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Bakers Edward Baker Small Dog review

Name: Bakers Edward Baker Small Dog
Brand: Bakers

49.6/100Average

DryAdult

A simple small-dog kibble with a better start than many at this end of the shelf: a named, dried meat first on the list. The cast behind it is ordinary, with wheat, corn, soya and fats of no stated species. A small dog already doing well on it has no reason to stop.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed adults, the dogs the piece size is drawn for
Owners who want a named meat first, here turkey meal at 28%
Dogs that like a little digestive help from dried chicory root
A dog that eats better when there is flavour to find

Worth watching

Wheat and soya, both on the list
Animal fats and digest of no stated species, so nothing firm for a strict elimination plan

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

49.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Made for small breed adults. The label asks 35 to 110 grams a day up to 5kg, so weigh rather than scoop.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Bakers Edward Baker Small Dog 49.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The turkey headline is respectable; the unnamed fats, the soya and the milling leftovers around it are what hold the score down.

What's in it

Turkey meal28%Water already out, so its weight survives cooking. Gives protein of 29.7% of dry matter.
Wheat, cornThe binding starch. Wheat is a common trigger for grain-sensitive dogs.
Animal fatsNo species named.
Soya mealTops up protein, though a dog takes less from soya than from meat.
DigestA cooked-down flavouring. Species unstated.
Wheat middlingsFragments left over from flour milling, not the whole grain.
Dried beet pulp
Dried chicory root0.5%A prebiotic for the gut's friendly bacteria.
Minerals
Dried carrot, spinach, parsley0.07% eachGarnish.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with iron, copper, manganese and zinc as sulphates, iodine and sodium selenite, every dose printed.

Named ingredients

Turkey Meal (28%), Wheat*, Corn*, Animal Fats, Soya Meal, Digest, Wheat Middlings*, Dried Beet Pulp, Dried Chicory Root*1 (0.5%), Minerals, Dried Carrot* (0.07%), Dried Spinach* (0.07%), Dried Parsley* (0.07%), *Natural Ingredients, 1Natural Prebiotic

Against the range

A small breed kibble that opens on turkey meal at 28%, a named dried meat. Wheat, corn and wheat middlings carry the starch, soya meal tops up the protein, and the animal fats and digest name no species. Carbohydrate is estimated at 46.7% of dry matter, close to the typical adult dry food.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

353.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

27%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.7%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

46.7%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

33.3%

Carbs

54.3%

Veg

0.6%

Oils

6.2%

Other

5.6%

Pricing & size