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Rocco Mealtime Sensitive - Chicken & Duck review

A solid, honest dry food. 43.5% declared meat content is respectable. Feeding it costs about 56p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 67/100 Good
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Top 62%scores higher than 38% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
ยฃ0.56per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 65% of dry foods
43.5%declared meat content
Germanybrand origin

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 75/100 across 15 ingredients (declared percentages used for 5, position estimates for the rest).
30 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (cellulose powder) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 40% of the recipe (+2.4); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
6.4 / 15
Additives
Unnamed preservative - the label does not say which (-4); declared additives below our neutral line, weakest being hydrolysed protein (-0.8).
5.3 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 43.5%. Held to dry-matter protein: 22.8% DM protein supports this level of meat credit, not the full declared figure.
12.2 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 47% dry matter (high); fat 21.2% DM is high (obesity/pancreatitis watch) (-0.3); moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 2.2% DM (+2); ash 7.1% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source, joint support (+2).
7 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 ยท scored August 19, 2026 ยท full methodology public
67 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 67 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 30 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is declared meat content at 12.2 of 15.

The label declares 43.5% 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 56p 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

Rocco Mealtime is a complete food for adult dogs Ingredients: 43.5% fresh chickenfresh duck 25%

Carbs & grains

cellulose powder

Fruit & veg

potato starchground potatoes dried 12.2%potato proteinpeas dried 0.9%carrots dried 0.4%parsnips dried

Oils & fats

fish oil

Supplements & extras

hydrolysed protein 1.5%yeast driedpsyllium huskssodium chloridegreen-lipped mussel meal
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Nutritional additives: Vitamin A 12,000 IU, vitamin D3 1,200 IU, vitamin E 150 IU, vitamin C 50mg, vitamin B1 5mg, vitamin B2 10mg, vitamin B6 5mg, vitamin B12 50mcg, niacin 30mg, pantothenic acid 20mg, folic acid 1mg, biotin 250mcg, choline chloride 1,750mg, copper (copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate) 10mg, zinc (zinc oxide) 70mg, iodine (calcium iodate, anhydrous) 2mg, selenium (sodium selenite) 0.2mg. Technological additives: Antioxidants, preservatives. Energy per kg: (ME FEDIAF, 2021) 16.42 MJ / 3,925 kcal

Feeding & cost

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

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
12 kg--
24 kg--

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 137 g a day = ยฃ0.56 / day, ยฃ17.02 / 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, 390 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, ยฃ4.10 / 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

22.8 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

21.2 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

46.7 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

2.2 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

7.1 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

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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