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Dental Care Pedigree Dentastix Daily Dental Sticks for Large Dogs (25kg+) review

One of the weakest treat foods we have rated. Just 4.2% declared meat content, and the label keeps too much vague. The breakdown below shows exactly where every point went.

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ODF Score 15/100 Avoid
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Top 96%scores higher than 4% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Avoidscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
4.2%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 24/100 across 6 ingredients (declared percentages used for 2, position estimates for the rest).
9.5 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (4 Sticks: Cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, meat and animal derivatives) - naming points withheld; no percentages declared at all - the recipe is unverifiable; meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
2 / 15
Additives
Unnamed preservative - the label does not say which (-4).
6 / 10
Red flags
4 Sticks: Cereals leads the label (-10); derivatives of vegetable origin at position 2 (-12); meat and animal derivatives at position 4 (-16); oils and fats. 21 Sticks/42 Sticks/112 Sticks: Cereals at position 5 (-12); oils and fats at position 9 (-6); penalties capped at -25 (uncapped: -56).
-25 / 0
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 ยท scored August 19, 2026 ยท full methodology public
15 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 15 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 9.5 of a possible 40. On top of that, 25 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 4.2% 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.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

meat and animal derivativesincluding 2.16% dried chicken liver powder 2.16%equivalent to 4.2% chickenincluding 2.16% dried chicken liver 2.16%equivalent to 4.2% chicken in the light brown stickdried beef liver 2.42%equivalent to 4.2% beef in the dark brown stickoils and fats. 21 Sticks/42 Sticks/112 Sticks: Cerealsoils and fats

Carbs & grains

4 Sticks: Cerealsderivatives of vegetable origin

Supplements & extras

mineralsincluding 2.55% sodium tripolyphosphate 2.55%
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Preservatives. Nutritional additives: Vitamin E (65mg), zinc [zinc sulphate heptahydrate] (220mg). Sensory additives: 4 Sticks: Chicken flavour (40.6mg). 21 Sticks/42 Sticks/112 Sticks: Beef flavour (5.9mg), chicken flavour (19.3mg).

Nutrition

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

Protein

9 % DM
Directory average: 42.9

Fat

1.6 % DM
Directory average: 11.8

Est. carbs

83.1 % DM
Directory average: 37.5

Fibre

0.2 % DM
Directory average: 2

Ash

6 % DM
Directory average: 6.5

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

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