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Tesco · dry

Tesco Nature’s Choice review

A weak dry food by the label. Just 14% declared meat content, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 28p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 41/100 Poor
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Top 82%scores higher than 19% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Poorscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.28 approx.per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 95% of dry foods
14%declared meat content
United Kingdombrand origin

Where the points went

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

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 47/100 across 8 ingredients (declared percentages used for 2, position estimates for the rest).
19 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (Meat Meal, Digest) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 30% of the recipe (+1.8); meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
3.8 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
Meat Meal at position 4 (-8); Digest at position 7 (-6).
-14 / 0
Meat content
Meat content ~33.6% fresh-equivalent (added up from every named meat on the label; dried meats counted at their fresh weight).
11.7 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 54% dry matter (high); fat 10.9% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 3.3% DM (+2); ash 9.2% DM - sensible mineral load (+1.2); functional extras: omega-3 source (+1).
4.4 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
41 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 41 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 19 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10. On top of that, 14 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 28p 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

Turkey Meal 14%Meat MealDigest

Carbs & grains

MaizeBarley 16%

Fruit & veg

Sugar Beet Pulp

Oils & fats

Poultry Fat

Supplements & extras

Linseed
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Sodium Chloride , Calcium Carbonate , Mannan Oligosaccharides , Fructo Oligosaccharides , Choline Chloride, Zinc Gluconate, Vitamin E, Ferrous Sulphate, Tocopherol Rich Extract, Vitamin C, Yucca Cane, Cranberry Extract , Chamomile, Rosemary Extract , Turmeric, Parsley, Zinc Oxide, Manganese, Copper Sulphate , Vitamin B12, Nicotinic Acid, Calcium D Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B2, Sodium Selenite , Calcium Iodate, Vitamin D3, Vitamin a, Vitamin B6, Vitamin K3, Folic Acid, Vitamin B1.

Feeding & cost

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

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
2 kg£3.50£1.75

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 161 g a day = £0.28 / day, £8.51 / 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, 332 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £1.75 / 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

10.9 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

53.8 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

3.3 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

9.2 % 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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