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Worth knowing
- Sodium tripolyphosphate: −5 points
- Meat amount not given
- About 47% carbs (dry weight)
First ingredients: Maize feed meal, poultry protein (dried), rice, animal fat, animal protein (hydrolysed)… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 26%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~47%
- kcal/100 g
- 365
Ingredients
Listed first: Maize feed meal. The label gives no meat figure.
Maize feed meal, poultry protein (dried), rice, animal fat, animal protein (hydrolysed), dried beet pulp, lignocellulose, minerals, cellulose powder
Meat animal not namedGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (15,500 IU), vitamin D3 (1000 IU), E1 [iron] (39mg), E2 [iodine] (3.9mg), E4 [copper] (12mg), E5 [manganese] (51mg), E6 [zinc] (128mg), E8 [selenium] (0.07mg). Technological additives: Pentasodium triphosphate (3.5g). Contains preservatives and antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Maize feed meal”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Maize feed meal | Grain | Not given |
| poultry protein (dried) | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| rice | Grain | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| animal protein (hydrolysed) | Other | Not given |
| dried beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| lignocellulose | Other | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| cellulose powder. | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 26% and carbs about 47%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 23% | 26% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 16% | 18% |
| Carbohydrate | ~42% | ~47% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Ash | 6% | 6.7% |
| 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 16
Meat scored best (9.7 of 45). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).
How much meat?
9.7 / 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 level0.9 / 10 points
Protein is 25.6% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
4.3 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 47.1% 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?
3 / 15 points- How the meat is listed3 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as unnamed meal, which earns 25% 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.
Points lost for ingredients: Sodium tripolyphosphate (−5).
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 47% to 29% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.
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 ingredient costs 5 points: sodium tripolyphosphate. 17 flagged nothing.
- 1 costs points
- 17 nothing flagged
- Sodium tripolyphosphateCosts 5 pointsPhosphate salt
Why it costs points and sources
An added phosphate. In dog trials, easily absorbed phosphates raised hormone levels linked to kidney strain; the trials used high doses and long-term harm isn't shown.
17 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, antioxidants, beet pulp, cellulose, lignocellulose, maize (corn), minerals, processed animal protein, rice
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, cellulose, lignocellulose, maize (corn), minerals, rice
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, cellulose, lignocellulose, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- 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)Processed animal protein
- 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 has moved by less than 1% since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10kg | £55.09 | £5.51/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 10kg | £108.49 | £5.42/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10kg | £55.09 | £5.51/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 10kg | £108.49 | £5.42/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10kg | £54.79 | £5.48/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 10kg | £107.99 | £5.40/kg |
Your dog
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Alternatives
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Read from 1 shop, saved 4 Oct 2026.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Zooplus UK.
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