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Good points
- 69% meat
- Almost no starch
- Gently cooked, not extruded
Worth knowing
- Some meat not named by animal
First ingredients: (in descending order by weight): Lamb meat (minced and diced) (38%), Offal (livers, hearts, lungs or tripe) (31%)… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 69%
- Protein, dry weight
- 49%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~0%
- kcal/100 g
- 242
Ingredients
Listed first: Lamb meat. 69% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 69%
- Plants 19%
- No amount given 12%
(in descending order by weight): Lamb meat (minced and diced) (38%), Offal (livers, hearts, lungs or tripe) (31%), Mixed Vegetables (Carrots, Swede, Parsnips, Seasonal Vegetables) (19%), Water, Eggs (Allergen), Pork Gelatine, Herbs, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lamb meat (minced and diced) (38%) | Named meat | 38% |
| Offal (livers, hearts, lungs or tripe) (31%) | Organ meat | 31% |
| Mixed Vegetables (Carrots, Swede, Parsnips, Seasonal Vegeta… | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 19% |
| Water | Other | Not given |
| Eggs (Allergen) | Other | Not given |
| Pork Gelatine | Named meat | Not given |
| Herbs | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Spirulina | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Turmeric | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 49% and carbs about 0%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 21.9% | 49% |
| Fat | 19.8% | 44% |
| Carbohydrate | ~0% | ~0% |
| Fibre | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Ash | 2.5% | 5.6% |
| Moisture | 55.5% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares.
Why it scores 81
Full marks for starch and how it’s made. Meat scored lowest (29.1 of 45).
How much meat?
29.1 / 45 points- Meat on the label24.2 / 35 points
69% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level4.9 / 10 points
Protein is 49.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
20 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 0% 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?
12.6 / 15 points- How the meat is listed9.6 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and unnamed fresh, which earns 80% 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 fresh 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
Nothing flagged in 7 ingredients. 2 are not in our ingredient database yet.
7 ingredients with nothing flagged
Egg, gelatine (hydrolysed), herbs, lamb, spirulina, turmeric, vegetables
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)Egg, gelatine (hydrolysed), herbs, lamb, spirulina, turmeric, vegetables
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Gelatine (hydrolysed), herbs, spirulina, turmeric, vegetables
- EFSA 2020 (PMC7448085)Turmeric
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Offal, water
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: Nika Pet Food. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nika Pet Food3 x 400g · £11.99 | 3 x 400g | £11.99 | £9.99/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 | 3 x 400g | £11.99 | £9.99/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Nika Pet Food | 3 x 400g | £11.99 | £9.99/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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