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Pooch & Mutt Slim & Slender Complete Dry Dog Food Chicken
DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
Good points
- One animal protein: chicken
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- About 46% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Fresh chicken (25%), sweet potato, chicken protein (16%), potato, peas… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 41%
- Protein, dry weight
- 28%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~46%
- kcal/100 g
- 355
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh chicken. 41% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 41%
- Plants 6%
- Other 4.2%
- No amount given 48.8%
Fresh chicken (25%), sweet potato, chicken protein (16%), potato, peas, pea protein (6%), dried beet pulp, chicken fat (2%), chicken gravy (2%), linseed, alfalfa, psyllium husk and seeds (0.08%), dried cranberries (0.04%), glucosamine (0.026%), chondroitin sulphate (0.016%), mannanoligosaccharides (0.015%), fructooligosaccharides (0.01%), mojave yucca (0.01%), lactobacillus acidophilus ha-122 inactivated (15x109 cells/kg)
Meat named animal protein
Additives
per kg: Vitamins: Vitamin A (3a672a) 18 000 iu, vitamin D3 (3a671) 1800 iu, vitamin E (3a700) 400mg, L-Carnitine (3a910) 450mg, vitamin B1 (3a820) 1.2mg, vitamin B2 1.0mg, niacinamide (3a315) 15mg, calcium-D-pantothenate (3a841) 12mg, vitamin B6 (3a831) 1.0mg, folic acid (3a316) 0.6mg, vitamin B12 0.04mg, biotin (3a880) 0.72mg, choline chloride (3a890) 720mg, zinc (3b606) 100mg, iron (3b106) 93mg, manganese (3b504)43mg, copper (3b406) 17mg, iodine (3b201) 0.7mg, selenium (3b810) 0.2mg. Trace Elements: None stated
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 (25%) | Named meat | 25% |
| sweet potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| chicken protein (16%) | Named meat | 16% |
| potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| pea protein (6%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 6% |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| chicken fat (2%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 2% |
| chicken gravy (2%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 2% |
| linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| alfalfa | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| psyllium husk and seeds (0.08%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.08% |
| dried cranberries (0.04%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.04% |
| glucosamine (0.026%) | Other | 0.026% |
| chondroitin sulphate (0.016%) | Other | 0.016% |
| mannanoligosaccharides (0.015%) | Other | 0.015% |
| fructooligosaccharides (0.01%) | Other | 0.01% |
| mojave yucca (0.01%) | Other | 0.01% |
| lactobacillus acidophilus ha-122 inactivated (15x109 cells/… | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 28% and carbs about 46%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 25% | 28% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 12% | 13% |
| Carbohydrate | ~41% | ~46% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 4.5% | 5% |
| Ash | 7% | 7.8% |
| Moisture | 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.
Energy355 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 35
The kind of meat scored best (9.7 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.6 of 20).
How much meat?
15.7 / 45 points- Meat on the label14.4 / 35 points
41% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.3 / 10 points
Protein is 27.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
4.6 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 46.1% 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?
9.7 / 15 points- How the meat is listed9.7 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 81% 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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 46% to 29% by dry weight, and protein is about 40%.
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, no points taken: yucca extract. 37 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 37 nothing flagged
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
37 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, beet pulp, biotin (vitamin H/B7), broth (meat stock), chicken, choline chloride, chondroitin, cranberries, folic acid (folate), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, l-carnitine, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), peas, potato, poultry fat, probiotic cultures, processed animal protein, psyllium, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: manganese
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)Alfalfa, biotin (vitamin H/B7), choline chloride, chondroitin, cranberries, folic acid (folate), fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, l-carnitine, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), poultry fat, probiotic cultures, psyllium, vegetable protein extracts, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc, manganese
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Alfalfa, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicken, cranberries, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), peas, potato, poultry fat, psyllium, sweet potato, vegetable protein extracts
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC13063795)Cranberries
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Processed animal protein
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
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 33%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 10kg | £57.69 | £5.77/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £14.99 | £7.50/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 10kg | £47.50 | £4.75/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £13.49 | £6.75/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 10kg | £51.92 | £5.19/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £11.24 | £5.62/kg |
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Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
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- Meat
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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Good£5.03/kg
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- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 46%
- To feed
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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- Carbs
- about 26% this food about 46%
- To feed
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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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