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Bakers Small Dog: Rich In Beef With Country Vegetables review

Name: Bakers Small Dog: Rich In Beef With Country Vegetables
Brand: Bakers

24.2/100Poor

DryAdult

Flavour

The brand's standard recipe cut small, with two bags in our Poor band and the Sensitive Tummy a step up in Average. Each names just 4% of its headline meat. If your small dog is doing well on it, nothing here says stop; the bag simply keeps its secrets.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adults up to 10kg, with kibble and portions sized for them
Grumbly tummies: the Sensitive Tummy adds chicory root as a prebiotic
Swapping between beef and chicken without changing the analysis
Households of several little dogs, with the beef in a 10kg bag

Worth watching

Only 4% of the headline meat is named, and the rest of the animal content is not
Wheat may sit inside the grouped cereals
Unnamed oils and fats on all three, the Sensitive Tummy included

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

How this scores

How we score

24.2/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. A genuinely small dog eats far less than the daily figure shown, so start from the bag's guide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Sensitive Tummy Chicken 30.7
Rich In Chicken 25.3
Rich In Beef 24.2

Three recipes across Average and Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

The gap to the typical dry food comes from labels that group their grains, meats and oils into categories, while the analysis itself is ordinary.

What's in it

Cereals47% wholegrainsGrouped, so wheat may be among them.
Meat and animal derivatives4% beefBeef is the only named part; the rest is unnamed derivatives.
Derivatives of vegetable origin2.9% dried beet pulp
Oils and fatsNo species or plant given.
GlycerolFor texture.
Vegetable protein extracts, minerals
Dried pea, dried carrot0.3% each
Spirulina0.2%Colour, mostly.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with trace minerals in sulphate forms, each dose printed, and selenium as sodium selenite.

Named ingredients

Cereals (wholegrains* 47%), Meat and animal derivatives (of which 4% beef), Derivatives of vegetable origin (of which 2.9% dried beet pulp), Oils and fats, Glycerol, Vegetable protein extracts, Minerals, Vegetables* (of which 0.3% dried pea and 0.3% dried carrot), Spirulina* (0.2%), *Natural ingredients, equivalent to 4% rehydrated vegetables

Against the range

Named meat: 4% beef; 4% chicken on the other two.
Bag sizes: Up to 10kg; The only one sold that large.
Prebiotic: None; Chicory root on the Sensitive Tummy.

The practical pick for a household of several little dogs.

Three small-bite recipes on one template. Grouped cereals lead, the headline meat is named at 4%, and oils and fats, glycerol and vegetable protein extracts follow without a species or plant attached. Every bag ends on the same garnish of dried pea, carrot and spirulina. The Sensitive Tummy recipe adds chicory root at 0.5%; the beef and chicken bags share one analysis.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

354 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

47.2%

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

24.9%

Carbs

59%

Veg

5.3%

Oils

5.3%

Other

5.5%

Pricing & size