Wellness Core Dry Dog Food Small Breed Adult Low Fat Turkey Recipe

DryCompleteAdultGrain-freeFish oil
41/ 100
WeakTop 18% of dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 10 Aug 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Turkey (29%), Fresh Turkey (17%), Dehydrated Turkey (12%), Chicken (24%), Dehydrated Chicken (17%)… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
46%
Protein, dry weight
37%
Carbs, dry weight
~37%
kcal/100 g
325

Ingredients

Listed first: Turkey. 46% of the recipe is declared meat.

Turkey (29%), Fresh Turkey (17%), Dehydrated Turkey (12%), Chicken (24%), Dehydrated Chicken (17%), Chicken Gravy (5%), Chicken Fat (2%), Dried Potatoes, Peas, Beet Pulp (4%), Potato Protein (3%), Linseed (2%), Lignocellulose, Salmon Oil (1%), Carrots, Apples, Dried Chicory Root (source of Fructo-oligo-saccharides and Inulin), Yeast Extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides), Broccoli, Spinach, Tomatoes, Blueberries, Cranberries, Yucca Schidigera, Mixed Herbs, Dried Rosemary, Dried Turmeric, Dried Citrus, Dried Eugenia

Meat named animal protein

Additives

Glucosamine, Chondroitin Sulphate

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Turkey”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Turkey (29%)Named meat29%
Fresh Turkey (17%)Named meatPart of the item above
Dehydrated Turkey (12%)Named meatPart of the item above
Chicken (24%)Named meat24%
Dehydrated Chicken (17%)Named meatPart of the item above
Chicken Gravy (5%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
Chicken Fat (2%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientPart of the item above
Dried PotatoesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
PeasVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Beet Pulp (4%)Vegetable, fruit or plant4%
Potato Protein (3%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3%
Linseed (2%)Vegetable, fruit or plant2%
LignocelluloseOtherNot given
Salmon Oil (1%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient1%
CarrotsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
ApplesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Dried Chicory Root (source of Fructo-oligo-saccharides and …Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Yeast Extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
BroccoliVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
SpinachVegetable, fruit or plantNot given

7% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 37% and carbs about 37%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein33%37%
above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat11%12%
Carbohydrate~33%~37%
below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre4.5%5%
Ash8.5%9.4%
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.

Energy325 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 41

The kind of meat scored best (9.7 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    18.9 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label16.1 / 35 points

      46% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level2.8 / 10 points

      Protein is 36.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    7.8 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 36.7% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    5 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.

  4. What kind of meat?

    9.7 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed9.7 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 81% 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

Top 18% 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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 37% to 24% by dry weight, and protein is about 45%.

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. 26 flagged nothing.

  • 1 noted
  • 26 nothing flagged
  • 1 not in our ingredient database yet
26 ingredients with nothing flagged

Apples, beet pulp, blueberries, broccoli, broth (meat stock), carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, citrus pulp, cranberries, glucosamine, herbs, lignocellulose, linseed (flaxseed), peas, potato, poultry fat, rosemary, salmon oil, spinach, tomato, turkey, turmeric, vegetable protein extracts, yeast

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

Sources for these ingredients
1 not in our ingredient database yet

Dried eugenia

Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Your dog

Grams a day for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 18 to 37 points higher.

Compare side by side →
Meat
100% this food 46%

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Meat
78.5% this food 46%
Carbs
about 22% this food about 37%

+22 pointsCompare

Meat
78% this food 46%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 37%

+19 pointsCompare

Meat
79.5% this food 46%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 37%

+18 pointsCompare

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 10 Aug 2026: Jollyes.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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