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Mixing bowl composition
This is the ingredients list as printed on the packaging or manufacturer's website.
Think of the 'mixing bowl' composition like a recipe - all the ingredients you would need to put in a 'mixing bowl' in order to make the food.
Ingredients have to be listed in descending order of their weight so the higher it appears, the more there is.
Highlighted ingredients
Ingredients that we believe to be controversial or inferior are highlighted in yellow with particularly low grade, highly contentious or excessively vague ingredients in red.
As fed composition
While the 'mixing bowl' composition is useful for knowing what went into the food, it doesn't always reflect what your dog is actually eating. This is because the processes that turn the ingredients into the finished pet food can significantly alter the relative weights of the ingredients.
For this reason we've calculated the approximate 'as fed' percentages for the main ingredient categories in the finished product.
Please note that these figures are very approximate. They are estimates based on the information provided by the manufacturer in the ingredients list so the clearer the terminology and the more percentages they provide, the more accurate our estimates will be. Wherever information is lacking, we always assume the worst.
Ingredient categories
◉ Meat ingredients: includes all meat and fish ingredients except isolated fats/oils.
◉Added oils and fats: includes all isolated oil and fat ingredients.
◉ Carb-rich ingredients: includes all ingredients derived from grains, pseudo-grains, potatoes and other starchy root vegetables, sweet potato and legumes (except whole peas which are categorised under fruit and veg) except for isolated protein and extracted oils. Also includes fibre supplements.
◉ Fruit and veg: includes all whole vegetables and fruits.
◉ Other: all other ingredients. Mostly made up by nutritional supplements and additives.
For more information on any ingredient, please take a look at our Dog Food Ingredient Glossary
The dry matter level of a nutrient is the percentage there would be in the food if all of the water was removed.
With water taken out of the equation, these figures allow the nutrient levels of foods of different types (like wet and dry) to be compared on an even playing field.
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Our unique product ratings are calculated based on a number of characteristics including the quality and quantity of the stated ingredients, certain nutritional and technological additives and the processing methods used to create the food. They are designed to indicate how beneficial we think a food is likely to be for the majority of dogs when fed on a daily basis for an extended period. Click here for more information
Country of origin: France
A technological additive is any substance added to a pet food "for a technological purpose and which favourably affects the characteristics of feed".
The most common categories of technological additives include preservatives and antioxidants, gelling agents and thickeners and probiotics.
While the primary effects of technoloical additives are certainly 'favourable' (increased shelf life in the case of preservatives & antioxidants, better food texture and consistency in the case of gelling agents and thickeners etc.) some have been linked to health problems in pets and should be treated with caution.
Unfortunately, many technological additives do not have to be declared by the manufacturer so just because they do not appear on the label does not necessarily mean they are not in the food. If in doubt, ask the manufacturer directly exactly what technological additives their foods contain.
Liaharr• one year ago
My dogs have thrived on this for years, however the 10kg ocean version of this seems to be getting harder and harder to source, Pets At Home is permanently out of stock or has barely any stock of it and Amazon seem to be charging £55+, as do other online retailers. Have switched my dogs over to Wainwrights Atlantic salmon, they seem to be getting on well with it so far.
Minty21• one year ago
Why is there no mention of enterococcus faecium ncimb 10415 as technical additive as it states on packaging? Back in may my dog had a spell of being horribly sick and vet seemed to think it was something he’s eaten. My husband and I seemed to think it was something in Lily’s kitchen woofbrushes (specifically guy health ones) because he used to be sick after he’s had them. Since then we had him on canagan as wanted to offer better quality diet (his coat and skin condition wasn’t great). However, as it’s pretty pricey I tasked myself with a mission of finding a cheaper but good quality food. And Core Wellness appeared to be very similar in composition as well as scored pretty high on both pet expert and all about dog food. I am currently slowly changing his food and today he’s half and half on canagan/core. But today after his breakfast and walk he was sick…. I looked at ingredients on both packaging and came across the additive above. Having googled it, even though it says it probiotic and widely used in dog food it doesn’t sound too good. I’ve gone through tens of dog food websites studying their composition and majority of them have fructooligosacharide etc instead. What is the reasoning behind this specific strain used in core dog food (enterococcus faecium) and could it cause my dog being sick??
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Minty21• one year ago
Very interesting point though the likely hood of your dog being sick could be many other factors the main one being he's adapting to change of the diet. My dog has been on Wellness core since a puppy no issues. I mix with wet food Butchers meat recipes in jelly but recently started to use Langham's 100% complete wet food which he seems to enjoy more maybe cause its different to Butchers that he's been on for a year. Though for dry he's always been on wellness core no issues probably best dry food to value ratio you can buy.