

1 price from Jollyes
Good points
- Low starch, about 11% carbs
- High protein, 44% dry weight
Worth knowing
- Added sugar: −10 points
- 16% meat
- Some meat not named by animal
First ingredients: Meat and Animal Derivatives (42%), Beef (4%), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Fish Oil (0.15%)… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 16%
- Protein, dry weight
- 44%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~11%
- kcal/100 g
- 82
Ingredients
Listed first: “Meat and Animal Derivatives”. 16% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 16%
- Other 42.2%
- No amount given 41.8%
Meat and Animal Derivatives (42%), Beef (4%), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Fish Oil (0.15%), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Chicory (0.08%), Various Sugars, Chicken (4%), Lamb (4%), Poultry (4%)
Meat named animal protein
Additives
Vitamin D (140 IU/kg), Vitamin E (12 mg/kg), lodine (Calcium lodate Anhydrous) (0.3 mg/kg), Zinc (Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) (12 mg/kg), Cassia Gum (1700 mg/kg)
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Meat and Animal Derivatives”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Meat and Animal Derivatives (42%) | A group name, not one ingredient | 42% |
| Beef (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Oils and Fats | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Fish Oil (0.15%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.1% |
| Derivatives of Vegetable Origin | A group name, not one ingredient | Not given |
| Chicory (0.08%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.08% |
| Various Sugars | Other | Not given |
| Chicken (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| Lamb (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| Poultry (4%) | Meat, animal not named | 4% |
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Nutrition
Protein 44% and carbs about 11%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 8% | 44% |
| within the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 5.5% | 31% |
| Carbohydrate | ~2% | ~11% |
| within the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 2% | 11% |
| Moisture | 82% | 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 26
Starch scored best (16.3 of 20). The kind of meat scored lowest (2.9 of 15).
How much meat?
9.7 / 45 points- Meat on the label5.6 / 35 points
16% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level4.1 / 10 points
Protein is 44.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
16.3 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 11.1% 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?
2.9 / 15 points- How the meat is listed2.9 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as an unnamed category, fresh and unnamed fresh, which earns 24% 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.
Points lost for ingredients: Sugars (−10).
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
1 ingredient costs 10 points: sugars. 2 more noted. 12 flagged nothing.
- 1 costs points
- 2 noted
- 12 nothing flagged
- SugarsCosts 10 pointsFeed material (declared category)
Why it costs points and sources
Added sugar is there for taste. Dogs have no need for it, and it adds calories without nutrition.
- Meat and animal derivativesCounted in “What kind of meat?”Feed material (declared category)
An unnamed category: the label doesn’t say which animal or plant parts are used. It costs points under “What kind of meat?” rather than as a deduction.
- Derivatives of vegetable originNoted, no points takenFeed material (declared category)
An unnamed category: the label doesn’t say which plant parts are used.
12 ingredients with nothing flagged
Beef, cassia gum, chicken, chicory root extract, fish oil, lamb, minerals, oils and fats, poultry, tocopherols (vitamin E)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: 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)Beef, cassia gum, chicken, chicory root extract, fish oil, lamb, minerals, oils and fats, poultry
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Cassia gum, chicory root extract, poultry, zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Jollyes. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Down 50% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Sold in multipacks. Prices are for the whole pack.
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jollyes12x100g · £1.50 down 50% since 10 Aug | 12x100g | £1.50 | £1.25/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Jollyes down 50%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Jollyes | 12x100g | £1.50 | £1.25/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Jollyes | 12x100g | £1.50 | £1.25/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Jollyes | 12x100g | £3.00 | £2.50/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
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Sources
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Jollyes.
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