

2 prices from Pets at Home
Good points
- 60% meat
- Low starch, about 23% carbs
- One animal protein: beef
First ingredients: Fresh Forequarter Beef Steak (17%), Fresh Beef Lung (16.5%), Fresh Beef Heart (16%), Fresh Red Pepper (9%)… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 60%
- Protein, dry weight
- 40%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~23%
- kcal/100 g
- 160
Ingredients
Listed first: Fresh Forequarter Beef Steak. 60% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 60%
- Plants 22.6%
- Other 16.3%
- No amount given 1.1%
Fresh Forequarter Beef Steak (17%), Fresh Beef Lung (16.5%), Fresh Beef Heart (16%), Fresh Red Pepper (9%), Fresh Pre-soaked Buckwheat (6.6%), Fresh Beef Liver (6%), Fresh Sweet Potato (4.8%), Fresh Beef Kidney (4.5%), Fresh Parsnip (3.7%), Fresh Spinach Leaf (3.5%), Fresh Carrot (3%), Cold-Pressed Rosemary-infused Sunflower Oil (2.3%), Deactivated Nutritional Yeast (1%), Fresh Mushroom (1%), Desiccated Coconut (1%), Vitamins & Minerals (1%), Cold-Pressed Organic Hempseed Oil (0.75%), Fresh Pre-soaked Quinoa (0.7%), Rosemary (0.3%), Taurine (0.25%), Alfalfa Powder (0.05%), Nettle Powder (0.04%), Chicory Root Powder (0.04%), Kelp Powder (0.03%), Chamomile Powder (0.02%), Dandelion Powder (0.01%).
Meat named animal protein
Additives
Taurine 2456mg, Vitamin C 300mg, Vitamin E (as alpha-tocopherol) 135mg, Riboflavin (Vit B2) 5mg, Thiamin (Vit B1) 2mg, Vitamin B12 50µg, Vitamin D3 12.5µg, Choline 520mg (per kg as fed)
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Fresh Forequarter Beef Steak”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh Forequarter Beef Steak (17%) | Named meat | 17% |
| Fresh Beef Lung (16.5%) | Named meat | 16.5% |
| Fresh Beef Heart (16%) | Named meat | 16% |
| Fresh Red Pepper (9%) | Other | 9% |
| Fresh Pre-soaked Buckwheat (6.6%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 6.6% |
| Fresh Beef Liver (6%) | Named meat | 6% |
| Fresh Sweet Potato (4.8%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4.8% |
| Fresh Beef Kidney (4.5%) | Named meat | 4.5% |
| Fresh Parsnip (3.7%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 3.7% |
| Fresh Spinach Leaf (3.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 3.5% |
| Fresh Carrot (3%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 3% |
| Cold-Pressed Rosemary-infused Sunflower Oil (2.3%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 2.3% |
| Deactivated Nutritional Yeast (1%) | Other | 1% |
| Fresh Mushroom (1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| Desiccated Coconut (1%) | Other | 1% |
| Vitamins & Minerals (1%) | Other | 1% |
| Cold-Pressed Organic Hempseed Oil (0.75%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.8% |
| Fresh Pre-soaked Quinoa (0.7%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.7% |
| Rosemary (0.3%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.3% |
| Taurine (0.25%) | Other | 0.3% |
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Nutrition
Protein 40% and carbs about 23%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 13.6% | 40% |
| within the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 10% | 29% |
| Carbohydrate | ~7.7% | ~23% |
| above the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Ash | 2.4% | 7% |
| Moisture | 65.9% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the wet foods we rate.
Why it scores 59
The kind of meat scored best (15 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (8 of 20).
How much meat?
24.3 / 45 points- Meat on the label21 / 35 points
60% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level3.3 / 10 points
Protein is 39.9% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
12.5 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 22.6% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
8 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cooked in the tin, tray or pouch: 8 of 20.
What kind of meat?
15 / 15 points- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, which earns 100% 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 wet 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 →Ingredient notes
1 noted, no points taken: chamomile. 26 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 26 nothing flagged
- 5 not in our ingredient database yet
- ChamomileNoted, no points takenBotanical / flavouring
Plant extras like this are usually added in tiny amounts, so points are taken only when the label declares 1% or more.
Why it’s noted and sources
The ASPCA lists chamomile as toxic to dogs, with stomach upset and allergic reactions, and warns that long-term use can cause bleeding problems. The amounts in dog food are small; we flag it as a caution.
26 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, beef, carrot, chicory root extract, choline chloride, dandelion root, hemp seed oil, liver (animal organ), minerals, nettle, parsnip, pepper (spice), rosemary, seaweed, spinach, sunflower oil, sweet potato, taurine, tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamins, yeast
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: 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)Alfalfa, chicory root extract, choline chloride, dandelion root, liver (animal organ), nettle, parsnip, pepper (spice), seaweed, spinach, sunflower oil, taurine, vitamin B1 (thiamine), vitamin B12 (cobalamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamins, yeast
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Alfalfa, beef, carrot, chicory root extract, dandelion root, liver (animal organ), minerals, nettle, parsnip, pepper (spice), rosemary, seaweed, spinach, sunflower oil, sweet potato, yeast
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- PMC13308462Hemp seed oil
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Hemp seed oil
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
5 not in our ingredient database yet
Desiccated coconut, fresh forequarter beef steak, fresh mushroom, fresh pre-soaked buckwheat, fresh pre-soaked quinoa
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
Out of stock at every shop we track. Last price £12.68/kg at Pets at Home, 4 Oct 2026.
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 | 320g | £4.99 (out of stock) | £15.59/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 630g | £7.99 (out of stock) | £12.68/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 320g | £4.24 (out of stock) | £13.25/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 630g | £6.79 (out of stock) | £10.78/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 320g | £4.49 | £14.03/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 630g | £7.19 | £11.41/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
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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