Essential Superior Living review
A genuinely strong dry food. 33% declared meat content is respectable, and the label tells you exactly what is inside. Feeding it costs about £1.08 a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.
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Our analysis
Breaking the 85 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 31.9 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 15 of 15.
The label declares 33% meat, which is a real number, which already puts it ahead of the many that print none, and the ingredient list names things individually rather than hiding them in catch-all categories.
At about £1.08 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.
Meat & fish
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 10 kg | £75.00 | £7.50 |
How heavy is your dog?
A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 144 g a day = £1.08 / day, £32.83 / 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, 370 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
- Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £7.50 / 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
Energy
Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.
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