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DryCompletePuppyGrain-freeFish oil
Good points
- 74% meat
- No ingredient deductions
- Includes organ meat
Worth knowing
- Some meat not named by animal
- Includes hydrolysed protein
First ingredients: COMPOSITIONFresh Beef (40%), Beef Protein (18%), Buffalo Protein (14%), Peas (9.5%), Poultry Fat (7%)… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 74%
- Protein, dry weight
- 34%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~35%
- kcal/100 g
- 385
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh Beef. 74% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 74%
- Plants 14.2%
- Other 9.3%
- No amount given 2.5%
COMPOSITIONFresh Beef (40%), Beef Protein (18%), Buffalo Protein (14%), Peas (9.5%), Poultry Fat (7%), Hydrolysed Poultry Liver (2%), Chickpeas (2%), Dried Apple Pulp (1.5%), Pumpkin (1.2%), Salmon Oil (1%), Eggs Shells (0.5%), Potassium Chloride (0.4%), Sodium Chloride (0.3%), Pea Flour, Glucosamine (0.022%), Mannan-oligosaccharides (0.02%), Inulin (source of Fructo-oligosaccharides, 0.015%), Yucca Mojave (0.015%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.013%), Dried Milk Thistle (0.01%), Dried Rosemary (0.003%), Dried Curcuma Turmeric (0.003%).
Meat named animal protein
Additives
Vitamin A 20,000IU, Vitamin D³ 1,350IU, Vitamin E 745IU, Vitamin C 240mg, Taurine 2,500mg, Choline Chloride 2,400mg, Biotin 0.5mg. Antioxidants
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Fresh Beef”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh Beef (40%) | Named meat | 40% |
| Beef Protein (18%) | Named meat | 18% |
| Buffalo Protein (14%) | Named meat | 14% |
| Peas (9.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 9.5% |
| Poultry Fat (7%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 7% |
| Hydrolysed Poultry Liver (2%) | Meat, animal not named | 2% |
| Chickpeas (2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| Dried Apple Pulp (1.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1.5% |
| Pumpkin (1.2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1.2% |
| Salmon Oil (1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 1% |
| Eggs Shells (0.5%) | Other | 0.5% |
| Potassium Chloride (0.4%) | Other | 0.4% |
| Sodium Chloride (0.3%) | Other | 0.3% |
| Pea Flour | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Glucosamine (0.022%) | Other | 0.022% |
| Mannan-oligosaccharides (0.02%) | Other | 0.02% |
| Inulin (source of Fructo-oligosaccharides, 0.015%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.015% |
| Yucca Mojave (0.015%) | Other | 0.015% |
| Chondroitin Sulphate (0.013%) | Other | 0.013% |
| Dried Milk Thistle (0.01%) | Other | 0.01% |
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Nutrition
Protein 34% and carbs about 35%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 31% | 34% |
| above the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 18% | 20% |
| Carbohydrate | ~31% | ~35% |
| below the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Ash | 6.5% | 7.2% |
| Moisture | 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.
Energy385 kcal/100 g
Why it scores 53
The kind of meat scored best (12.1 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (5 of 20).
How much meat?
28.3 / 45 points- Meat on the label25.9 / 35 points
74% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.4 / 10 points
Protein is 34.4% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
8.4 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 34.8% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for hydrolysed protein.
What kind of meat?
12.1 / 15 points- How the meat is listed9.1 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, meal and unnamed hydrolysed, which earns 76% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat3 / 3 points
Organ meat such as liver, heart, kidney or tripe is 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 Forthglade Puppy Chicken & Liver Wet Dog Food (scores 73): carbs fall from 35% to 19% 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
2 noted: liver and yucca extract. 25 flagged nothing.
- 2 noted
- 25 nothing flagged
- 2 not in our ingredient database yet
- Liver (animal organ)Counted in “How processed?”Feed material (animal organ)
The label says “hydrolysed poultry liver”: a protein broken down by processing, often used in sensitive-stomach foods. It costs a point under “How processed?” rather than as a deduction.
- 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.
25 ingredients with nothing flagged
Antioxidants, apples, biotin (vitamin H/B7), chickpeas, chicory root extract, choline chloride, chondroitin, egg, glucosamine, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), milk thistle, peas, potassium chloride, poultry fat, processed animal protein, pumpkin, rosemary, salmon oil, salt (sodium chloride), taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), turmeric, vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
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, apples, biotin (vitamin H/B7), chickpeas, chicory root extract, choline chloride, chondroitin, glucosamine, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), potassium chloride, poultry fat, pumpkin, salt (sodium chloride), taurine, turmeric, vitamin A (retinyl acetate)
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Antioxidants, apples, chickpeas, chicory root extract, egg, mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), peas, potassium chloride, poultry fat, pumpkin, rosemary, salmon oil, turmeric
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- EFSA 2020 (PMC7448085)Turmeric
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Milk thistle
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- 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)
- Use of Milk Thistle in Farm and Companion Animals (PMC11961297)Milk thistle
2 not in our ingredient database yet
Buffalo protein, compositionfresh beef
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: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
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 | 12kg | £54.99 | £4.58/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £13.99 | £7.00/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £46.74 | £3.90/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £11.89 | £5.95/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £49.49 | £4.12/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £12.59 | £6.29/kg |
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Alternatives
2 dry foods score 7 to 8 points higher and cost up to 4% more.
- Meat
- 75% this food 74%
- Carbs
- about 18% this food about 35%
- To feed
- 6% less per 1,000 kcal
+8 pointsCompare
Nourish Pet Food 80/20 Grain Free Salmon with Herring, Haddock, Trout & Sweet Potato Dry Dog Food
78% meatDry · All ages
Good£5.03/kg
- Meat
- 78% this food 74%
- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 35%
- To feed
- 4% more per 1,000 kcal
+7 pointsCompare
Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Own-label food: checked against the retailer’s label.
Retailer-verified. This is the retailer’s own-label food, so there is no separate maker’s website to check it against. We publish it because the retailer’s label is complete and passes our consistency checks.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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