Calibra Yummy Chicken & Salmon Paste

Treat · complementaryHigh meatClear label

Yummy Chicken & Salmon Paste
This is sold as a treat, not as an everyday meal. The 1–100 rating applies to complete meals, so it isn't scored. Ingredient breakdown below.

Our verdict

Is Calibra Yummy Chicken & Salmon Paste a good dog food?

This is a treat, not a complete diet, so it is not scored on our 1-100 scale. The ingredient breakdown below shows what is in it; a treat should be fed alongside, not instead of, a complete diet.

Complementary wet paté treats for dogs of all life stages, with chicken breast, salmon and chicken broth as the main ingredients.

How we score

Why you might choose it

  • Meat makes up an estimated 84% of the dry matter (95% as fed).
  • Prints ingredient percentages on the label.
  • Doesn't list grain ingredients.

Why you might not

  • A treat, not a complete diet: feed as an extra, not the whole diet.
  • No analytical breakdown is published.

Who is this food for?

Suits

  • Labelled by the manufacturer for all lifestages
  • Grain-free: no grain ingredients listed
  • Doesn't list beef, turkey, lamb, venison, pork, duck as ingredients

Consider something else if:

  • Your dog avoids chicken: the label lists chicken breast
  • Your dog avoids fish: the label lists salmon
  • You want a single-protein recipe: this one lists more than one animal protein

These points are derived from declared ingredients and analysis, not a substitute for veterinary advice. If your dog has a diagnosed condition, food choice is a medical nutrition decision: speak to your vet. Find foods that fit your dog.

What the label tells us

  • The label lists 8 ingredients.
  • Names its animal sources (2 named ingredients).
  • Uses generic terms (Chicken Broth): the specific animal source is not stated.
  • Lists no artificial colours or preservatives.
  • Prints quantities for 3 ingredients.
Why is this treat not scored?

Our 1 to 100 rating applies to complete diets, so treats and complementary foods are presented as what the label tells us rather than a number that would invite comparison with complete meals.

What should I look for on a treat label?

A short ingredient list, named animal sources instead of generic terms, and no artificial colours or preservatives. Printed quantities are a good transparency signal, though few treat labels provide them.

These points are derived from the published ingredient list, not a rating.

Nutrition and feeding

Typical analysis (as fed)

No analysis recorded yet.

Additives & feeding info

Feeding and storage

Feeding guide

This product does not replace a complete diet. Make sure fresh water is always available to your dog. Daily doses of snacks should not exceed 10 % of the total recommended caloric intake per day.

No additives recorded yet.

Ingredients (8)5% of the recipe is estimated

Estimated composition

  • meat 94.8%
  • supplement 1.7%
  • carb 1.3%
  • oil 1.2%
  • additive 1.0%
#As declaredMatchedLabel readingDeclared %Est. %
1Chicken Breast Meat (35%)Chicken Breastmeat · good3535.0
2Salmon (30%)Salmonmeat · good3030.0
3Chicken Broth (29.84%)Chicken Brothmeat · medium29.8429.8
4Potato StarchPotato starchcarb · poor-1.3
5Sunflower OilSunflower oiloil · good-1.2
6Guar GumGuar gumadditive · medium-1.0
7Fructooligosaccharides (FOS)Fructo-oligosaccharidessupplement · good-0.9
8LysineLysinesupplement · medium-0.8
  1. 1. Chicken Breast Meat (35%)35% declared35.0% estimated
    Chicken Breast · meat · good
  2. 2. Salmon (30%)30% declared30.0% estimated
    Salmon · meat · good
  3. 3. Chicken Broth (29.84%)29.84% declared29.8% estimated
    Chicken Broth · meat · medium
  4. 4. Potato Starch1.3% estimated
    Potato starch · carb · poor
  5. 5. Sunflower Oil1.2% estimated
    Sunflower oil · oil · good
  6. 6. Guar Gum1.0% estimated
    Guar gum · additive · medium
  7. 7. Fructooligosaccharides (FOS)0.9% estimated
    Fructo-oligosaccharides · supplement · good
  8. 8. Lysine0.8% estimated
    Lysine · supplement · medium

Trust and sourceNo recalls recorded in our database · checked 2026-10-21

Brand and contact: Calibra

Trust and provenance

Recall history
No recalls recorded in our database
Label data last checked
2026-10-21
Product page
calibrastore.co.uk

Recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score. Dates are when we recorded the data, not when the manufacturer last changed the recipe.

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Score details and methodologyCalculations, history and evidence

Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated

Scored with model v3 on 2026-10-25. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.

ComponentInputCoefficientContribution
Base score-30.909+30.91
Average ingredient quality0.99.191+8.44
Meat share of dry matter83.9%0.096+8.06
Carb share of dry matter1.3%-0.115-0.15
Oil share of dry matter4.7%-0.092-0.43
Additive share of dry matter3.8%0.163+0.62
Supplement share of dry matter6.3%-0.012-0.08
Recipe graded poor1.3%-0.065-0.08
Number of poor ingredients1-0.876-0.88
Largest single poor ingredient1.3%0.060+0.08
Undeclared quantities5.2%-0.106-0.54
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)yes0.707+0.71
Additive penalty-1.240.222-0.27
Processing multiplier1.0033.786+33.79
Processing: Wet Pateyes-0.672-0.67
Show all 40 components
ComponentInputCoefficientContribution
Base score-30.909+30.91
Average ingredient quality0.99.191+8.44
Meat share of dry matter83.9%0.096+8.06
Carb share of dry matter1.3%-0.115-0.15
Oil share of dry matter4.7%-0.092-0.43
Vegetable share of dry matter0.0%-0.005+0.00
Additive share of dry matter3.8%0.163+0.62
Supplement share of dry matter6.3%-0.012-0.08
Other share of dry matter0.0%-0.375+0.00
Unrecognised share of dry matter0.0%-0.027+0.00
Recipe graded poor1.3%-0.065-0.08
Poor-quality meat in recipe0.0%-0.179+0.00
Number of poor ingredients1-0.876-0.88
Largest single poor ingredient1.3%0.060+0.08
Undeclared quantities5.2%-0.106-0.54
Prints ingredient percentagesno0.000+0.00
Complete dietno2.294+0.00
Frozen or chilled freshno0.000+0.00
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)yes0.707+0.71
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)no-3.158+0.00
High carb and low meatno-1.180+0.00
Meat share × printed percentages0.00.000+0.00
Meat share × fresh0.00.000+0.00
Fresh × high meat0.011.084+0.00
Additive penalty-1.240.222-0.27
Processing multiplier1.0033.786+33.79
Processing: Rawno-0.054+0.00
Processing: Fresh Chilledno-2.354+0.00
Processing: Fresh Frozenno-2.354+0.00
Processing: Fresh Refrigeratedno0.000+0.00
Processing: Fresh Shelfno-0.672+0.00
Processing: Dry Freeze Driedno6.629+0.00
Processing: Dry Air Driedno6.331+0.00
Processing: Dry Cold Pressedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Bakedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Extrudedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Semi Moistno-6.174+0.00
Processing: Dry Mueslino-10.146+0.00
Processing: Wet Pateyes-0.672-0.67
Processing: Wet Chunksno-0.672+0.00
Processing-type offset
-0.08
Subtotal
79.4
Final score
79/100

Contributions are rounded to two decimals, so they may not sum exactly to the subtotal. The full coefficient table is published on the methodology page.

This is not a complete diet, so the 1-100 rating does not apply to it. Read the recipe breakdown above as ingredient-quality context only.

Score history across model versions

The score shown above is always computed with the latest published model. Earlier scores are kept for the record and are never edited or deleted; a scoring change ships as a new model version with a public write-up on the methodology page.

ModelScore
v379/100current
v279/100
Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges

Not applicable to complementary food. FEDIAF reference ranges apply to complete diets.

Transparency: what the label discloses

How much the manufacturer discloses, measured against the FEDIAF Code of Good Labelling Practice and Regulation 767/2009. Mandatory items dominate the weighting.

ItemPoints
✓ Ingredient list on the label (mandatory)10/10
✓ Printed percentages on the label (94.8% of the recipe mass) (voluntary)19/20
✗ Analytical constituents declared (mandatory) - not on file0/15
✗ Additives declared (mandatory) - not on file0/10
✗ Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file0/5
✓ Complete/complementary designation (mandatory)5/5
✓ Feeding guidance given (mandatory)10/10
✓ Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory)5/10
✓ Country of manufacture stated (voluntary)10/10
✗ Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file0/5

Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Analytical constituents declared, Additives declared, Batch and date labelling).

Safety: recall history

Recall and safety-notice history, time-decayed. This dimension is shown alongside the score and never feeds the headline number.

No recalls recorded in our database.

See all current recalls we track.

Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it

The claims made on the pack and product page, checked against the declared label. We record claims as stated; "consistent" means our stored label data supports the claim, "contradicted" means it conflicts with it. Functional claims are recorded but never scored.

100/100 · moderate — 1 checkable claim: 1 consistent, 0 contradicted.

Consistent with the label

  • "Wheat-free" — supported by the declared grain-free data.

8 further claims on file that we cannot check against the label.

Moderate: every checkable claim is consistent with the declared label.

ClaimTypeCheckSubstantiation
Made with 35% chicken breast and 30% salmon (on page)Contentnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Mouthwatering meaty and fish-rich flavour (on page)Contentnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Smooth, lickable paste texture (on page)Contentnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Wheat-free (on page)Free-fromconsistentManufacturer assertion
With added vitamins A, D and E (on page)Contentnot checkableManufacturer assertion
No artificial colours or preservatives (on page)Free-fromnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Ideal for training, learning and enrichment (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Can be spread over lick mats to support play and enrichment (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Its soft texture provides a helpful way to give medication (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion

The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.

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