

6 prices from The Pets Larder, Doghouse and 2 more
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
- Fresh meat, named by animal
- Cold-pressed, not extruded
Worth knowing
- About 53% carbs (dry weight)
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: Fresh duck (35%), Sweet potato (35%), Blue whiting fish (hydrolysed) (9.4%), Whole egg (7.5%), Beet pulp… All ingredients
Label taken from the maker’s website- Meat
- 44.4%
- Protein, dry weight
- 23%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~53%
- kcal/100 g
- 389
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh duck. 44.4% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 44.4%
- Plants 35%
- Other 8.9%
- No amount given 11.8%
Fresh duck (35%), Sweet potato (35%), Blue whiting fish (hydrolysed) (9.4%), Whole egg (7.5%), Beet pulp, Brewer’s yeast, Salmon oil (0.6%), Sunflower oil (0.5%), Inulin (source of prebiotic FOS), Minerals, Herbal blend (0.25%; Parsley, Rosemary, Nettle, Chamomile, Sage, Thyme, Coriander leaves, Dandelion leaves, Liquorice), Glucosamine (980 mg/kg), Green lipped mussel (500 mg/kg), Chondroitin sulphate (450 mg/kg)
Meat named animal protein
From the maker’s website, checked 28 Sep 2026.
Additives
per kg: Iron (II) sulphate monohydrate 75 mg, Manganous oxide 28 mg, Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate 13.5 mg, Zinc sulphate monohydrate 135 mg, Calcium iodate anhydrous 1.4 mg, Sodium selenite 0.16 mg. ANTIOXIDANTS & PRESERVATIVES: Tocopherol-rich extract of natural origin.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Fresh duck”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh duck (35%) | Named meat | 35% |
| Sweet potato (35%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 35% |
| Blue whiting fish (hydrolysed) (9.4%) | Named meat | 9.4% |
| Whole egg (7.5%) | Other | 7.5% |
| Beet pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Brewer’s yeast | Other | Not given |
| Salmon oil (0.6%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.6% |
| Sunflower oil (0.5%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.5% |
| Inulin (source of prebiotic FOS) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Herbal blend (0.25%; Parsley, Rosemary, Nettle, Chamomile, … | Other | 0.3% |
| Glucosamine (980 mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
| Green lipped mussel (500 mg/kg) | Named meat | Not given |
| Chondroitin sulphate (450 mg/kg) | Other | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 23% and carbs about 53%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 20.5% | 23% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 14.5% | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | ~47% | ~53% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 2.8% | 3.1% |
| Ash | 4.8% | 5.3% |
| Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed | 10% | 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 39
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). Starch scored lowest (2.4 of 20).
How much meat?
16 / 45 points- Meat on the label15.5 / 35 points
44.4% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.5 / 10 points
Protein is 22.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
2.4 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 52.7% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
9 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cold-pressed: 10 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.
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 53% to 32% by dry weight, and protein is about 38%.
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 21 ingredients.
21 ingredients with nothing flagged
Antioxidants, beet pulp, chicory root extract, chondroitin, duck, egg, fish, glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, herbs, minerals, salmon oil, sunflower oil, sweet potato, yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, selenium, zinc
We couldn’t read an amount we can check on the label, so no points were taken: manganese
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Antioxidants, beet pulp, chicory root extract, duck, egg, fish, green-lipped mussel, herbs, minerals, salmon oil, sunflower oil, sweet potato, yeast
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Antioxidants, chicory root extract, chondroitin, fish, glucosamine, green-lipped mussel, herbs, sunflower oil, yeast, selenium, zinc, manganese
- 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
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
Lowest £9.20/kg at The Pets Larder, 14% below the dearest. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
No price has changed since 28 Sep (2 readings, one a week).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Comfort and Nourish | 1.5kg | £15.99 (out of stock) | £10.66/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Doghouse | 1.5kg | £15.99 | £10.66/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | The Pets Larder | 1.5kg | £15.99 | £10.66/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | The Pets Larder | 5kg | £45.99 | £9.20/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Wild West Pet | 1.5kg | £15.99 | £10.66/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Wild West Pet | 5kg | £45.99 (out of stock) | £9.20/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Comfort and Nourish | 1.5kg | £15.99 (out of stock) | £10.66/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Doghouse | 1.5kg | £15.99 | £10.66/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | The Pets Larder | 1.5kg | £15.99 | £10.66/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | The Pets Larder | 5kg | £45.99 | £9.20/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Wild West Pet | 1.5kg | £15.99 | £10.66/kg |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Wild West Pet | 5kg | £45.99 (out of stock) | £9.20/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
4 dry foods score 20 to 24 points higher and cost up to 8% more.

- Meat
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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- Carbs
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- Carbs
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- To feed
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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.
Pages we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Comfort and Nourish, Wild West Pet, Doghouse, Tribal Pet Foods (the maker), The Pets Larder.
Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0
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