87/100Outstanding
6 varietiesBest budget dog food UK
Feeding your dog well does not have to be expensive. Every food on this page sits in our lowest estimated monthly cost band for a typical 15kg adult dog. Each one is still scored out of 100. The pillars are the same four as everywhere else on the site: value, transparency, nutritional balance, and protein and processing. The list runs best score first, so you are choosing on quality inside a price you have already set.
Page reviewed 7 August 2026
Our top picks
The highest overall score of any food in our lowest monthly cost band.
83/100Outstanding7 varietiesThe budget-band food giving you most quality back for its price.
The top 24 foods, ranked
The leading 24 of 759 foods, ranked by overall score, highest first.
- 87/100Outstanding6 varieties
86/100Outstanding6 varieties
86/100Outstanding
85/100Outstanding6 varieties
85/100Outstanding
84/100Outstanding- 83/100Outstanding7 varieties
82/100Outstanding4 varieties
81/100Outstanding3 varieties
81/100Outstanding3 varieties
80/100Outstanding5 varieties
80/100Outstanding5 varieties
79/100Excellent3 varieties
78/100Excellent
78/100Excellent
78/100Excellent
78/100Excellent
77/100Excellent
77/100Excellent2 varieties
77/100Excellent
77/100Excellent
77/100Excellent
77/100Excellent
76/100Excellent
≈ figures are estimated monthly feeding-cost bands for a typical 15kg adult dog. They are a guide for comparison, not a quoted price.
How we chose these foods
Everything here sits in the lowest estimated monthly feeding-cost band for a typical 15kg adult dog. We band costs instead of quoting exact figures, because prices move and pack sizes differ. Inside that band, foods are ordered by their overall score out of 100, so the top of the page is the best food at the bottom of the market.
Read the full scoring methodBuying guidance
Cost per month, not price per bag
A bag's price tells you very little on its own. A denser, better-made food is eaten in smaller portions, so it can work out cheaper across a month than a cheap bag your dog needs a lot of. Our cost bands estimate the monthly picture for a typical 15kg adult dog, so you can line foods up against each other properly.
There is no shame at all in feeding from this list. Plenty of foods here are clearly labelled and sensibly built, and they score respectably. A dog fed steadily on one of them is a well-fed dog. The thing worth checking is how much the label tells you. Naming the meat and putting a percentage beside it gives you more to go on than a bag that keeps things general.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best affordable dog food?
The best overall score in our lowest monthly cost band belongs to the food listed first here. Every food listed here is already in that band, so you can choose on quality alone and know the monthly cost stays where you need it.
Can cheap dog food still be good?
Yes. Price and quality do not track each other neatly, and plenty of inexpensive foods are well made, clearly labelled and score respectably. Our value pillar exists to measure exactly that gap, and this page lists only foods that fall in the lowest cost band.