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Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- 15.5% meat
- About 48% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Brown rice 39.3%, lamb meat meal 15.5%, pea protein, naked oats, whole linseed… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 15.5%
- Protein, dry weight
- 26%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~48%
- kcal/100 g
- 348
Ingredients
Listed first: Brown rice. 15.5% of the recipe is declared meat.
Brown rice 39.3%, lamb meat meal 15.5%, pea protein, naked oats, whole linseed, brewer's yeast, poultry fat, peas, sunflower meal, dried egg, beet pulp, vitamins & minerals, cellulose, marine algae meal, 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: “Brown rice 39.3%”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Brown rice 39.3% | Grain | 39.3% |
| lamb meat meal 15.5% | Named meat | 15.5% |
| pea protein | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| naked oats | Grain | Not given |
| whole linseed | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| brewer's yeast | Other | Not given |
| poultry fat | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| peas | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| sunflower meal | Other | Not given |
| dried egg | Other | Not given |
| beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| vitamins & minerals | Other | Not given |
| cellulose | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| marine algae meal | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| 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 |
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Nutrition
Protein 26% and carbs about 48%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 24% | 26% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 12% | 13% |
| Carbohydrate | ~44% | ~48% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 4% | 4.3% |
| Ash | 7.7% | 8.4% |
| 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 21
The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Meat scored lowest (6.4 of 45).
How much meat?
6.4 / 45 points- Meat on the label5.4 / 35 points
15.5% 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?
3.9 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 48.2% 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 48% to 27% by dry weight, and protein is about 34%.
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. 32 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 32 nothing flagged
- 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.
32 ingredients with nothing flagged
Algae, antioxidants, beet pulp, cellulose, chondroitin, egg, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), glucosamine, herbs, lamb, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, oats, peas, poultry fat, rice, seaweed, sunflower seed expeller, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, 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, vegetable protein extracts, 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, egg, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), herbs, lamb, linseed (flaxseed), mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), minerals, oats, peas, poultry fat, rice, seaweed, vegetable protein extracts, 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
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Sunflower seed expeller
- 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: 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 | 15kg | £43.19 | £2.88/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £9.99 | £4.00/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 15kg | £38.87 | £2.59/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £8.99 | £3.60/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 15kg | £38.87 | £2.59/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £8.99 | £3.60/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
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: Pets at Home.
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