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Hollings · treat

Hollings Beef & Wild Boar Bite-Size Sausages review

AdultGrain free
Average

A middling treat food - fine, with clear compromises. 56% declared meat content leads the label, and the label tells you exactly what is inside. The breakdown below shows exactly where every point went.

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Top 69%scores higher than 31% of rated foodsacross all 3530 foods we've scored
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56%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 91/100 across 7 ingredients (declared percentages used for 4, position estimates for the rest).
36.6 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 94% of the recipe (+5.7); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
14.7 / 15
Additives
Unnamed preservative - the label does not say which (-4); added sugars/sweeteners (-4); declared additives below our neutral line, weakest being glycerol (-5.3).
0 / 10
Red flags
Glycerol at position 4 (-16).
-16 / 0
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 28, 2026 · full methodology public
54 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 54 down: the biggest single loss is additives, where it takes 0 of a possible 10. Its strongest showing is label transparency at 14.7 of 15. On top of that, 16 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 56% meat, which is unusually specific - most brands never print a figure at all, and the ingredient list names things individually rather than hiding them in catch-all categories.

Ingredients

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

Meat & fish

Beef 56%wild boar 33%beef meal 5%beef protein 0.5%

Supplements & extras

glycerolsunflower lecithinminerals
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
70 g--
210 g--

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 188 g a day = £7.24 / day, £220.10 / 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: we don't have this food's calories yet, so we fall back to a rough 12.5 g per kg of dog.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £38.52 / 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

0.5 % DM
Directory average: 42.8

Moisture isn't declared on this label - dry-matter figures assume 8% (typical for a dry food) and are marked estimated.

Similar foods that score higher

Same type and life stage, better ODF Score, comparable price per day.

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