Simplyjaspers Simply Jaspers Lamb and Butternut squash with green lipped mussel

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Simplyjaspers Simply Jaspers Lamb and Butternut squash with green lipped mussel

DryCompleteAll agesGrain-free
37/ 100
WeakTop 28% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 28 Sep 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions
  • Fresh meat, named by animal

Worth knowing

  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre
  • Includes digest or flavouring

First ingredients: Lamb 41% (of which fresh lamb is 20%), Sweet potato, Pea protein, Lamb fat, Butternut squash (4.0%)… All ingredients

Label taken from the maker’s website
Meat
41%
Protein, dry weight
28%
Carbs, dry weight
~42%
kcal/100 g
369

Ingredients

Listed first: Lamb. 41% of the recipe is declared meat.

Lamb 41% (of which fresh lamb is 20%), Sweet potato, Pea protein, Lamb fat, Butternut squash (4.0%), Whole peas, Whole egg powder, Lamb digest, Sunflower oil, Pea fibre, Mannan-oligosaccharides (Prebiotic MOS), Fructo-oligosaccharides (Prebiotic MOS), Seaweed meal, Carrot, Apple, Parsnip, Pumpkin, Green beans, New Zealand Green-Lipped Mussel extract, Spearmint, Broccoli, Extract of Yucca Shidigera, Parsley, Blackberry, Cinnamon, Ginger, Glucosamine, Fennel Marigold, Pomegranate extract, Chondroitin, Cranberry extract, Pear

Meat named animal protein

From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.

Additives

Vitamin A 25,000 iu/kg, Vitamin D3 1,500 iu/kg, Vitamin E 125mg/kg (as alpha tocopherol). TRACE ELEMENTS: Zinc (Zinc sulphate monohydrate), Iron (Iron (II) sulphate monohydrate), Manganese (Manganous sulphate pentahydrate), Iodine (Calcium iodate, anhydrous), Selenium (Sodium selenite), Copper (Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate).

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Lamb 41%”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Lamb 41% (of which fresh lamb is 20%)Named meat41%
Sweet potatoVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Pea proteinVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Lamb fatFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Butternut squash (4.0%)Vegetable, fruit or plant4%
Whole peasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Whole egg powderOtherNot given
Lamb digestFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Sunflower oilFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
Pea fibreVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Mannan-oligosaccharides (Prebiotic MOS)OtherNot given
Fructo-oligosaccharides (Prebiotic MOS)OtherNot given
Seaweed mealVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
CarrotVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
AppleVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
ParsnipVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
PumpkinVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Green beansVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
New Zealand Green-Lipped Mussel extractFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
SpearmintOtherNot given

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Nutrition

Protein 28% and carbs about 42%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein26%28%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat15%16%
Carbohydrate~38%~42%
within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.5%3.8%
Ash9%9.8%
Moisture8%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.

Energy369 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 37

The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (4 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    15.8 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label14.4 / 35 points

      41% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1.4 / 10 points

      Protein is 28.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    6.1 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 41.8% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    4 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and digest or flavouring.

  4. 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

Top 28% of dry foods. 37 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.

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 42% to 26% by dry weight, and protein is about 41%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

3 noted, none cost points: mint, parsley and yucca extract. 37 flagged nothing.

  • 3 noted
  • 37 nothing flagged
37 ingredients with nothing flagged

Animal fats, apples, blackberries, broccoli, carrot, chondroitin, cinnamon, cranberries, digest (rendered meat digest), egg, fennel, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), ginger, glucosamine, green beans, green-lipped mussel, lamb, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), parsnip, pea fibre, pear, peas, pomegranate extract, pumpkin, seaweed, sunflower oil, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

Out of stock at every shop we track. Last price £9.00/kg at Simply Jaspers, 4 Oct 2026.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Simply Jaspers5.0KG · £44.99Out of stock5.0KG£44.99£9.00/kgVisit
Simply Jaspers1.2KG · £14.99Out of stock1.2KG£14.99£12.49/kgVisit
Simply Jaspers100g · £3.00Sample, trial, clearance or introductory price, not compared · Out of stock100g£3.00Not givenVisit

Price unchanged since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Simply Jaspers1.2KG£14.99 (out of stock)£12.49/kg
4 Oct 2026Simply Jaspers100g£3.00 (out of stock)£30.00/kg
4 Oct 2026Simply Jaspers5.0KG£44.99 (out of stock)£9.00/kg
28 Sep 2026Simply Jaspers1.2KG£14.99 (out of stock)£12.49/kg
28 Sep 2026Simply Jaspers100g£3.00 (out of stock)£30.00/kg
28 Sep 2026Simply Jaspers5.0KG£44.99 (out of stock)£9.00/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 22 to 26 points higher and cost up to 5% more.

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Carbs
about 22% this food about 42%
To feed
5% more per 1,000 kcal

+26 pointsCompare

Meat
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Carbs
about 18% this food about 42%
To feed
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+24 pointsCompare

Meat
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Carbs
about 8% this food about 42%
To feed
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+23 pointsCompare

Meat
79.5% this food 41%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 42%
To feed
17% less per 1,000 kcal

+22 pointsCompare

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Taken from the maker’s page, checked 28 Sep 2026.

From the maker’s website. The ingredients and analysis here are the maker’s current label, from their product page, checked 28 Sep 2026. Shops may still stock packs with the older recipe.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Simply Jaspers (the maker).

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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