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Bakers Edward Baker Small Dog review

Name: Bakers Edward Baker Small Dog
Brand: Bakers

Poor

A weak dry food by the label. 28% declared meat content is respectable, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 91p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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Label last checked July 17, 2026

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Top 78%scores higher than 22% of rated foodsacross all 3530 foods we've scored

Poorscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated

£0.91 approx.per day for a 15 kg dogcheaper than 47% of dry foods

28%declared meat content

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality

Weighted ingredient quality 46/100 across 13 ingredients (declared percentages used for 5, position estimates for the rest).

18.3 / 40

Label clarity

Vague category terms on the label (Animal Fats, Digest, Wheat Middlings) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 29% of the recipe (+1.7); meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.

3.7 / 15

Additives

No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.

10 / 10

Red flags

Animal Fats at position 4 (-12); Digest at position 6 (-6).

-18 / 0

Meat content

Meat content ~67.2% fresh-equivalent (added up from every named meat on the label; dried meats counted at their fresh weight).

15 / 15

Nutritional balance

Estimated carbohydrate 47% dry matter (high); fat 14.1% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 2.7% DM (+2); ash 6.5% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: named botanicals (+1).

6.2 / 10

Processing

Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).

6 / 10

ODF Score

Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 28, 2026 · full methodology public

41 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 41 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 18.3 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15. On top of that, 18 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 28% meat, which is a real number, which already puts it ahead of the many that print none, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

At about 91p a day to feed a 15kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it does not.

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 28%Animal Fats Digest

Carbs & grains

Wheat Corn Wheat Middlings

Fruit & veg

Soya Meal Dried Beet Pulp Dried Carrot 0.07%Dried Spinach 0.07%

Supplements & extras

Dried Chicory Root 0.5%Minerals Dried Parsley 0.07%

Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack size	RRP	Per kg
2 kg	£9.00	£4.50

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 203 g a day = £0.91 / day, £27.66 / month.

How we work this out

Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight^0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 15 kg dog works out near 725 kcal).
Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 357 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £4.50 / kg, for the daily cost, then by 30.4 days for the month.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

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

Protein

29.3 % DM

Directory average: 28.2

Fat

14.1 % DM

Directory average: 14.9

Est. carbs

47.3 % DM

Directory average: 45.1

Fibre

2.7 % DM

Directory average: 3.7

Ash

6.5 % DM

Directory average: 7.9

Moisture isn't declared on this label - dry-matter figures assume 8% (typical for a dry food) and are marked estimated.

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

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