

3 prices from Zooplus UK
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
- Includes organ meat
- Cold-pressed, not extruded
Worth knowing
- About 47% carbs (dry weight)
- Some meat not named by animal
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Dried duck (21%), potato flakes (10.5%), sweet potato (10%), dried lamb (10%), rice (8.8%)… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 31%
- Protein, dry weight
- 28%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~47%
- kcal/100 g
- 337
Ingredients
Listed first: Dried duck. 31% of the recipe is declared meat.
Dried duck (21%), potato flakes (10.5%), sweet potato (10%), dried lamb (10%), rice (8.8%), poultry fat, salmon oil (5.5%), seaweed meal, gelatine, linseeds 94%), dried beet pulp, dried apple pomace (4%), herb mix (3.5%), egg powder, hemp seeds (1.5%), hydrolysed poultry liver, green-lipped mussel extract (0.5%), yucca schidigera extract, blueberries (0.3%)
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (22,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1200 IU), vitamin E (100mg), vitamin B1 (9mg), vitamin B2 (11mg), vitamin B6 (4mg), vitamin B12 (59mcg), biotin (400mcg), folic acid (1mg), niacin (45mg), vitamin C (33mg), calcium-D-pantothenate (22mg), choline chloride (780mg), zinc [zinc sulphate monohydrate] (84mg), iron [ferrous(II)-sulphate monohydrate] (57mg), manganese [manganous(II)-oxide] (20mg), copper [cupric(II)-sulphate pentahydrate] (10mg), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (1mg), selenium [sodium selenite] (0.1mg), DL-methionine (2500mg). Technological additives: Binding agent.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Dried duck”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Dried duck (21%) | Named meat | 21% |
| potato flakes (10.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 10.5% |
| sweet potato (10%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 10% |
| dried lamb (10%) | Named meat | 10% |
| rice (8.8%) | Grain | 8.8% |
| poultry fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| salmon oil (5.5%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 5.5% |
| seaweed meal | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| gelatine | Other | Not given |
| linseeds 94%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 94% |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried apple pomace (4%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4% |
| herb mix (3.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 3.5% |
| egg powder | Other | Not given |
| hemp seeds (1.5%) | Other | 1.5% |
| hydrolysed poultry liver | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| green-lipped mussel extract (0.5%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.5% |
| yucca schidigera extract | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| blueberries (0.3%). | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.3% |
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Nutrition
Protein 28% and carbs about 47%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 25% | 28% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 9.5% | 11% |
| Carbohydrate | ~43% | ~47% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 4.9% | 5.4% |
| Ash | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| 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 36
The kind of meat scored best (11.2 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.2 of 20).
How much meat?
12.2 / 45 points- Meat on the label10.9 / 35 points
31% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.3 / 10 points
Protein is 27.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
4.2 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 47.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
9 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cold-pressed: 10 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
11.2 / 15 points- How the meat is listed8.2 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as dried and unnamed hydrolysed, which earns 69% 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 47% to 30% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.
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
2 noted: liver and yucca extract. 36 flagged nothing.
- 2 noted
- 36 nothing flagged
- 3 not in our ingredient database yet
- Liver (animal organ)Counted in “How processed?”Feed material (animal organ)
The label says “hydrolysed poultry liver”: a protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
36 ingredients with nothing flagged
Apples, beet pulp, biotin (vitamin H/B7), blueberries, choline chloride, DL-methionine, duck, egg, folic acid (folate), gelatine (hydrolysed), green-lipped mussel, herbs, lamb, linseed (flaxseed), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), potato, poultry fat, rice, salmon oil, seaweed, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, 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
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Apples, biotin (vitamin H/B7), blueberries, choline chloride, DL-methionine, folic acid (folate), gelatine (hydrolysed), green-lipped mussel, herbs, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), poultry fat, seaweed, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Apples, beet pulp, blueberries, duck, egg, gelatine (hydrolysed), green-lipped mussel, herbs, lamb, linseed (flaxseed), potato, poultry fat, rice, salmon oil, seaweed, sweet potato
- 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)Seaweed
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
3 not in our ingredient database yet
Binding agent, binding agent., hemp seeds
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.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 1.5kg | £7.99 | £5.33/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | New Recipe! 10kg | £39.99 | £4.00/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | New Recipe! Economy Pack: 2 x 10kg | £76.99 | £3.85/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 1.5kg | £7.99 | £5.33/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | New Recipe! 10kg | £39.99 | £4.00/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | New Recipe! Economy Pack: 2 x 10kg | £76.99 | £3.85/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 1.5kg | £7.99 | £5.33/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | New Recipe! 10kg | £39.99 (out of stock) | £4.00/kg |
Your dog
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Own-label food: checked against the retailer’s label.
Retailer-verified. This is the retailer’s own-label food, so there is no separate maker’s website to check it against. We publish it because the retailer’s label is complete and passes our consistency checks.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.
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