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Cobbydog Adult review

Poor

A weak dry food by the label. Just 20% declared meat content, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 60p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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Top 85%scores higher than 15% of rated foodsacross all 3530 foods we've scored
Poorscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.60 approx.per day for a 15 kg dogcheaper than 82% of dry foods
20%declared meat content
340kcal per 100 g

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 34/100 across 7 ingredients (declared percentages used for 2, position estimates for the rest). Named meat is only 21% of the recognised recipe, so the quality score is anchored down towards a plant-led food.
13.2 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (Wheatfeed, Meat and Bone Meal) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 21% of the recipe (+1.3); meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
3.3 / 15
Additives
Unnamed preservative - the label does not say which (-4).
6 / 10
Red flags
Meat and Bone Meal at position 3 (-8).
-8 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 20%.
7 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 58% dry matter (very high); fat 7.6% DM is low for essential fats (-0.3); moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 4.3% DM (+2); ash 9.8% DM - sensible mineral load (+0.8).
2.5 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 28, 2026 · full methodology public
30 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 30 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 13.2 of a possible 40. On top of that, 8 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 20% meat, which is a low figure, and a declared low figure is still more honest than silence, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

At about 60p 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.

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 sizeRRPPer kg
12 kg£34.00£2.83

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 213 g a day = £0.60 / day, £18.24 / month.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 15 kg dog works out near 725 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 340 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £2.83 / 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

20.7 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

7.6 % DM
Directory average: 14.9

Est. carbs

57.6 % DM
Directory average: 45.1

Fibre

4.3 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

9.8 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Energy

340 kcal/100g
Directory average: 374

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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