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Concept for Life Large Adult review

A solid, honest dry food. 27% declared meat content is respectable, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 45p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 66/100 Good
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Top 63%scores higher than 37% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.45per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 81% of dry foods
27%declared meat content
Germanybrand origin

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 67/100 across 20 ingredients (declared percentages used for 6, position estimates for the rest).
26.9 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (lignocellulose) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 21% of the recipe (+1.3); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
5.3 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 27%.
9.8 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 43% dry matter (moderate); fat 18.5% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 2.2% DM (+2); ash 7.8% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source, joint support (+2).
7.9 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
66 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 66 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 26.9 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10.

The label declares 27% 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 45p a day to feed a 10kg 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.

Additives (as declared on the label)
Nutritional additives: Original recipe: Vitamin A (12,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1400 IU), vitamin E (300 IU), vitamin C (300mg), vitamin B1 (12mg), vitamin B2 (12mg), vitamin B6 [pyridoxine hydrochloride] (8mg), vitamin B12 (180mcg), niacin (35mg), calcium D-pantothenate (35mg), folic acid (1.2mg), biotin (300mcg), choline chloride (2500mg), copper [cupric(II) sulphate pentahydrate] (12.5mg), zinc [zinc sulphate monohydrate] (100mg), zinc [glycine zinc chelate hydrate (solid)] (60mg), iron [ferrous(II) sulphate monohydrate] (250mg), manganese [manganese(II) sulphate monohydrate] (30mg), iodine [calcium iodate anhydrous] (2.2mg), selenium [sodium selenite] (0.4mg). New recipe: Vitamin A (15,000 IU), vitamin D3 (1500 IU), vitamin E (300mg), iron (50mg), copper (10mg), zinc (62.5mg), manganese (10mg), iodine (1.5mg), selenium (0.2mg). Technological additives: Original recipe: Antioxidants.

Feeding & cost

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

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
6 kg£27.00£4.50

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 142 g a day = £0.45 / day, £13.68 / 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 10 kg dog works out near 534 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 375 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £3.17 / 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

28.3 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

18.5 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

43.3 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

2.2 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

7.8 % 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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