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Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 17% meat
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
- Includes digest or flavouring
First ingredients: High-quality salmon* (17%, including head, bones, meat), rice* (16%), corn protein meal*, dried salmon protein*, corn starch… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 17%
- Protein, dry weight
- 31%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~42%
- kcal/100 g
- 350
Ingredients
Listed first: High-quality salmon. 17% of the recipe is declared meat.
High-quality salmon* (17%, including head, bones, meat), rice* (16%), corn protein meal*, dried salmon protein*, corn starch, corn*, soya meal*, animal fats, minerals, dried beet pulp*, dried vegetable fibre, dried egg*, soya bean oil, digest, fish oil. *protein sources
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (37,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1000 IU), vitamin E (650 IU), vitamin C (165mg), iron [iron(II) sulphate monohydrate] (130mg), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (2mg), copper [copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate] (13mg), manganese [manganous sulphate monohydrate] (48mg), zinc [zinc sulphate monohydrate] (120mg). Technological additives: Tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils (31mg).
How we read this label
First ingredient: “High-quality salmon*”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| High-quality salmon* (17%, including head, bones, meat) | Named meat | 17% |
| rice* (16%) | Grain | 16% |
| corn protein meal* | Grain | Not given |
| dried salmon protein* | Named meat | Not given |
| corn starch | Grain | Not given |
| corn* | Grain | Not given |
| soya meal* | Other | Not given |
| animal fats | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| dried beet pulp* | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried vegetable fibre | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| dried egg* | Other | Not given |
| soya bean oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 31% and carbs about 42%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 28% | 31% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 14% | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | ~38% | ~42% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Ash | 7.5% | 8.3% |
| 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.
Why it scores 27
The kind of meat scored best (10.1 of 15). Meat scored lowest (7.9 of 45).
How much meat?
7.9 / 45 points- Meat on the label6 / 35 points
17% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.9 / 10 points
Protein is 31.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
5.9 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 42.2% 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 digest or flavouring.
What kind of meat?
10.1 / 15 points- How the meat is listed10.1 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 84% 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 Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 42% to 26% by dry weight, and protein is about 38%.
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 22 ingredients. 1 is not in our ingredient database yet.
22 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, beet pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), egg, maize (corn), maize (corn) gluten, minerals, rice, salmon, soya (soybean), soya oil, starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable fibres, vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, 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)Animal fats, beet pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), egg, maize (corn), minerals, rice, salmon, soya (soybean), soya oil, vegetable fibres
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Digest (rendered meat digest), soya (soybean), soya oil, vegetable fibres, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- 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
- 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)Maize (corn) gluten
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Starch
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
1 not in our ingredient database yet
High-quality salmon
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
Out of stock at every shop we track. Last price £3.50/kg at Zooplus UK, 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zooplus UK14kg · £48.99Out of stock down 6% since 10 Aug | 14kg | £48.99 | £3.50/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 6%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 14kg | £48.99 (out of stock) | £3.50/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 14kg | £48.99 | £3.50/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 14kg | £51.89 | £3.71/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
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- Carbs
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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: Zooplus UK.
Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0
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