2 prices from Zooplus UK
Royal Canin Expert - Neutered Adult Small Dog
DryCompleteAdultContains grainFish oil
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Meat amount not given
- Some meat not named by animal
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Barley, maize, dried pork protein, dried poultry protein, wheat flour… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 33%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~39%
- kcal/100 g
- 330
Ingredients
Listed first: Barley. The label gives no meat figure.
Barley, maize, dried pork protein, dried poultry protein, wheat flour, lignocellulose, wheat gluten meal*, hydrolysed animal protein, animal fat, minerals, chicory fibre, fish oil, soya oil, psyllium [husks and seeds] (0.5%), fructo-oligosaccharides (0.49%), marigold meal
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
per kg: Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (29,500 IU), vitamin D3 (800 IU), iron (37mg), iodine (3.7mg), copper (11mg), manganese (48mg), zinc (132mg), selenium (0.08mg). Technological additives: Clinoptilolites from sedimentary sources (5g). Preservatives, antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Barley”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Barley | Grain | Not given |
| maize | Grain | Not given |
| dried pork protein | Named meat | Not given |
| dried poultry protein | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| wheat flour | Grain | Not given |
| lignocellulose | Other | Not given |
| wheat gluten meal* | Grain | Not given |
| hydrolysed animal protein | Other | Not given |
| animal fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| minerals | Other | Not given |
| chicory fibre | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| fish oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| soya oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| psyllium [husks and seeds] (0.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.5% |
| fructo-oligosaccharides (0.49%) | Other | 0.5% |
| marigold meal. | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 33% and carbs about 39%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 30% | 33% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 11% | 12% |
| Carbohydrate | ~35% | ~39% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 6.6% | 7.3% |
| Ash | 7.3% | 8.1% |
| 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.
Energy330 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 25
Starch scored best (7 of 20). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).
How much meat?
11 / 45 points- Meat on the label8.8 / 35 points
Meat is named but the label doesn’t say how much, so a quarter of the points.
- Protein level2.2 / 10 points
Protein is 33.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
7 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 39% 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?
3.5 / 15 points- How the meat is listed3.5 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal, unnamed meal and unnamed hydrolysed, which earns 29% 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 39% to 25% by dry weight, and protein is about 43%.
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. 26 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 26 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.
26 ingredients with nothing flagged
Animal fats, antioxidants, barley, chicory root extract, clinoptilolite, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), lignocellulose, maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, pork, poultry, preservatives, psyllium, soya oil, wheat, wheat gluten
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, barley, chicory root extract, clinoptilolite, fish oil, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), lignocellulose, maize (corn), marigold meal, minerals, pork, poultry, preservatives, psyllium, soya oil, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, barley, chicory root extract, clinoptilolite, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), lignocellulose, marigold meal, pork, poultry, preservatives, psyllium, soya oil, 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)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
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 | 8kg | £53.89 | £6.74/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 8kg | £105.99 | £6.62/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 8kg | £53.89 | £6.74/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 8kg | £105.99 | £6.62/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 8kg | £53.89 | £6.74/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | Economy Pack: 2 x 8kg | £105.99 | £6.62/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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Good£5.03/kg
- Carbs
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- To feed
- 38% less per 1,000 kcal
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- To feed
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- To feed
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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.
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