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Suitable for all breeds of dogs
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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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81.53 out of 100 - Excellent
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:United Kingdom
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.
Bonnie Boo •18 days ago
My girl has been on this food for about 4 years. She loves it, and it's great on her stomach. She's on the senior Turkey and veg now, grain free. Delivery is always on time.B3kah •8 months ago
I don’t like the texture of this food, it’s too smooth and a bit sloppy. Also the carrageenan in the food doesn’t agree with my staffies digestion. It causes her to have stomach gurgles in the night and sloppy poos. Since switching to country hunter tins her digestion is much better.Murphydog •one year ago
The grain free turkey and chicken is excellent our lurcher loves it but only these flavours however, forthglade your customer service is awful we still have not received our delivery after three weeks and have run out. There has been no reply’to phone messages left with youand dhl think it came yesterday…£95 is a lot of money to loseGeorge Walker •one year ago
My boy loves this food. He gets it as a topping (1/2 pack a day) to his Eden kibble. He does very well on this combination. Of course, as some say here, not every food will agree with every dog. That’s Norma’s as dogs are all different. But that doesn’t make it a poor food as some seem to say here. I find this to be of excellent quality and it very much agrees with my boy.mabbam •2 years ago
I hate leaving negative reviews but my 15 year old yorkie hates this food .. both times she ate it and has been poorly it just doesn't agree with her. Its like a stodgy paste and smells off ., she threw up tonight after eating 1/4 tub and isn't herself at this moment.Rik Misell
mabbam
•2 years ago
It could be the duck my dog was the same and we had her tested and food out she is intolerant to duck and sweet potato, which seems to be in everything these days… Also I find the just lamb smells very pungent but my dog likes itWalkingwithdogs •2 years ago
Oh I've managed to copy and past their reply to me....... We use seaweed in all of our wet food recipes as way to naturally bind our ingredients together, and the seaweed we use does contain a small level of carrageenan. We’re aware that there’s been some discussion around carrageenan since a study by one individual was released a few years ago; the results of which have been found to be scientifically flawed and no other study has been able to replicate, but unfortunately there are many websites that have based their opinion of carrageenan on this one individual study, which of course creates concern and worry amongst dog owners. Sadly, some sources of information on the topic haven’t taken into account the further studies carried out and the findings which have found that carrageenan is completely safe to use in pet foods. ​Walkingwithdogs
Walkingwithdogs
•2 years ago
Hope that helpsWalkingwithdogs •2 years ago
I asked the same question about the carrageenan on 7th July 2022 so very recently, I was told it does contain a small amount in their wet foods ..I'd post the reply if I knew how to !Buddy •2 years ago
I message forthglade and they told me there dog wet food does contain carrageenanDdools
Buddy
•2 years ago
When did they confirm their food does contain carrageenan, please? (They confirmed to me some years ago now that they did, but it seems from the message below that they removed that as an ingredient some time ago. I wonder if they know what they are talking about, or whether it's a question of porkie pies from them!)krolliska pakolska •2 years ago
Forthglade for my question about carrageenan :â€We’re very pleased to say that whilst we have used carrageenan to help bind our ingredients in the past, due to customer feedback we removed this from our wet meals some time ago. We do still use seaweed in our meals, to help make our meals into a firm consistency which you can cut into chunks, however the seaweed blends we use consist of Rhodophyceae seaweed which is just carefully washed and dried with no chemicals or other extraction processes. This means there is no carrageenan in there whatsoever and whilst carrageenan is completely safe to use in both pet and human food, we wanted to make sure that our customers were 100% happy with our recipes.â€Ards Animal Health •9 years ago
The lamb, beef & duck varieties of Forthglade Natural range contain chicken. They should not be appearing in the "Ingredients to Avoid" list when filtering out Chicken but they still appear and could be misleading for those dogs with allergies / intolerence to chicken.Julie •9 years ago
Rob,Could you let me know how why you believe that the other website has got the ingredients so wrong , surely if the other website has got the ingredients quite so wrong then it would give a complete false interpretation of a possible decent food.Especially as this website (all about dog food.co.uk) gives a direct link to it so that it can be directly purchased there.
Julie
•9 years ago
Hi Julie. I have double checked and the ingredients listed above are correct according to Forthglade. Those published on the Petshop.co.uk website are incorrect - I have informed them and they will make the correction asap. Many thanks for letting me know.Julie •9 years ago
IngredientsMeat and animal derivatives (Min 60% chicken, min 10% rice),
derivatives of vegetable origin, seaweed extract, herbs, minerals, vitamins,
Please can you tell why this food scores so high?
This was in the Product Description on another Website.. the Approved online Stockist, so when i put these ingredients in your Generator it gives a score of 2.9 yet yourselves score it 4.7 and i wondered why?
Beck •9 years ago
Excellent wet food. When I bought the Forthglade I phoned a local pet store. The chap I spoke to, basically 'trashed Forthglade big time' in every way and recommended a different product which I knew was inferior in lots of ways.I can provide details to Forthglade Foods Ltd. Wainrights has a slight edge ( for my 2 dogs ) over Forthglade. Wainrights is also slightly cheaper for me to buy online from Pets at Home. None the less EXCELLENT food. Please see my review of Nutrivet Dry Complete.lizzie •10 years ago
My boy really loves this, it smells fab (like a pate), and it is great for his digestion too! Very impressed all round.