Purely Bozita Grain Free Mother & Puppy XL Elk

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Purely Bozita Grain Free Mother & Puppy XL Elk

DryCompletePuppyGrain-free
36/ 100
WeakTop 32% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • Some meat not named by animal
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Chicken (35%, of which 21% dried chicken, 11% fresh chicken*, 3% chicken stock), pea starch*, dried potato*, bone fat* (6%)… All ingredients

Retailer’s own label, fully checked
Meat
38%
Protein, dry weight
32%
Carbs, dry weight
~41%
kcal/100 g
368

Ingredients

Listed first: Chicken. 38% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 38%
  • Other 8.1%
  • No amount given 50.9%

Chicken (35%, of which 21% dried chicken, 11% fresh chicken*, 3% chicken stock), pea starch*, dried potato*, bone fat* (6%), elk* (4% freshly-prepared), potato protein*, dried beet pulp*, fish meal* (2%), minerals, lignocellulose*, egg* (1% dried), chicory inulin* (0.63% FOS), linseeds* (0.5%), yeast*. *natural ingredients

Meat named animal protein

Additives

per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (15,000 IU), vitamin D3 (780 IU), vitamin E (100mg), vitamin C (100mg), copper [as cupric-(II)-sulphate pentahydrate] (6mg), manganese [as manganous-(II)-oxide] (6mg), zinc [as zinc sulphate monohydrate] (36mg), iodine [as calcium iodate anhydrous] (1.8mg), selenium [as selenium yeast] (0.1mg). Technological additives: Antioxidants.

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Chicken”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Chicken (35%, of which 21% dried chicken, 11% fresh chicken…Named meat35%
pea starch*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried potato*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
bone fat* (6%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient6%
elk* (4% freshly-prepared)Named meat4%
potato protein*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
dried beet pulp*Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
fish meal* (2%)Meat, animal not named2%
mineralsOtherNot given
lignocellulose*OtherNot given
egg* (1% dried)Other1%
chicory inulin* (0.63% FOS)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.6%
linseeds* (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
yeast*OtherNot given

3% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 32% and carbs about 41%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein29%32%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat14%15%
Carbohydrate~37%~41%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.5%3.9%
Ash6.5%7.2%
Moisture9.5%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.

Energy368 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 36

The kind of meat scored best (9.5 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    15.3 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label13.3 / 35 points

      38% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level2 / 10 points

      Protein is 32% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    6.2 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 41.4% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.

  4. What kind of meat?

    9.5 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed9.5 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as dried, fresh and unnamed meal, which earns 80% 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

Top 32% of dry foods. 53 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

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 41% to 23% by dry weight, and protein is about 37%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

Nothing flagged in 24 ingredients.

24 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, chicken, chicory root extract, egg, fish, lignocellulose, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, potato, starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, venison, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), yeast

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Down 3% since 10 Aug.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 11kg · £152.49 down 3% since 10 AugEconomy Pack: 2 x 11kg£152.49£6.93/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK11kg · £77.19 down 2% since 10 Aug11kg£77.19£7.02/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 3%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK11kg£77.19£7.02/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 11kg£152.49£6.93/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK11kg£78.29£7.12/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 11kg£154.99£7.04/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK11kg£79.09£7.19/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 11kg£156.49£7.11/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 23 to 26 points higher and cost up to 18% more.

Compare side by side →
Meat
77.5% this food 38%
Carbs
about 23% this food about 41%
To feed
18% more per 1,000 kcal

+26 pointsCompare

Meat
75% this food 38%
Carbs
about 18% this food about 41%
To feed
40% less per 1,000 kcal

+25 pointsCompare

Meat
78% this food 38%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 41%
To feed
34% less per 1,000 kcal

+24 pointsCompare

Meat
76% this food 38%
Carbs
about 26% this food about 41%
To feed
9% less per 1,000 kcal

+23 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Own-label food: checked against the retailer’s label.

Retailer-verified. This is the retailer’s own-label food, so there is no separate maker’s website to check it against. We publish it because the retailer’s label is complete and passes our consistency checks.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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