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Lukullus Cold-Pressed Veggie review

Average

A middling cold-pressed food - fine, with clear compromises. Feeding it costs about 89p 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
£0.89per day for a 15 kg dogcheaper than 75% of cold-pressed foods

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 61/100 across 28 ingredients (declared percentages used for 11, position estimates for the rest). Legumes carry 50% of the recipe. The FDA found no causal link between legume-rich diets and canine heart disease (DCM), though some cardiologists advise caution - noted for information, not scored. Named meat is only 0% of the recognised recipe, so the quality score is anchored down towards a plant-led food.
19.5 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 36% of the recipe (+2.2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
9.2 / 15
Additives
Declared additives below our neutral line, weakest being mineral clay (-1.2).
8.8 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Meat content not declared and no named meat leads the label.
0 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 54% dry matter (high); fat 9.8% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 5.2% DM (+1.9); ash 5.4% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source, named botanicals, pre/probiotics (+2).
6 / 10
Processing
Cold-pressed - lower temperatures than kibble.
7 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 28, 2026 · full methodology public
51 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 51 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 19.5 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 8.8 of 10.

The label declares no meat percentage at all, so there is no way to verify how much of the recipe is animal protein, and the ingredient list is only partly specific.

At about 89p 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
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6 kg--
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How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 217 g a day = £0.89 / day, £27.06 / 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, 333 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £4.10 / 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

25.5 % DM
Directory average: 31.2

Fat

9.8 % DM
Directory average: 13.2

Est. carbs

54 % DM
Directory average: 43.3

Fibre

5.2 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

5.4 % DM
Directory average: 8.6

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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This is label analysis, not veterinary advice - if your dog has a health condition, talk to your vet before switching foods.

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