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Forthglade · treat

Forthglade Functional Natural Soft Bites - Calming review

One of the weakest treat foods we have rated. Just 15% declared meat content. The breakdown below shows exactly where every point went.

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ODF Score 28/100 Avoid
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Top 89%scores higher than 11% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Avoidscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
15%declared meat content
United Kingdombrand origin

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 64/100 across 9 ingredients (declared percentages used for 3, position estimates for the rest). Legumes carry 28% of the recipe. The FDA found no causal link between legume-rich diets and canine heart disease (DCM), though some cardiologists advise caution - noted for information, not scored. Named meat is only 15% of the recognised recipe, so the quality score is anchored down towards a plant-led food.
23.4 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 15% of the recipe (+0.9); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
9.9 / 15
Additives
Added sugars/sweeteners (-4); declared additives below our neutral line, weakest being vegetable glycerine (-5.3).
0.8 / 10
Red flags
Vegetable glycerine at position 4 (-16).
-16 / 0
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
28 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 28 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 23.4 of a possible 40. On top of that, 16 points are deducted outright for red-flag ingredients - a penalty applied before anything else is counted, which is why the total lands where it does.

The label declares 15% meat, which is a low figure, and a declared low figure is still more honest than silence, and the ingredient list is only partly specific.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

turkey meal 15%

Fruit & veg

Dried sweet potatopea flourchickpea flour

Oils & fats

rapeseed oil

Supplements & extras

vegetable glycerinelinseeddried botanicals [LavenderLavender 0.3%ginger 0.3%lemon balm 0.15%chamomile 0.15%valerian root 0.1%yucca extract 0.1%
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Technological additives: Preservatives: Citric acid.

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

21.2 % DM
Directory average: 42.9

Fat

12.9 % DM
Directory average: 11.8

Est. carbs

55.3 % DM
Directory average: 37.5

Fibre

3.5 % DM
Directory average: 2

Ash

7.1 % DM
Directory average: 6.5

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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