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Nika Pet Food Fish Topper
Good points
- 84% meat
- Low starch, about 10% carbs
- Gently cooked, not extruded
First ingredients: (in descending order by weight): Mackerel (82%), Mixed Vegetables (Carrots, Swede, Parsnips, Seasonal Vegetables) (16%)… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 84%
- Protein, dry weight
- 53%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~10%
- kcal/100 g
- 196
Ingredients
Listed first: Mackerel. 84% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 84%
- Plants 16%
(in descending order by weight): Mackerel (82%), Mixed Vegetables (Carrots, Swede, Parsnips, Seasonal Vegetables) (16%), Pork Gelatine (2%), Herbs (Parsley, Marjoram, Spirulina), Turmeric
Meat named animal protein
From the maker’s website, checked 4 Oct 2026.
How we read this label
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Mackerel (82%) | Named meat | 82% |
| Mixed Vegetables (Carrots, Swede, Parsnips, Seasonal Vegeta… | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 16% |
| Pork Gelatine (2%) | Named meat | 2% |
| Herbs (Parsley, Marjoram, Spirulina) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Turmeric | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 53% and carbs about 10%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 21.5% | 53% |
| Fat | 12.5% | 31% |
| Carbohydrate | ~4.1% | ~10% |
| Fibre | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Ash | 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Moisture | 59.5% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares.
Why it scores 83
How it’s made scored best (20 of 20). Meat scored lowest (34.9 of 45).
How much meat?
34.9 / 45 points- Meat on the label29.4 / 35 points
84% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level5.5 / 10 points
Protein is 53.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
16.6 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 10.1% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
20 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Gently cooked fresh food: 20 of 20.
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.
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
Nothing flagged in 5 ingredients.
5 ingredients with nothing flagged
Fish, gelatine (hydrolysed), herbs, turmeric, vegetables
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)Fish, gelatine (hydrolysed), herbs, turmeric, vegetables
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Fish, gelatine (hydrolysed), herbs, turmeric, vegetables
- EFSA 2020 (PMC7448085)Turmeric
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Nika Pet Food. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nika Pet Food200g · £2.25 | 200g | £2.25 | £11.25/kg | Visit |
Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Nika Pet Food | 200g | £2.25 | £11.25/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Nika Pet Food | 200g | £2.25 | £11.25/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
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Sources
Taken from the maker’s page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 4 Oct 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Nika Pet Food (the maker).
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