Calibra Dog Food Review & Ratings

Calibra is the biggest brand on this site that most UK owners have never heard of. We have rated 55 of its foods, and they run from 15 to 85 out of 100 - a spread of 70 points. That is not a quality level. That is a catalogue, and the bag you pick decides what you get.

The top end is genuinely strong. Calibra Verve Adult Medium & Large Breed takes 85/100, built the way our score rewards: named meat, declared percentages, nothing hiding behind a category. If you had only ever fed that food you would rate Calibra highly and you would be right to.

The bottom end is a different product entirely. The cheaper lines lean on the things we mark down - vaguer ingredient descriptions, less declared meat, more bulk. Nothing there is alarming or unsafe. It is simply ordinary food wearing the same logo as the good stuff.

The average lands at 79/100 (Good), which places Calibra 124 of 290 ranked brands. Treat that number with suspicion. A 70-point spread means the average describes almost none of the actual foods - no dog eats an average.

Where Calibra earns its place is value. The cheapest food here runs about £0.43 a day, and several of its better-scoring lines sit well below what comparable UK brands charge for the same ingredient quality. If you are willing to read the individual label rather than trust the logo, there is real money to be saved.