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Pedigree · dry

Pedigree Puppy Junior Dry review

One of the weakest dry foods we have rated. Just 14% declared meat content, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 31p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 11/100 Avoid
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Top 97%scores higher than 3% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Avoidscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.31 approx.per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 93% of dry foods
14%declared meat content
United Kingdombrand origin
389kcal 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 43/100 across 7 ingredients (declared percentages used for 4, position estimates for the rest). Named meat is only 14% of the recognised recipe, so the quality score is anchored down towards a plant-led food.
15.7 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives, Oils and Fats) - naming points withheld; no percentages declared at all - the recipe is unverifiable; meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
2 / 15
Additives
Controversial preservative (BHA/BHT class) (-8); declared additives below our neutral line, weakest being Antioxidants BHA & BHT (-6).
0 / 10
Red flags
Cereals leads the label (-10); Meat and Animal Derivatives at position 2 (-16); Oils and Fats at position 3 (-12); Derivatives of Vegetable Origin at position 4 (-12); Antioxidants BHA & BHT at position 7 (-8); penalties capped at -25 (uncapped: -58).
-25 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 14%.
5.8 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 43% dry matter (moderate); fat 17.4% DM in the healthy band; fibre 1.6% DM (+2); ash 7.6% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source (+1).
6.9 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
11 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 11 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 15.7 of a possible 40. On top of that, 25 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 14% 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 31p 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 does not.

Ingredients

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

Meat & fish

Meat and Animal DerivativesIncluding 14% Chicken 14%Oils and FatsIncluding 0.25% Fish Oil 0.25%Sunflower Oil 0.2%

Carbs & grains

Cereals Including 4% RiceIncluding 4% Rice 4%Derivatives of Vegetable OriginIncluding 4.5% Sugar Beet Pulp 4.5%Vegetable Protein Extracts

Supplements & extras

MineralsAntioxidants BHA & BHT
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Vitamin a 17230 IU, Vitamin D3 1512 IU, Vitamin E305 mg, Calcium Iodate Anhydrous 1.7 mg, Cupric Sulphate Pentahydrate 67 mg, Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate 378 mg, Sodium Selenite 0.58 mg, Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate 550 mg.

Feeding & cost

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

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
10 kg£22.46£2.25

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 137 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, 389 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £2.25 / 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

17.4 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

42.9 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

1.6 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

7.6 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Energy

389 kcal/100g
Directory average: 365.3

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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