Wellness Core Complete Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food Chicken

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Wellness Core Complete Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food Chicken

DryCompletePuppyGrain-freeFish oil
45/ 100
FairTop 12% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

  • 50% meat
  • One main animal protein: chicken
  • No ingredient deductions

First ingredients: Chicken 61% (Fresh Chicken 25%, Dehydrated Chicken 20%, Chicken Fat 6%, Dried Chicken Protein 5%, Chicken Gravy 5%), Peas 20%… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
50%
Protein, dry weight
38%
Carbs, dry weight
~34%
kcal/100 g
370

Ingredients

Listed first: Chicken. 50% of the recipe is declared meat.

Chicken 61% (Fresh Chicken 25%, Dehydrated Chicken 20%, Chicken Fat 6%, Dried Chicken Protein 5%, Chicken Gravy 5%), Peas 20%, Dried Potatoes, Beet Pulp 4%, Linseed 3%, Salmon Oil 2%, Carrots, Apples, Dried Chicory Root 0,5% (source of Fructo-oligo-saccharides and Inulin), Yeast Extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides) 0,5%, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Spinach, Cranberries 0,01%, Blueberries, D-Glucosamine Hydrochloride 100 mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 100 mg/kg, Yucca Schidigera, Mixed Herbs (Dried Rosemary, Dried Turmeric, Dried Citrus, Dried Eugenia)

Meat named animal protein

Additives

Vitamin A 14000 IU, Vitamin D3 1000 IU, Vitamin E 120 mg, Taurine 1500 mg, L-Carnitine 150 mg, Zinc (zinc sulphate, monohydrate) 100 mg, Iron (ferrous sulphate, monohydrate) 100 mg, Copper (cupric sulphate, pentahydrate) 7,5 mg, Manganese (manganous sulphate, monohydrate) 5 mg, Iodine (calcium iodate, anhydrous) 1,5 mg Natural Antioxidants Bentonite (montmorillonite) 1200 mg. Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415, 109 cfu - Helps establish and maintain bacterial balance within the intestinal tract of dogs

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Chicken 61%”. It names the animal.

On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Chicken 61% (Fresh Chicken 25%, Dehydrated Chicken 20%, Chi…Named meat61%
Peas 20%Vegetable, fruit or plant20%
Dried PotatoesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Beet Pulp 4%Vegetable, fruit or plant4%
Linseed 3%Vegetable, fruit or plant3%
Salmon Oil 2%Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient2%
CarrotsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
ApplesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Dried Chicory Root 0.5% (source of Fructo-oligo-saccharides…Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
Yeast Extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides) 0.5%Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.5%
BroccoliVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
TomatoesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
SpinachVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Cranberries 0.01%Vegetable, fruit or plant0.01%
BlueberriesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
D-Glucosamine Hydrochloride 100 mg/kgOtherNot given
Chondroitin Sulphate 100 mg/kgOtherNot given
Yucca SchidigeraOtherNot given
Mixed Herbs (Dried Rosemary, Dried Turmeric, Dried Citrus, …Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given

11% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 38% and carbs about 34%, with the water taken out.

As soldDry weight
Protein34%38%
above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat15%17%
Carbohydrate~31%~34%
below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre3.5%3.9%
Ash7%7.8%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%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.

Energy370 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 45

The kind of meat scored best (10 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (6 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    20.5 / 45
    • Meat on the label17.5 / 35

      50% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level3 / 10

      Protein is 37.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    8.7 / 20

    About 33.9% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20

    Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    10 / 15
    • How the meat is listed10 / 12

      The label lists the meat as fresh, dried and meal, which earns 83% 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

      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

Top 12% of dry foods. 25 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

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 34% to 19% by dry weight, and protein is about 41%.

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
29 ingredients with nothing flagged

Apples, beet pulp, blueberries, broccoli, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, cranberries, glucosamine, herbs, l-carnitine, linseed (flaxseed), peas, potato, probiotic cultures, salmon oil, spinach, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato, yeast

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients

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 16% since 10 Aug.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

ShopPackPricePer kg
Pets at Home10kg · £51.99 up 16% since 10 Aug10kg£51.99£5.20/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 16%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home10kg£51.99£5.20/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home10kg£46.79£4.68/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home10kg£44.99£4.50/kg

Your dog

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.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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