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Cobbydog Grain Free review

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A solid, honest dry food. Just 24% declared meat content. Feeding it costs about £1.02 a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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Top 58%scores higher than 42% of rated foodsacross all 3530 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£1.02 approx.per day for a 15 kg dogcheaper than 36% of dry foods
24%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 74/100 across 35 ingredients (declared percentages used for 4, position estimates for the rest).
29.6 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (Digest) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 73% of the recipe (+4.4); meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
6.4 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
Digest at position 9 (-6).
-6 / 0
Meat content
Meat content ~75.6% fresh-equivalent (added up from every named meat on the label; dried meats counted at their fresh weight).
15 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 38% dry matter (moderate); fat 17.4% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 3.5% DM (+2); ash 10.7% DM - sensible mineral load (+0.2); functional extras: omega-3 source, joint support, named botanicals (+2).
6.9 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 28, 2026 · full methodology public
68 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 68 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 29.6 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15. On top of that, 6 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 24% 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.

At about £1.02 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 broadly does.

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£60.10£5.01

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 203 g a day = £1.02 / day, £31.01 / 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, 357 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £5.01 / 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

30.4 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

17.4 % DM
Directory average: 14.9

Est. carbs

38 % DM
Directory average: 45.1

Fibre

3.5 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

10.7 % 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.

Similar foods that score higher

Same type and life stage, better ODF Score, comparable price per day.

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