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Royal Canin Cocker Puppy review

WetPuppyAllergiesFussy eatersHigh energy
Poor

A weak wet food by the label. The label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about £1.65 a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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Top 85%scores higher than 15% of rated foodsacross all 3498 foods we've scored
Poorscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£1.65 approx.per day for a 15 kg dogcheaper than 82% of wet foods

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 50/100 across 23 ingredients (declared percentages used for 2, position estimates for the rest).
20 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (Animal Fats, Vegetable Protein Isolate, Hydrolysed Animal Proteins) - 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
Unnamed preservative - the label does not say which (-4).
6 / 10
Red flags
Animal Fats at position 3 (-12).
-12 / 0
Meat content
Meat content not declared, but named meat sources lead the label.
6 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 0% dry matter (low); fat 81.8% DM is high (obesity/pancreatitis watch) (-2.0); moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 8.2% DM (+0); ash 35.0% DM - unusually high mineral/bone load; functional extras: omega-3 source, pre/probiotics, named botanicals (+2).
4 / 10
Processing
Retorted wet food.
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 30, 2026 · full methodology public
32 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 32 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 20 of a possible 40. 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 no meat percentage at all, so there is no way to verify how much of the recipe is animal protein, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

At about £1.65 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.

Meat & fish

Dehydrated Poultry ProteinAnimal FatsHydrolysed Animal Proteins

Carbs & grains

MaizeVegetable Protein IsolateWheatWheat FlourRiceMaize GlutenMaize Flour

Fruit & veg

Beet Pulp

Oils & fats

Fish OilSoya OilBorage Oil 0.1%

Supplements & extras

MineralsYeasts and Parts ThereofFructo-Oligo-Saccharides 0.34%Psyllium Husks and SeedsHydrolysed YeastYeasts ExtractsMarigold ExtractHydrolysed CrustaceansHydrolysed Cartilage
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
3 kg£25.99£8.66

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 191 g a day = £1.65 / day, £50.16 / 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, 379 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £8.66 / 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

34.8 % DM
Directory average: 42.6

Fat

19.6 % DM
Directory average: 28

Est. carbs

35.3 % DM
Directory average: 18.3

Fibre

2 % DM
Directory average: 3.9

Ash

8.4 % DM
Directory average: 10.7

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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Same type and life stage, better ODF Score, comparable price per day.

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