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Nutribalance Large Breed Puppy review

A solid, honest dry food. 28% declared meat content is respectable. Feeding it costs about 32p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 69/100 Good
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Top 60%scores higher than 40% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.32 approx.per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 92% of dry foods
28%declared meat content
United Kingdombrand origin
386kcal per 100 g

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 53/100 across 10 ingredients (declared percentages used for 7, position estimates for the rest).
21.1 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 42% of the recipe (+2.5); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
11.5 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Meat content ~72% fresh-equivalent (added up from every named meat on the label; dried meats counted at their fresh weight). Held to dry-matter protein: 28.3% DM protein supports this level of meat credit, not the full declared figure.
13.2 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 48% dry matter (high); fat 15.2% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 2.2% DM (+2); ash 6.5% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source, pre/probiotics (+2).
7.1 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
69 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 69 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 21.1 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10.

The label declares 28% meat, which is a real number, which already puts it ahead of the many that print none, and the ingredient list is only partly specific.

At about 32p 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

Chicken Meal 28%Chicken Digest 2%

Carbs & grains

Whole MaizeRiceMaize Gluten Meal

Fruit & veg

Sugar Beet Pellets 4%

Oils & fats

Poultry Oil 6%Salmon Oil 1.5%

Supplements & extras

Chicory Extract 0.2%Mannan Oligosaccharides 0.1%
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Vitamin a 25000iu, Vitamin D3 2000iu, Vitamin E 150mg, Zinc (Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) 75mg, Iron (Iron II Sulphate Monohydrate) 40mg, Manganese (Manganese II Oxide) 30mg, Copper ( Copper II Sulphate Pentahydrate ) 8mg, Iodine (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 1.5mg, Selenium ( Sodium Selenite ) 0.10mg.

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
14 kg£31.99£2.28

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 138 g a day = £0.31 / day, £9.42 / 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 10 kg dog works out near 534 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 386 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £2.28 / 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

28.3 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

15.2 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

47.8 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

2.2 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

6.5 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Energy

386 kcal/100g
Directory average: 365.3

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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