

1 price from Jollyes
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- About 56% carbs (dry weight)
- Some meat not named by animal
First ingredients: Meat Meal and Gravy (26%), Chicken (5%), Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Barley, Vegetable Fibre… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 31%
- Protein, dry weight
- 22%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~56%
- kcal/100 g
- 313
Ingredients
Listed first: Meat Meal and Gravy. 31% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 31%
- Plants 2.3%
- Other 2%
- No amount given 64.7%
Meat Meal and Gravy (26%), Chicken (5%), Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Barley, Vegetable Fibre, Maize, Chicken Fat (source of Omega 6) (2%), Whole Linseeds (source of omega 3) (2.3%), Dried Green Peas and Beet Pulp
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamin A (12,000 iu/kg), Vitamin D3 (1,200 iu/kg), Vitamin E (90 mg/kg), Zinc (Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) (50 mg/kg), Iron (Iron (ll) Sulphate Monohydrate) (50 mg/kg), Manganese (Manganous Oxide) (30 mg/kg), Copper (Copper (ll) Sulphate Pentahydrate) (5 mg/kg), Iodine (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) (0.5 mg/kg), Selenium (Sodium Selenite) (0.1 mg/kg), Chicory Root (1000 mg/kg), Yucca (150 mg/kg)
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Meat Meal and Gravy”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Meat Meal and Gravy (26%) | Meat, animal not named | 26% |
| Chicken (5%) | Named meat | 5% |
| Whole Grain Wheat | Grain | Not given |
| Whole Grain Barley | Grain | Not given |
| Vegetable Fibre | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Maize | Grain | Not given |
| Chicken Fat (source of Omega 6) (2%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 2% |
| Whole Linseeds (source of omega 3) (2.3%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2.3% |
| Dried Green Peas and Beet Pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
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Nutrition
Protein 22% and carbs about 56%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 20% | 22% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 8% | 8.9% |
| Carbohydrate | ~50% | ~56% |
| above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Ash | 8.5% | 9.4% |
| 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 23
How it’s made scored best (6 of 20). Starch scored lowest (1.5 of 20).
How much meat?
11.3 / 45 points- Meat on the label10.9 / 35 points
31% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.4 / 10 points
Protein is 22.2% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
1.5 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 55.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
6 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.
What kind of meat?
4.5 / 15 points- How the meat is listed4.5 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as unnamed meal and fresh, which earns 37% 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 56% to 36% 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. 19 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 19 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.
19 ingredients with nothing flagged
Barley, chicken, chicory root extract, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), peas, poultry fat, processed animal protein, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable fibres, wheat
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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Barley, chicken, chicory root extract, linseed (flaxseed), maize (corn), peas, poultry fat, vegetable fibres, wheat
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Barley, chicory root extract, poultry fat, vegetable fibres, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- 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)Processed animal protein
- 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: Jollyes. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 25% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jollyes12kg · £16.00 up 25% since 10 Aug | 12kg | £16.00 | £1.33/kg | Visit |
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Jollyes up 25%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Jollyes | 12kg | £16.00 | £1.33/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Jollyes | 12kg | £16.00 | £1.33/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Jollyes | 12kg | £12.80 | £1.07/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
1 dry food scores 26 points higher and costs up to 3% more.

- Meat
- 59% this food 31%
- Carbs
- about 33% this food about 56%
- To feed
- 3% more per 1,000 kcal
+26 points
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: Jollyes.
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