1 price from Pets at Home
DryCompletePuppyContains grainFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 17% meat
- Some meat not named by animal
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: High quality salmon (including head, bone, meat) (17%), dried salmon protein, rice (16%), animal fats, corn starch… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 17%
- Protein, dry weight
- 36%
- Carbs, dry weight
- Not on label
- kcal/100 g
- 406
Ingredients
Listed first: High quality salmon. 17% of the recipe is declared meat.
High quality salmon (including head, bone, meat) (17%), dried salmon protein, rice (16%), animal fats, corn starch, corn protein meal, soya meal, dried egg, hydrolysed soya protein, digest, dried beet pulp, corn, minerals, dried vegetable fibre, soybean oil, fish oil. Protein sources
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
IU/kg: Vit A: 31 000; Vit D3: 860; Vit E: 550;mg/kg: Vit C: 140; Iron (II) sulphate monohydrate: (Fe: 100); Calcium iodate anhydrous: (I: 1.6); Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate: (Cu: 10); Manganous sulphate monohydrate: (Mn: 38); Zinc sulphate monohydrate: (Zn: 95); Sodium selenite: (Se: 0.028)
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 (including head, bone, meat) (17%) | Named meat | 17% |
| dried salmon protein | Named meat | Part of the item above |
| rice (16%) | Grain | 16% |
| animal fats | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| corn starch | Grain | Not given |
| corn protein meal | Grain | Not given |
| soya meal | Other | Not given |
| dried egg | Other | Not given |
| hydrolysed soya protein | Other | Not given |
| digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| corn | Grain | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| dried vegetable fibre | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| soybean oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fish oil. Protein sources | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 36% with the water taken out.
As sold
Protein32%36% with the water taken out (10% water assumed)
Fat20%
Fibre2%
AshNot on label
MoistureNot on label
Energy406 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 29
The kind of meat scored best (8.3 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (3 of 20).
How much meat?
8.6 / 45 points- Meat on the label6 / 35 points
17% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.6 / 10 points
Protein is 35.6% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
10 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: The label doesn’t give enough of its analysis to estimate the carbohydrate: half marks.
How processed?
3 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 3 for added plant protein, starch or fibre, digest or flavouring and hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
8.3 / 15 points- How the meat is listed8.3 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, meal and unnamed meal, which earns 69% 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 →Ingredient notes
1 noted: hydrolysed proteins. 24 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 24 nothing flagged
- 1 not in our ingredient database yet
- 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.
24 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, beet pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), egg, fish oil, 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, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
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)Animal fats, beet pulp, digest (rendered meat digest), egg, fish oil, 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, selenium, 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
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- 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
Protein sources
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
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home3kg · £17.99 up 11% since 10 Aug | 3kg | £17.99 | £6.00/kg | Visit |
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 | 3kg | £17.99 | £6.00/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 3kg | £15.00 | £5.00/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 3kg | £16.19 | £5.40/kg |
Your dog
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Alternatives
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- Meat
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- To feed
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- To feed
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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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