

1 price from Zooplus UK
Wellness Core Large Adult Original Dry Dog Food
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
First ingredients: Chicken (57%) (incl. fresh chicken (25%), dehydrated chicken (18%), dried chicken protein (5%), chicken gravy (5%), chicken fat… All ingredients
Ingredients match the maker’s own page- Meat
- 46%
- Protein, dry weight
- 37%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~38%
- kcal/100 g
- 347
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken. 46% of the recipe is declared meat.
Chicken (57%) (incl. fresh chicken (25%), dehydrated chicken (18%), dried chicken protein (5%), chicken gravy (5%), chicken fat (4%), peas, dried potatoes, linseed (3%), beet pulp (3%), salmon oil (2%), carrots (0.5%), apples (0.5%), dried chicory root (source of fructo-oligo-saccharides and inulin) (0.5%), yeast extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides) (0.5%), D-glucosamine hydrochloride (400mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (300mg/kg), broccoli, spinach, tomatoes, cranberries, blueberries (0.01%), yucca schidigera, mixed herbs (dried rosemary, dried turmeric, dried citrus, dried eugenia)
Meat named animal protein
Additives
per kg: Vitamin A (14,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1000 IU), vitamin E (120mg), taurine (1500mg), L-carnitine (150mg), zinc [as zinc sulphate, monohydrate] (100mg), iron [as ferrous sulphate, monohydrat] (100mg), copper [as cupric sulphate, pentahydrate] (7.5mg), manganese [as manganous sulphate, monohydrate] (5.0mg), iodine [as calcium iodate, anhydrous] (1.5mg). Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415, 109 cfu - helps to establish and maintain bacterial balance within the intestinal tract of dogs. Natural antioxidants, bentonite (montmorillonite) (1200mg).
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken (57%) (incl. fresh chicken (25%), dehydrated chicke… | Named meat | 57% |
11% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.
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Nutrition
Protein 37% and carbs about 38%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 33% | 37% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 13% | 14% |
| Carbohydrate | ~34% | ~38% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Ash | 6% | 6.7% |
| 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 40
The kind of meat scored best (8.4 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (6 of 20).
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%.
How much starch?
7.2 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 38.3% 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?
8.4 / 15 points- How the meat is listed8.4 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as dried, which earns 70% 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 38% 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. 33 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 33 nothing flagged
- 2 not in our ingredient database yet
- 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.
33 ingredients with nothing flagged
Apples, beet pulp, blueberries, broccoli, broth (meat stock), carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, citrus pulp, cranberries, glucosamine, herbs, l-carnitine, linseed (flaxseed), peas, potato, poultry fat, probiotic cultures, salmon oil, spinach, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato, turmeric, 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
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Apples, blueberries, broccoli, chicory root extract, chondroitin, citrus pulp, cranberries, glucosamine, herbs, l-carnitine, poultry fat, probiotic cultures, spinach, taurine, tomato, turmeric, yeast, manganese, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Apples, beet pulp, blueberries, broccoli, broth (meat stock), carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, citrus pulp, cranberries, herbs, linseed (flaxseed), peas, potato, poultry fat, salmon oil, spinach, tomato, turmeric, yeast
- 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
- EFSA 2020 (PMC7448085)Turmeric
- EFSA FEEDAP (PMC13063795)Cranberries
- 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
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Bentonite, bentonite montmorillonite
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
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
| Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zooplus UK10kg · £44.29 | 10kg | £44.29 | £4.43/kg | Visit |
Price unchanged since 10 Aug (3 readings).
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10kg | £44.29 | £4.43/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10kg | £44.29 | £4.43/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Zooplus UK | 10kg | £44.29 | £4.43/kg |
Your dog
Cost per day and grams for your dog
Alternatives
4 dry foods score 11 to 20 points higher and cost up to 21% more.

- Meat
- 78% this food 46%
- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 38%
- To feed
- 3% less per 1,000 kcal
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- Meat
- 73% this food 46%
- Carbs
- about 24% this food about 38%
- To feed
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- Meat
- 74% this food 46%
- Carbs
- about 27% this food about 38%
- To feed
- about the same per 1,000 kcal
+17 pointsCompare

- Meat
- 60% this food 46%
- Carbs
- about 30% this food about 38%
- To feed
- 21% more per 1,000 kcal
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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: Zooplus UK.
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