

1 price from Pets at Home
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Duck meat meal 28.1%, brown rice 28%, naked oats, peas, poultry fat… All ingredients
Label checked- Meat
- 28.1%
- Protein, dry weight
- 29%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~41%
- kcal/100 g
- 388
Ingredients
Listed first: Duck meat meal. 28.1% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 28.1%
- Grain 28%
- Other 0.2%
- No amount given 43.7%
Duck meat meal 28.1%, brown rice 28%, naked oats, peas, poultry fat, whole linseed, beet pulp, vitamins & minerals, brewer's yeast, dicalcium phosphate, cellulose, marine algae meal, MOS/GOS yeast cell (0.2%), MOS (2500mg/kg), FOS (1000mg/kg), herb blend (750mg/kg), glucosamine (250mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (150mg/kg), seaweed (150mg/kg), yucca (100mg/kg)
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
None Stated; Vitamins: vitamin A 13000iu, vitamin D3 2000iu, vitamin E (as all rac-alphatocopherol acetate) 350mg, taurine 100mg; Trace Elements: iron (as iron (II) sulphate monohydrate) 26.7mg, iron (as iron (II) chelate of protein hydrolysates) 13.3mg, iodine (as calcium iodate anhydrous) 1.5mg, copper (as copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate) 3.3mg, copper (as copper (II) chelate of hydrolysates) 1.7mg, manganese (as manganese (II) oxide) 16.7mg, manganese (as manganese chelate of protein hydrolysates) 8.3mg, zinc (as zinc oxide) 100mg, zinc (as zinc chelate of protein hydrolysates) 30mg, selenium (as organic selenium) 0.1mg Clinoptilolite clay 3000mg, tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils (vitamin E), contains antioxidants and preservatives
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Duck meat meal 28.1%”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Duck meat meal 28.1% | Named meat | 28.1% |
| brown rice 28% | Grain | 28% |
| naked oats | Grain | Not given |
| peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| poultry fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| whole linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| vitamins & minerals | Other | Not given |
| brewer's yeast | Other | Not given |
| dicalcium phosphate | Other | Not given |
| cellulose | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| marine algae meal | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| MOS/GOS yeast cell (0.2%) | Other | 0.2% |
| MOS (2500mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| FOS (1000mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| herb blend (750mg/kg) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| glucosamine (250mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| chondroitin sulphate (150mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| seaweed (150mg/kg) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| yucca (100mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 29% and carbs about 41%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 27% | 29% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 18% | 20% |
| Carbohydrate | ~38% | ~41% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.3% |
| Ash | 6.5% | 7.1% |
| 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 28
The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).
How much meat?
11.4 / 45 points- Meat on the label9.8 / 35 points
28.1% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.6 / 10 points
Protein is 29.3% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
6.4 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 40.8% 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?
6 / 15 points- How the meat is listed6 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal, which earns 50% 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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 41% to 22% by dry weight, and protein is about 36%.
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, no points taken: yucca extract. 29 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 29 nothing flagged
- 1 not in our ingredient database yet
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
29 ingredients with nothing flagged
Algae, antioxidants, beet pulp, cellulose, chondroitin, duck, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, herbs, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, oats, peas, poultry fat, rice, seaweed, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamins, yeast
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
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Algae, antioxidants, cellulose, chondroitin, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, herbs, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), poultry fat, seaweed, taurine, vitamins, yeast, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Algae, antioxidants, beet pulp, cellulose, duck, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), herbs, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, oats, peas, poultry fat, rice, seaweed, yeast
- 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
- 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)Seaweed
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
1 not in our ingredient database yet
Dicalcium phosphate
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
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home15kg · £43.19 up 11% since 10 Aug | 15kg | £43.19 | £2.88/kg | Visit |
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 | 15kg | £43.19 | £2.88/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 15kg | £38.87 | £2.59/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 15kg | £38.87 | £2.59/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
2 dry foods score 13 to 19 points higher at the same price or less.

- Meat
- 57% this food 28.1%
- Carbs
- about 36% this food about 41%
- To feed
- 38% less per 1,000 kcal
+19 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 34% this food 28.1%
- Price
- 22% less per kg
+13 pointsCompare
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: Pets at Home.
Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0
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