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Harringtons Complete Puppy - Rich in Turkey & Rice review

Average

A middling dry food - fine, with clear compromises. Just 20% declared meat content, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 43p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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Top 72%scores higher than 28% of rated foodsacross all 3530 foods we've scored
Averagescore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.43per day for a 15 kg dogcheaper than 92% of dry foods
20%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 46/100 across 15 ingredients (declared percentages used for 6, position estimates for the rest).
18.6 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (meat meal) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 35% of the recipe (+2.1); meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
4.1 / 15
Additives
Declared additives below our neutral line, weakest being poultry digest (-1.5).
8.5 / 10
Red flags
Meat meal at position 4 (-8).
-8 / 0
Meat content
Meat content ~48% fresh-equivalent (added up from every named meat on the label; dried meats counted at their fresh weight).
14.6 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 46% dry matter (high); fat 10.9% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 3.3% DM (+2); ash 9.2% DM - sensible mineral load (+1.2); functional extras: omega-3 source (+1).
5.6 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 28, 2026 · full methodology public
49 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 49 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 18.6 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 14.6 of 15. On top of that, 8 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 20% 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.

At about 43p 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 does not.

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
10 kg--
20 kg--

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 218 g a day = £0.43 / day, £13.07 / 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, 332 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £1.98 / 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. This is a puppy food, but the figures above are for an adult dog at maintenance - the same reference we use on every food so costs stay comparable. A growing puppy needs roughly twice the energy for its weight, so feed to the pack, not to this. 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

10.9 % DM
Directory average: 14.9

Est. carbs

46.2 % DM
Directory average: 45.1

Fibre

3.3 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

9.2 % 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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