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Ruff's Recipes Homely Fish Pie with Salmon, Prawn & Dill Adult Dry Dog Food
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
- Fresh meat, named by animal
Worth knowing
- About 51% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Salmon & Prawn (40%) (including Freshly Prepared Salmon 30%, Prawn 6%, Salmon Stock 4%), Dried Sweet Potato, Dried Whole Peas… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 36%
- Protein, dry weight
- 26%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~51%
- kcal/100 g
- 347
Ingredients
Listed first: Salmon & Prawn. 36% of the recipe is declared meat.
Salmon & Prawn (40%) (including Freshly Prepared Salmon 30%, Prawn 6%, Salmon Stock 4%), Dried Sweet Potato, Dried Whole Peas, Alfalfa (4%), Rapeseed Oil, Potato Protein, Minerals, Dried Broccoli, Flaxseed (0.5%), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic FOS) (0.3%), Dried Herbs & Botanicals (0.2%) (Seaweed 0.05%, Nettle 0.02%, Rosemary 0.015%, Bay 0.015%, Dill 0.015%, Mint 0.015%, Oregano 0.015%, Thyme 0.015%, Chamomile 0.01%, Turmeric 0.01%, Reishi Mushroom 0.005%, Valerian Root 0.005%), Dried Apple, Joint Support Blend (0.1% including Glucosamine 0.034%, MSM 0.034%, Chondroitin 0.024%), Dried Blueberry.
Meat named animal protein
Additives
Vitamin A 25,000IU, Vitamin E 150mg, Taurine 1,000mg. Amino Acids: Methionine 2000mg, L-Tryptophan 500mg, L-Arginine 500mg, L-Tyrosine 250mg. Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc chelate of protein hydrolysates) 100mg, Iron (Iron (II) chelate of protein hydrolysates) 50mg, Manganese (Manganese chelate of protein hydrolysates) 25mg, Copper (Copper (II) chelate of protein hydrolysates) 7.5mg, Technological Additives: Antioxidants.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Salmon & Prawn”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon & Prawn (40%) (including Freshly Prepared Salmon 30%… | Named meat | 40% |
| Dried Sweet Potato | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Whole Peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Alfalfa (4%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4% |
| Rapeseed Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Potato Protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Dried Broccoli | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Flaxseed (0.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.5% |
| Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic FOS) (0.3%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.3% |
| Dried Herbs & Botanicals (0.2%) (Seaweed 0.05%, Nettle 0.02… | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.2% |
| Dried Apple | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Joint Support Blend (0.1% including Glucosamine 0.034%, MSM… | Other | 0.1% |
| Dried Blueberry. | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
4% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.
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Nutrition
Protein 26% and carbs about 51%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 24% | 26% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 10% | 11% |
| Carbohydrate | ~46% | ~51% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 4% | 4.3% |
| Ash | 7.5% | 8.2% |
| Moisture | 8% | 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 33
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.2 of 20).
How much meat?
13.6 / 45 points- Meat on the label12.6 / 35 points
36% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1 / 10 points
Protein is 26.1% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
3.2 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 50.5% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.
What kind of meat?
12 / 15 points- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, 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 51% to 32% 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
Nothing flagged in 23 ingredients. 5 are not in our ingredient database yet.
23 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, antioxidants, apples, blueberries, broccoli, chicory root extract, DL-methionine, herbs, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, peas, prawn (crustacean), rapeseed oil, salmon, sweet potato, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: copper, iron
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)Alfalfa, antioxidants, apples, blueberries, broccoli, chicory root extract, DL-methionine, herbs, prawn (crustacean), rapeseed oil, taurine, vegetable protein extracts, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Alfalfa, antioxidants, apples, blueberries, broccoli, chicory root extract, herbs, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, peas, prawn (crustacean), rapeseed oil, salmon, sweet potato, vegetable protein extracts
- 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
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
5 not in our ingredient database yet
Botanicals, joint support blend, L arginine, L tryptophan, L tyrosine
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: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £59.99 | £5.00/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £13.99 | £7.00/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £47.99 | £4.00/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £11.19 | £5.59/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £53.99 | £4.50/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £12.59 | £6.29/kg |
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Cost per day and grams for your dog
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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: Pets at Home.
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