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DryCompletePuppyGrain-freeFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
- Baked, not extruded
Worth knowing
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Fresh chicken (17%), dehydrated chicken proteins (17%), chickpeas, sweet potato, lentils… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 42%
- Protein, dry weight
- 34%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~35%
- kcal/100 g
- 373
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh chicken. 42% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 42%
- Plants 2%
- Other 2.1%
- No amount given 53.9%
Fresh chicken (17%), dehydrated chicken proteins (17%), chickpeas, sweet potato, lentils, chicken fat, hydrolysed chicken protein, fresh turkey (4%), fresh duck (4%), minerals, linseed (2%), chicken broth (1%), pea protein, salmon oil (0.5%), dried carrots, pea fibre (0.5%), dried apples, autolysed inactivated yeasts, chicory inulin, coconut oil (0.1%), dried blueberries, dehydrated pumpkin (0.01%), products from the processing of herbs (Curcuma longa).
Meat named animal protein
Additives
Vitamin A (3a672a) 24,000 IU; Vitamin D3 (3a671) 1,350 IU; Vitamin E (3a700i) 200 mg; Vitamin C (3a312) 80 mg; DL-methionine 2,435 mg; Choline chloride 1,200 mg; Taurine 1,215 mg; 3b405 (Cu: 8.75 mg); 3b413 (Cu: 3.75 mg); 3b103 (Fe: 50 mg); 3b108 (Fe: 20 mg); 3b503 (Mn: 24 mg); 3b506 (Mn: 8 mg); 3b605 (Zn: 98 mg); 3b607 (Zn: 42 mg); 3b201 (I: 2.5 mg); 3b814 (Se: 0.08 mg); 3b802 (Se: 0.08 mg). Antioxidants: Tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils. Zootechnical additives: Gut flora stabilisers (CFU/kg): 4b1707 Enterococcus faecium DSM 10663/NCIMB 10415: 1 × 1010.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Fresh chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh chicken (17%) | Named meat | 17% |
| dehydrated chicken proteins (17%) | Named meat | 17% |
| chickpeas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| sweet potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| lentils | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| chicken fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| hydrolysed chicken protein | Named meat | Not given |
| fresh turkey (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| fresh duck (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| linseed (2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| chicken broth (1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 1% |
| pea protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| salmon oil (0.5%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.5% |
| dried carrots | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| pea fibre (0.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.5% |
| dried apples | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| autolysed inactivated yeasts | Other | Not given |
| chicory inulin | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| coconut oil (0.1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.1% |
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Nutrition
Protein 34% and carbs about 35%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 30.5% | 34% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 15.5% | 17% |
| Carbohydrate | ~32% | ~35% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Ash | 9% | 10% |
| 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.
Energy373 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 41
The kind of meat scored best (8.5 of 15). Meat scored lowest (17 of 45).
How much meat?
17 / 45 points- Meat on the label14.7 / 35 points
42% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.3 / 10 points
Protein is 33.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
8.3 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 35% 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: Baked: 10 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
8.5 / 15 points- How the meat is listed8.5 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, meal and hydrolysed, which earns 71% 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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 35% to 19% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.
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. 29 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 29 nothing flagged
- 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.
29 ingredients with nothing flagged
Antioxidants, apples, blueberries, broth (meat stock), carrot, chicken, chickpeas, chicory root extract, choline chloride, coconut oil, DL-methionine, duck, herbs, lentils, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, pea fibre, poultry fat, pumpkin, salmon oil, sweet potato, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), turkey, vegetable protein extracts, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: vitamin A (retinyl acetate)
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
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)Antioxidants, apples, blueberries, broth (meat stock), carrot, chicken, chickpeas, chicory root extract, coconut oil, duck, herbs, lentils, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, poultry fat, pumpkin, salmon oil, sweet potato, turkey, vegetable protein extracts, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, apples, blueberries, chickpeas, chicory root extract, choline chloride, coconut oil, DL-methionine, herbs, lentils, poultry fat, pumpkin, taurine, vegetable protein extracts, yeast, vitamin A (retinyl acetate)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Pea fibre
- 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: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £19.99 | £9.99/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 5kg | £41.99 | £8.40/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £14.99 | £7.50/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 5kg | £29.39 | £5.88/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £17.99 | £8.99/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 5kg | £37.79 | £7.56/kg |
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Matches the maker’s own page.
Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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