

4 prices from Animal Station Linwood, Pets at Home and Northumbria Pets
Natures Menu Raw Boost with Trout Freeze Dried Raw Adult Dog Food
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
- Fresh meat, named by animal
Worth knowing
- 13% meat
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Pea starch, trout* 13%, dehydrated peas*, dehydrated potato, dehydrated trout proteins… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 13%
- Protein, dry weight
- 28%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~44%
- kcal/100 g
- 353
Ingredients
Listed first: Pea starch. 13% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 13%
- Other 0.9%
- No amount given 86.1%
Pea starch, trout* 13%, dehydrated peas*, dehydrated potato, dehydrated trout proteins, pea protein, lard, white fish*, linseed*, hydrolysed pea protein, maize oil, minerals, salmon*, dried chicory root concentrate (source of inulin)* 0.8%, lignocellulose, spirulina (Arthrospira platensis)* 0.1%, dried pineapple stem concentrate*. *Natural ingredients
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamin A 25650 IU; vitamin D3 1140 IU; vitamin E 337 mg; biotin 1 mg; copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate 31 mg; iron(II) sulphate monohydrate 247 mg; potassium iodide 1.8 mg; sodium selenite 0.2 mg; zinc sulphate monohydrate 365 mg; manganous sulphate monohydrate 117 mg
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Pea starch”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Pea starch | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| trout* 13% | Named meat | 13% |
| dehydrated peas* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dehydrated potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dehydrated trout proteins | Named meat | Not given |
| pea protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| lard | Other | Not given |
| white fish* | Named meat | Not given |
| linseed* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| hydrolysed pea protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| maize oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| salmon* | Named meat | Not given |
| dried chicory root concentrate (source of inulin)* 0.8% | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.8% |
| lignocellulose | Other | Not given |
| spirulina (Arthrospira platensis)* 0.1% | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| dried pineapple stem concentrate* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 28% and carbs about 44%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 25.5% | 28% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 14.5% | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | ~40% | ~44% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.3% |
| Ash | 7% | 7.8% |
| 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 26
The kind of meat scored best (10.8 of 15). Meat scored lowest (6 of 45).
How much meat?
6 / 45 points- Meat on the label4.6 / 35 points
13% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.4 / 10 points
Protein is 28.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
5.2 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 44.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
4 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
10.8 / 15 points- How the meat is listed10.8 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 90% 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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 44% to 28% by dry weight, and protein is about 41%.
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
1 noted: hydrolysed proteins. 23 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 23 nothing flagged
- 1 not in our ingredient database yet
- Hydrolysed proteinsCounted in “How processed?”Feed material (protein source)
A protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
23 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, biotin (vitamin H/B7), chicory root extract, fish, lignocellulose, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, oils and fats, peas, potato, salmon, spirulina, starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts
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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Animal fats, chicory root extract, fish, lignocellulose, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, oils and fats, peas, potato, salmon, spirulina, vegetable protein extracts
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Biotin (vitamin H/B7), chicory root extract, fish, lignocellulose, spirulina, 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 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)Starch
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Dried pineapple stem concentrate
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
Lowest £9.00/kg at Animal Station Linwood, 10% below the dearest. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Station Linwood3kg · £27.00 | 3kg | £27.00 | £9.00/kgCheapest in stock | Visit |
| Pets at Home1.5kg · £14.99 up 18% since 10 Aug | 1.5kg | £14.99 | £9.99/kg | Visit |
| Animal Station Linwood1.5kg · £15.00 | 1.5kg | £15.00 | £10.00/kg | Visit |
| Northumbria Pets1.5kg · £14.99Out of stock | 1.5kg | £14.99 | £9.99/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 18%; 2 other shops unchanged.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Animal Station Linwood | 1.5kg | £15.00 | £10.00/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Animal Station Linwood | 3kg | £27.00 | £9.00/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Northumbria Pets | 1.5kg | £14.99 (out of stock) | £9.99/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 1.5kg | £14.99 | £9.99/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Animal Station Linwood | 1.5kg | £15.00 | £10.00/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Animal Station Linwood | 3kg | £27.00 | £9.00/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Northumbria Pets | 1.5kg | £14.99 (out of stock) | £9.99/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 1.5kg | £13.49 | £8.99/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 1.5kg | £12.74 | £8.49/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
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- Carbs
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Read from 3 shops, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Pages we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home, Northumbria Pets, Animal Station Linwood.
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