Pedigree Complete Adult Dry Dog Food Beef & Veg

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Pedigree Complete Adult Dry Dog Food Beef & Veg

DryCompleteAdultContains grain
13/ 100
WeakTied 1,115th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 4 Oct 2026

Good points

  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • 4% meat
  • About 53% carbs (dry weight)
  • Some meat not named by animal

First ingredients: Cereals *, Meat and Animal Derivatives (17%, including 4% Beef in the Brown KIbbles **)… All ingredients

Ingredients match the maker’s own page
Meat
4%
Protein, dry weight
24%
Carbs, dry weight
~53%
kcal/100 g
361

Ingredients

Listed first: Cereals. 4% of the recipe is declared meat.

  • Meat 4%
  • Plants 10%
  • Other 83.9%
  • No amount given 2.1%

Cereals *, Meat and Animal Derivatives (17%, including 4% Beef in the Brown KIbbles **), Oils and Fats (including Sunflower Oil 0.4%), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (including Dried Beet Pulp 3% *), Vegetable Protein Extracts, Minerals, Vegetables * (including 0.5% Dried Carrot (equivalent to 4% Carrot) in the Orange Kibbles and 1% Dried Peas (equivalent to 4% Peas) in the Green KIbbles **), *Natural ingredients, **Brown Kibbles typically 80% of product, Orange Kibbles and Green Kibbles both typically 10% of product each.

Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals

Additives

Vitamin D3 1496 IU, Vitamin E 99.6 mg. Zinc (Zinc sulphate, monohydrate) 89.0 mg, Copper (Copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate) 6.9 mg, Iodine (Potassium iodide) 1.7 mg, Manganese (Manganous sulphate, monohydrate) 31.4 mg, Selenium (Sodium selenite) 0.30 mg.

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Cereals *”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Cereals *Vegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Meat and Animal Derivatives (17%, including 4% Beef in the …Named meat4%
Oils and Fats (including Sunflower Oil 0.4%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.4%
Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (including Dried Beet Pulp …A group name, not one ingredient3%
Vegetable Protein ExtractsFat, stock, extract or other processed ingredientNot given
MineralsOtherNot given
Vegetables * (including 0.5% Dried Carrot (equivalent to 4%…Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
*Natural ingredientsOtherNot given
**Brown Kibbles typically 80% of productOther80%
Orange Kibbles and Green Kibbles both typically 10% of prod…Vegetable, fruit or plant10%

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Nutrition

Protein 24% and carbs about 53%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein21.6%24%
below the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat11.2%12%
Carbohydrate~48%~53%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.6%2.9%
Ash7%7.8%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%taken out

Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.

Energy361 kcal/100 g

Why it scores 13

How it’s made scored best (6 of 20). Meat scored lowest (2.1 of 45).

  1. How much meat?

    2.1 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label1.4 / 35 points

      4% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level0.7 / 10 points

      Protein is 24% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    2.4 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 52.9% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    6 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20.

  4. What kind of meat?

    2.8 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed2.8 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as an unnamed category and fresh, which earns 24% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.

    • Organ meat0 / 3 points

      No organ meat named.

No ingredient deductions.

Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.

Against other dry foods

Tied 1,115th of 1,171 dry foods. 8 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

What the score means

One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.

75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.

How we rate foods →

Less starch in the bowl

Half and half by calories with Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 53% to 33% by dry weight, and protein is about 38%.

Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.

Best wet foods →

Ingredient notes

2 noted: meat and animal derivatives, and derivatives of vegetable origin.

  • 2 noted
  • 12 nothing flagged
  • 1 not in our ingredient database yet
12 ingredients with nothing flagged

Cereals, minerals, oils and fats, tocopherols (vitamin E), vegetable protein extracts, vegetables

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, manganese, selenium, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients
1 not in our ingredient database yet

Brown kibbles typically 80% of product

Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Prices

One shop we track sells this: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.

In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery

Prices from each shop
ShopPackPricePer kgLink
Pets at Home12kg · £31.49 up 11% since 10 Aug12kg£31.49£2.62/kgVisit

Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.

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DayShopPackPricePer kg
4 Oct 2026Pets at Home12kg£31.49£2.62/kg
27 Sep 2026Pets at Home12kg£28.34£2.36/kg
10 Aug 2026Pets at Home12kg£28.34£2.36/kg

Your dog

Cost per day and grams for your dog

Alternatives

1 dry food scores 36 points higher at the same price or less.

Compare side by side →
Meat
59% this food 4%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 53%
To feed
40% less per 1,000 kcal

+36 points

Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.

Sources

Matches the maker’s own page.

Checked against the maker. The ingredient list matches the one on the manufacturer’s own product page.

Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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