PURINA PRO PLAN Large Robust Puppy Healthy Start review
A middling dry food - fine, with clear compromises. Just 18% declared meat content, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 57p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.
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Our analysis
Breaking the 46 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 23.9 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10. On top of that, 12 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 18% 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 57p 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.
Fruit & veg
Oils & fats
Supplements & extras
Additives (as declared on the label)
Feeding & cost
What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.
| Pack size | RRP | Per kg |
|---|---|---|
| 12 kg | £46.37 | £3.86 |
How heavy is your dog?
A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 148 g a day = £0.57 / day, £17.33 / month.
How we work this out
- 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).
- Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 362 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
- Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £3.86 / 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
Fat
Est. carbs
Fibre
Ash
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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This is label analysis, not veterinary advice - if your dog has a health condition, talk to your vet before switching foods.