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DryCompletePuppyGrain-freeFish oil
Good points
- 74% meat
- Low starch, about 19% carbs
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Fresh chicken (23%), raw turkey (10%), fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (8%), raw whole herring (6%), raw whole hake (5%)… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 74%
- Protein, dry weight
- 43%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~19%
- kcal/100 g
- 400
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh chicken. 74% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 74%
- Other 9%
- No amount given 17%
Fresh chicken (23%), raw turkey (10%), fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (8%), raw whole herring (6%), raw whole hake (5%), fresh eggs (5%), dehydrated chicken (4%), dehydrated turkey (4%), dehydrated mackerel (4%), dehydrated sardine (4%), dehydrated herring (4%), chicken fat (4%), whole red lentils, whole peas, whole green lentils, whole chickpeas, lentil fibre, whole pinto beans, whole navy beans, raw turkey liver (2%), pollock oil (2%), pea starch, dried kelp, fresh whole pumpkin, fresh whole butternut squash, fresh whole zucchini, fresh whole carrots, fresh whole apples, fresh whole pears, dried chicory root, fresh kale, fresh spinach, fresh beet greens, fresh turnip greens, whole cranberries, whole blueberries, whole saskatoon berries, turmeric, milk thistle, burdock root, lavender, marshmallow root, rosehips.
Meat named animal protein
Additives
3b606 (Zinc: 105mg), 3b406 (Copper: 11mg), 3a821 Vitamin B1: 14.7mg, 3a841 Vitamin B5: 12.5 mg, 3a672a Vitamin A: 3750 IU, 3a671 Vitamin D3: 500 IU, 3a700 Vitamin E: 110 IU. Zootechnical additives: 4b1707 Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 1x10^9 CFU. Rosemary extract: 80mg. Tocopherol extract from vegetable oils: 121mg, citric acid: 40mg.
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 (23%) | Named meat | 23% |
| raw turkey (10%) | Named meat | 10% |
| fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (8%) | Named meat | 8% |
| raw whole herring (6%) | Named meat | 6% |
| raw whole hake (5%) | Named meat | 5% |
| fresh eggs (5%) | Other | 5% |
| dehydrated chicken (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| dehydrated turkey (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| dehydrated mackerel (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| dehydrated sardine (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| dehydrated herring (4%) | Named meat | 4% |
| chicken fat (4%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 4% |
| whole red lentils | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| whole peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| whole green lentils | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| whole chickpeas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| lentil fibre | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| whole pinto beans | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| whole navy beans | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| raw turkey liver (2%) | Named meat | 2% |
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Nutrition
Protein 43% and carbs about 19%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 38% | 43% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 20% | 23% |
| Carbohydrate | ~17% | ~19% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 5% | 5.7% |
| Ash | 8% | 9.1% |
| Moisture | 12% | 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.
Energy400 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 62
The kind of meat scored best (14 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).
How much meat?
29.8 / 45 points- Meat on the label25.9 / 35 points
74% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level3.9 / 10 points
Protein is 43.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
13.6 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 19.3% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.
What kind of meat?
14 / 15 points- How the meat is listed11 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 92% 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 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 19% to 10% by dry weight, and protein is about 44%.
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
Nothing flagged in 41 ingredients. 2 are not in our ingredient database yet.
41 ingredients with nothing flagged
Apples, beetroot, blueberries, burdock root, carrot, chicken, chickpeas, chicory root extract, citric acid (E330), courgette, cranberries, egg, fish, fish oil, kale, lavender, lentil fibre, lentils, liver (animal organ), marshmallow root, milk thistle, navy beans, pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pear, peas, pinto beans, poultry fat, probiotic cultures, pumpkin, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), turkey, turmeric, vitamin B1 (thiamine)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, 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)Apples, beetroot, blueberries, burdock root, carrot, chicken, chickpeas, chicory root extract, citric acid (E330), courgette, cranberries, egg, fish, fish oil, kale, lavender, lentil fibre, lentils, liver (animal organ), navy beans, pear, peas, pinto beans, poultry fat, pumpkin, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, turkey, turmeric
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Apples, beetroot, blueberries, burdock root, chickpeas, chicory root extract, citric acid (E330), courgette, cranberries, fish, kale, lavender, lentil fibre, lentils, liver (animal organ), navy beans, pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pear, pinto beans, poultry fat, probiotic cultures, pumpkin, rosehips, seaweed, spinach, turmeric, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- EFSA 2020 (PMC7448085)Turmeric
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC13063795)Cranberries
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Marshmallow root
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Milk thistle
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Starch
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
- Use of Milk Thistle in Farm and Companion Animals (PMC11961297)Milk thistle
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Fresh turnip greens, whole saskatoon berries
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: 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 18%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 11.4kg | £95.29 | £8.36/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £26.49 | £13.24/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £54.99 | £9.16/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 11.4kg | £85.76 | £7.52/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £23.84 | £11.92/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £49.49 | £8.25/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 11.4kg | £85.76 | £7.52/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £23.84 | £11.92/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 6kg | £46.74 | £7.79/kg |
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Sources
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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