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DryCompletePuppyContains grain
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Fresh salmon (14%), dehulled oats (14%), dehydrated turkey proteins (12%), dehydrated chicken proteins (11%), sweet potatoes… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 44%
- Protein, dry weight
- 34%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~34%
- kcal/100 g
- 379
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh salmon. 44% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 44%
- Grain 14%
- No amount given 42%
Fresh salmon (14%), dehulled oats (14%), dehydrated turkey proteins (12%), dehydrated chicken proteins (11%), sweet potatoes, lentils, chickpeas, fresh turkey (4%), chicken fat, linseed, fresh chicken (3%), hydrolysed chicken protein, minerals, fresh chicken (42% in the freeze-dried pieces*), chicken heart (30% in the freeze-dried pieces*), pea fibre (0.5%), autolysed inactivated yeasts, chicken liver (10% in the freeze-dried pieces*), Chicory inulin (0.2%), fresh pumpkin*, fresh kale*, fresh broccoli*, fresh blueberry*. *freeze-dried pieces typically 3% of the product.
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
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 2,350 mg; Choline chloride 1,200 mg; Taurine 1,175 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 salmon”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh salmon (14%) | Named meat | 14% |
| dehulled oats (14%) | Grain | 14% |
| dehydrated turkey proteins (12%) | Named meat | 12% |
| dehydrated chicken proteins (11%) | Named meat | 11% |
| sweet potatoes | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| lentils | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| chickpeas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fresh turkey (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| chicken fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Part of the item above |
| linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fresh chicken (3%) | Named meat | 3% |
| hydrolysed chicken protein | Named meat | Part of the item above |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| fresh chicken (42% in the freeze-dried pieces*) | Named meat | Not read |
| chicken heart (30% in the freeze-dried pieces*) | Named meat | Not read |
| pea fibre (0.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not read |
| autolysed inactivated yeasts | Other | Not read |
| chicken liver (10% in the freeze-dried pieces*) | Named meat | Not read |
| Chicory inulin (0.2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not read |
| fresh pumpkin* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not read |
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Nutrition
Protein 34% and carbs about 34%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 30.5% | 34% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16.5% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~31% | ~34% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Ash | 8.5% | 9.4% |
| 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.
Energy379 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 38
The kind of meat scored best (8.7 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).
How much meat?
17.7 / 45 points- Meat on the label15.4 / 35 points
44% 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?
8.5 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 34.4% 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?
8.7 / 15 points- How the meat is listed8.7 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, meal and hydrolysed, which earns 72% 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 34% 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. 28 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 28 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.
28 ingredients with nothing flagged
Antioxidants, blueberries, broccoli, chicken, chickpeas, chicory root extract, choline chloride, DL-methionine, heart (animal organ), kale, lentils, linseed (flaxseed), liver (animal organ), minerals, oats, pea fibre, poultry fat, processed animal protein, pumpkin, salmon, sweet potato, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), turkey, 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, blueberries, broccoli, chicken, chickpeas, chicory root extract, heart (animal organ), kale, lentils, linseed (flaxseed), liver (animal organ), minerals, oats, poultry fat, pumpkin, salmon, sweet potato, turkey, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, blueberries, broccoli, chickpeas, chicory root extract, choline chloride, DL-methionine, heart (animal organ), kale, lentils, liver (animal organ), poultry fat, pumpkin, taurine, 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
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Processed animal protein
- 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 | 1.8kg | £23.99 | £13.33/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 4.5kg | £49.99 | £11.11/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 1.8kg | £20.39 | £11.33/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 4.5kg | £34.99 | £7.78/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 1.8kg | £21.59 | £11.99/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 4.5kg | £44.99 | £10.00/kg |
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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