

1 price from Pets at Home
Worth knowing
- Dextrose (a sugar): −10 points
- About 48% carbs (dry weight)
- Some meat not named by animal
First ingredients: 30% Meat Meal & Gravy* (with min 4% Beef**), Whole Grain Wheat, Glycerol, 6% Chicken Fat (a source of Omega 6), Dextrose… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 30%
- Protein, dry weight
- 25%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~48%
- kcal/100 g
- 342
Ingredients
Listed first: Meat Meal & Gravy. 30% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 30%
- Other 36%
- No amount given 34%
30% Meat Meal & Gravy* (with min 4% Beef**), Whole Grain Wheat, Glycerol, 6% Chicken Fat (a source of Omega 6), Dextrose, Whole Linseed (a source of Omega 3), Beet Pulp, Vitamins & Minerals, Chicory Root (1000mg/kg), Yucca (150mg/kg) 30% Meat Ingredients, with Beef equivalent per 100g to: *min 40g hydrated animal ingredients with **min 18% Beef
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamin A 12,000 iu, Vitamin D3 1,200 iu, Vitamin E 90 mg, Zinc (Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) 50 mg, Iron (Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate) 50 mg, Manganese (Manganous Oxide) 30 mg, Copper (Copper (II) Sulphate Pentahydrate) 5 mg, lodine (Calcium lodate Anhydrous) 0.5 mg, Selenium (Sodium Selenite) 0.1 mg. Antioxidant, Preservative
How we read this label
First ingredient: “30% Meat Meal & Gravy*”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| 30% Meat Meal & Gravy* (with min 4% Beef**) | Named meat | 30% |
| Whole Grain Wheat | Grain | Not given |
| Glycerol | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| 6% Chicken Fat (a source of Omega 6) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 6% |
| Dextrose | Other | Not given |
| Whole Linseed (a source of Omega 3) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Beet Pulp | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Vitamins & Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Chicory Root (1000mg/kg) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Yucca (150mg/kg) 30% | Other | 30% |
| Meat Ingredients | Meat, animal not named | Not given |
| with Beef equivalent per 100g to: *min 40g hydrated animal … | Named meat | Not read |
| Beef | Named meat | Not read |
The label runs on into another flavour; we read the first.
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Nutrition
Protein 25% and carbs about 48%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 21% | 25% |
| below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 11% | 13% |
| Carbohydrate | ~40% | ~48% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Ash | 9% | 11% |
| Moisture | 15% | 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 17
The kind of meat scored best (6 of 15). Starch scored lowest (4.1 of 20).
How much meat?
11.3 / 45 points- Meat on the label10.5 / 35 points
30% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level0.8 / 10 points
Protein is 24.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
4.1 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 47.6% 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?
6 / 15 points- How the meat is listed6 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as meal and unnamed fresh, 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.
Points lost for ingredients: Dextrose (−10).
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 48% to 30% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.
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 ingredient costs 10 points: dextrose. 1 more noted. 20 flagged nothing.
- 1 costs points
- 1 noted
- 20 nothing flagged
- DextroseCosts 10 pointsFeed material (carbohydrate)
Why it costs points and sources
Added sugar is there for taste. Dogs have no need for it, and it adds calories without nutrition.
- 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.
20 ingredients with nothing flagged
Antioxidants, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicory root extract, glycerol, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, poultry fat, preservatives, processed animal protein, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamins, wheat
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, 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)Antioxidants, chicory root extract, glycerol, poultry fat, preservatives, vitamins, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Antioxidants, beet pulp, broth (meat stock), chicory root extract, glycerol, linseed (flaxseed), minerals, poultry fat, preservatives, wheat
- 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
- 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) 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
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pets at Home2.5kg · £5.99 up 11% since 10 Aug | 2.5kg | £5.99 | £2.40/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 | 2.5kg | £5.99 | £2.40/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £5.39 | £2.16/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2.5kg | £5.39 | £2.16/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
1 dry food scores 32 points higher at the same price or less.

- Meat
- 59% this food 30%
- Carbs
- about 33% this food about 48%
- To feed
- 38% less per 1,000 kcal
+32 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: Pets at Home.
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