

2 prices from Zooplus UK
Good points
- 68% meat
- No ingredient deductions
- Fresh meat, named by animal
Worth knowing
- About 50% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: 68% fresh chicken, potato starch, 9.5% ground potatoes (dried), 2% hydrolysed protein, 0.7% peas (dried)… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 68%
- Protein, dry weight
- 23%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~50%
- kcal/100 g
- 377
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh chicken. 68% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 68%
- Plants 9.5%
- Other 3.1%
- No amount given 19.4%
68% fresh chicken, potato starch, 9.5% ground potatoes (dried), 2% hydrolysed protein, 0.7% peas (dried), 0.4% carrots (dried), fish oil, yeast (dried), pumpkin (dried), sodium chloride, green-lipped mussel meal
Meat named animal protein
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A 12,000 IU, vitamin D3 1,200 IU, vitamin E 150 IU, vitamin C 50mg, vitamin B1 5mg, vitamin B2 10mg, vitamin B6 5mg, vitamin B12 50mcg, niacin 30mg, pantothenic acid 20mg, folic acid 1mg, biotin 250mcg, choline chloride 1,750mg, copper (copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate) 10mg, zinc (zinc oxide) 70mg, iodine (calcium iodate, anhydrous) 2mg, selenium (sodium selenite) 0.2mg. Technological additives: Antioxidants, preservatives.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “68% fresh chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| 68% fresh chicken | Named meat | 68% |
| potato starch | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| 9.5% ground potatoes (dried) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 9.5% |
| 2% hydrolysed protein | Other | 2% |
| 0.7% peas (dried) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.7% |
| 0.4% carrots (dried) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.4% |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| yeast (dried) | Other | Not given |
| pumpkin (dried) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| sodium chloride | Other | Not given |
| green-lipped mussel meal. | Named meat | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 23% and carbs about 50%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 21% | 23% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~45% | ~50% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2% | 2.2% |
| Ash | 6.3% | 7% |
| 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 43
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.4 of 20).
How much meat?
24.4 / 45 points- Meat on the label23.8 / 35 points
68% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.6 / 10 points
Protein is 23.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
3.4 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 49.7% 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 hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
12 / 15 points- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 100% 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 50% to 30% 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
1 noted: hydrolysed proteins. 29 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 29 nothing flagged
- 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.
29 ingredients with nothing flagged
Antioxidants, biotin (vitamin H/B7), carrot, chicken, choline chloride, fish oil, folic acid (folate), green-lipped mussel, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), peas, potato, preservatives, pumpkin, salt (sodium chloride), starch, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
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)Antioxidants, biotin (vitamin H/B7), choline chloride, folic acid (folate), green-lipped mussel, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), preservatives, pumpkin, salt (sodium chloride), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), yeast, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Antioxidants, carrot, chicken, fish oil, green-lipped mussel, peas, potato, preservatives, pumpkin, yeast
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- 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)Starch
- 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: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £49.49 (out of stock) | £4.12/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 1kg | £5.99 | £5.99/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £49.49 (out of stock) | £4.12/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 1kg | £5.99 | £5.99/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £49.49 | £4.12/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 1kg | £5.99 | £5.99/kg |
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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.
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