Ruff's Recipe Rustic Lamb Hotpot with Peas, Carrots & Mint Adult Dry Dog Food

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Ruff's Recipe Rustic Lamb Hotpot with Peas, Carrots & Mint Adult Dry Dog Food

DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
42/ 100
WeakTop 16% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

  • No ingredient deductions
  • Fresh meat, named by animal
  • Includes organ meat
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Lamb & Chicken (37%) (including Freshly Prepared Lamb 30%, Lamb Gravy 4%, Chicken Liver 3%), Dried Sweet Potato… All ingredients

Retailer’s own label, fully checked
Meat
33%
Protein, dry weight
24%
Carbs, dry weight
Not on label
kcal/100 g
340

Ingredients

Listed first: Lamb & Chicken. 33% of the recipe is declared meat.

Lamb & Chicken (37%) (including Freshly Prepared Lamb 30%, Lamb Gravy 4%, Chicken Liver 3%), Dried Sweet Potato, Dried Whole Peas (10%), Potato Protein, Poultry Oil, Alfalfa (2.5%), Minerals, Dried Carrot (0.5% equivalent to 4% Carrot), Dried Parsnip, 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 D3 1,500IU, Vitamin E 150mg, Taurine 1000mg. Amino Acids: Methionine 2000mg, L-Tryptophan 500mg, L-Arginine 500mg, L-Tyrosine 250mg. Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 100mg, Iron (as Iron (ll) Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 50mg, Manganese (as Manganese Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 25mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Chelate of Protein Hydrolysates) 7.5mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate, Anhydrous) 1mg, Selenium (as Selenised Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3060, inactivated) 0.15mg. Technological Additives: Antioxidants.

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Lamb & Chicken”. It names the animal.

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Lamb & Chicken (37%) (including Freshly Prepared Lamb 30%, …Named meat37%
Dried Sweet PotatoVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Dried Whole Peas (10%)Vegetable, fruit or plant10%
Potato ProteinVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Poultry OilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Alfalfa (2.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant2.5%
MineralsOtherNot given
Dried Carrot (0.5% equivalent to 4% Carrot)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
Dried ParsnipVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Flaxseed (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic FOS) (0.3%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.3%
Dried Herbs & Botanicals (0.2%) (Seaweed 0.05%, Nettle 0.02…Vegetable, fruit or plant0.2%
Dried AppleVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Joint Support Blend (0.1% including Glucosamine 0.034%, MSM…Other0.1%
Dried Blueberry.Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given

4% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 24% with the water taken out.

As sold

Protein22%24% with the water taken out
Fat9%
Fibre3.5%
AshNot on label
Moisture8%
Energy340 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 42

The kind of meat scored best (15 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    12.2 / 45
    • Meat on the label11.6 / 35

      33% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.6 / 10

      Protein is 23.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    10 / 20

    The label doesn’t give enough of its analysis to estimate the carbohydrate: half marks.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20

    Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.

  4. What kind of meat?

    15 / 15
    • How the meat is listed12 / 12

      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 meat3 / 3

      Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Top 16% of dry foods. 21 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

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.

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Ingredient notes

Nothing flagged in 27 ingredients. 5 are not in our ingredient database yet.

27 ingredients with nothing flagged

Alfalfa, antioxidants, apples, blueberries, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, DL-methionine, herbs, lamb, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, parsnip, peas, poultry fat, sweet potato, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts

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
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

ShopPackPricePer kg
Pets at Home12kg · £59.99 up 11% since 10 Aug12kg£59.99£5.00/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Pets at Home2kg · £13.99 up 11% since 10 Aug2kg£13.99£7.00/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home12kg£59.99£5.00/kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home2kg£13.99£7.00/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home12kg£47.99£4.00/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home2kg£11.19£5.59/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home12kg£53.99£4.50/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home2kg£12.59£6.29/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

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Sources

Own-label food: checked against the retailer’s label.

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Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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