rod, nettles, seaweed, dandelion root, celery seeds, milk thistle, burdock root, marigold flowers, rosehips
Meat named animal protein
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamins: Vitamin A [as retinyl acetate] (18,000 IU), vitamin D3 [as cholecalciferol] (1800 IU), vitamin E [as alpha tocopherol acetate] (150 IU). Trace elements: Zinc [as zinc chelate of amino acids hydrate] (100mg), 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] (0.2mg), iodine [as calcium iodate anhydrous] (0.5mg).
How we read this label
First ingredient: “44% chicken & salmon:”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| 44% chicken & salmon: | Named meat | 44% |
| fresh chicken (27%); freshly prepared salmon (10%); chicken… | Named meat | Part of the item above |
| sweet potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| pea protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| potato protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| whole lentils | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| whole peas (4%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4% |
| chicken fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| egg | Other | Not given |
| chicken gravy | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| flaxseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| botanicals & herbs* (1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| salmon oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Joint Care Mix [methylsulphonylmethane 1600mg/kg, glucosami… | Other | Not given |
| prebiotics [mannan oligosaccharides 2.5g/kg, fructooligosac… | Other | Not given |
| carrots | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| apples | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| cranberries | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| spinach | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 32% and carbs about 38%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 29% | 32% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~34% | ~38% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.3% |
| Ash | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| 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.
Energy380 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 41
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).
How much meat?
17.4 / 45 points- Meat on the label15.4 / 35 points
44% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2 / 10 points
Protein is 32.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
7.2 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 38.3% 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?
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 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 38% to 21% 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 36 ingredients. 2 are not in our ingredient database yet.
36 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, apples, broth (meat stock), burdock root, carrot, celery, chickweed, chondroitin, cleavers, cranberries, dandelion root, egg, glucosamine, golden rod, herbs, lentils, linseed (flaxseed), marigold meal, milk thistle, minerals, nettle, peas, poultry fat, rosehips, salmon oil, seaweed, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts
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, broth (meat stock), burdock root, carrot, celery, chickweed, cleavers, cranberries, dandelion root, egg, golden rod, herbs, lentils, linseed (flaxseed), marigold meal, minerals, nettle, peas, poultry fat, rosehips, salmon oil, seaweed, sweet potato, vegetable protein extracts
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, apples, burdock root, celery, chickweed, chondroitin, cleavers, cranberries, dandelion root, glucosamine, golden rod, herbs, lentils, marigold meal, nettle, poultry fat, rosehips, seaweed, vegetable protein extracts, 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
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Botanicals, joint care mix [methylsulphonylmethane
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: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 6% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK up 6%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 7kg | £51.39 | £7.34/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 7kg | £100.99 | £7.21/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 7kg | £51.39 | £7.34/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 7kg | £100.99 | £7.21/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 7kg | £48.59 | £6.94/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 7kg | £95.49 | £6.82/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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