Engage Mother & Puppy review
A middling dry food - fine, with clear compromises. 39% declared meat content is respectable, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 36p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.
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Our analysis
Breaking the 52 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 23.7 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 12.8 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 39% 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 36p 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 does not.
Ingredients
Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.
Carbs & grains
Fruit & veg
Oils & fats
Additives (as declared on the label)
Feeding & cost
What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.
| Pack size | RRP | Per kg |
|---|---|---|
| 15 kg | £37.99 | £2.53 |
How heavy is your dog?
A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 143 g a day = £0.36 / day, £10.94 / month.
How we work this out
- 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).
- Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 374 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
- Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £2.53 / 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
Fat
Est. carbs
Fibre
Ash
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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