Wellness Core Small Adult Original Dry Dog Food

2 prices from Zooplus UK

Wellness Core Small Adult Original Dry Dog Food

DryCompleteAdultGrain-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

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions
  • High protein, 40% dry weight

Worth knowing

  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre

First ingredients: Turkey (32%) (incl. fresh turkey (16%), dehydrated turkey (16%))… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
48%
Protein, dry weight
40%
Carbs, dry weight
~29%
kcal/100 g
353

Ingredients

Listed first: Turkey. 48% of the recipe is declared meat.

Turkey (32%) (incl. fresh turkey (16%), dehydrated turkey (16%)), chicken (30%) (incl. dehydrated chicken (16%), chicken fat (8%), chicken gravy (6%)), peas (20%), potato protein, beet pulp (4%), linseed (3%), dried potatoes, salmon oil (1%), lignocellulose, carrots, apples, yeast extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides) (0.5%), dried chicory root (source of fructo-oligo-saccharides and inulin) (0.5%), broccoli, spinach, tomatoes, blueberries, cranberries (0.01%), dried peppermint, D-glucosamine hydrochloride (100mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (100mg/kg), 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), zinc [as zinc sulphate, monohydrate] (100mg), iron [as ferrous sulphate, monohydrate] (100mg), copper [as cupric sulphate, pentahydrate] (7.5mg), manganese [as manganous sulphate, monohydrate] (5mg), 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: “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 (32%) (incl. fresh turkey (16%), dehydrated turkey (…Named meat32%
chicken (30%) (incl. dehydrated chicken (16%), chicken fat …Named meat30%
peas (20%)Vegetable, fruit or plant20%
potato proteinVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
beet pulp (4%)Vegetable, fruit or plant4%
linseed (3%)Vegetable, fruit or plant3%
dried potatoesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
salmon oil (1%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient1%
lignocelluloseOtherNot given
carrotsVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
applesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
yeast extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides) (0.5%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.5%
dried chicory root (source of fructo-oligo-saccharides and …Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
broccoliVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
spinachVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
tomatoesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
blueberriesVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
cranberries (0.01%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.01%
dried peppermintOtherNot given
D-glucosamine hydrochloride (100mg/kg)OtherNot given

14% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 40% and carbs about 29%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein36%40%
above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat16%18%
Carbohydrate~26%~29%
below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre4%4.4%
Ash8%8.9%
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.

Energy353 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 45

The kind of meat scored best (9.6 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    20.1 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label16.8 / 35 points

      48% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level3.3 / 10 points

      Protein is 40% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    10.4 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 28.9% 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?

    9.6 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed9.6 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as fresh and dried, which earns 80% 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 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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 29% to 19% by dry weight, and protein is about 47%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

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Ingredient notes

2 noted, none cost points: mint and yucca extract. 31 flagged nothing.

  • 2 noted
  • 31 nothing flagged
31 ingredients with nothing flagged

Apples, beet pulp, blueberries, broccoli, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, cranberries, glucosamine, herbs, lignocellulose, linseed (flaxseed), peas, potato, probiotic cultures, salmon oil, spinach, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), tomato, turkey, vegetable protein extracts, 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: Zooplus UK. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Down 9% since 10 Aug.

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

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 5kg · £49.29 down 9% since 10 AugEconomy Pack: 2 x 5kg£49.29£4.93/kgCheapest in stockVisit
Zooplus UK5kg · £25.39 down 9% since 10 Aug5kg£25.39£5.08/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Zooplus UK down 9%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UK5kg£25.39£5.08/kg
4 Oct 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 5kg£49.29£4.93/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UK5kg£25.29£5.06/kg
27 Sep 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 5kg£49.09£4.91/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UK5kg£27.79£5.56/kg
10 Aug 2026Zooplus UKEconomy Pack: 2 x 5kg£53.99£5.40/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

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Carbs
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Carbs
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Carbs
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Carbs
about 24% this food about 29%
To feed
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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.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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