2 prices from Zooplus UK
Royal Canin Golden Retriever Puppy
DryCompletePuppyContains grainFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Meat amount not given
- Meat not named by animal
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Dried poultry protein, rice, corn, wheat gluten*, wheat… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 32%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~38%
- kcal/100 g
- 356
Ingredients
Listed first: Dried poultry protein. The label gives no meat figure.
Dried poultry protein, rice, corn, wheat gluten*, wheat, animal fat, hydrolysed animal protein, vegetable fibre, beet pulp, fish oil, minerals, soybean oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (0.5%), psyllium (husks and seeds), yeast (source of mannan -oligosaccharides and beta-glucans), glucosamine from fermentation, borage oil (0.1%), marigold flour, yucca schidigera juice, hydrolyzed cartilage (source of chondroitin). *L.I.P.: Selected, digestible proteins with high biological value
Meat animal not namedGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (26,500 IU), vitamin D3 (700 IU), vitamin E (780mg), E1 [iron] (38mg), E2 [iodine] (3.8mg) , E4 [copper] (12mg), E5 [manganese] (49mg), E6 [zinc] (130mg), E8 [selenium] (0.08mg). Technological additives: Clinoptilolite from sedimentary sources (10g). Contains preservatives and antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Dried poultry protein”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Dried poultry protein | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| corn | Grain | Not given |
| wheat gluten* | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| wheat | Grain | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| hydrolysed animal protein | Other | Not given |
| vegetable fibre | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| soybean oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| fructo-oligosaccharides (0.5%) | Other | 0.5% |
| psyllium (husks and seeds) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| yeast (source of mannan -oligosaccharides and beta-glucans) | Other | Not given |
| glucosamine from fermentation | Other | Not given |
| borage oil (0.1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.1% |
| marigold flour | Other | Not given |
| yucca schidigera juice | Other | Not given |
| hydrolyzed cartilage (source of chondroitin) | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 32% and carbs about 38%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 29% | 32% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~34% | ~38% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Ash | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| 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.
Energy356 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 24
Starch scored best (7.4 of 20). The kind of meat scored lowest (2.3 of 15).
How much meat?
10.8 / 45 points- Meat on the label8.8 / 35 points
Meat is listed without saying which animal, and the label doesn’t say how much, so a quarter of the points.
- Protein level2 / 10 points
Protein is 32.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
7.4 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 37.7% 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?
2.3 / 15 points- How the meat is listed2.3 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as unnamed meal and unnamed hydrolysed, which earns 19% 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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 38% to 21% 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.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
2 noted: hydrolysed proteins and yucca extract. 28 flagged nothing.
- 2 noted
- 28 nothing flagged
- 2 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.
- 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.
28 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, borage oil, clinoptilolite, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, poultry, psyllium, rice, soya oil, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable fibres, wheat, wheat gluten, yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, 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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, borage oil, clinoptilolite, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, poultry, psyllium, rice, soya oil, vegetable fibres, wheat, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, borage oil, clinoptilolite, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, marigold meal, poultry, psyllium, soya oil, vegetable fibres, yeast, 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)Wheat gluten
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Digestible proteins with high biological value, selected
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: 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 | £62.49 | £5.21/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £122.99 | £5.12/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £62.49 | £5.21/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £122.99 | £5.12/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 12kg | £62.49 | £5.21/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 12kg | £122.99 | £5.12/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
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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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