Earls

Earls Worker Complete Dry Food: Beef & Vegetables review

Name: Earls Worker Complete Dry Food: Beef & Vegetables
Brand: Earls

26.7/100Poor

DryAdult

Flavour

A plain, no frills kibble for households that feed dogs by the bag, and both varieties finish in our Poor band. Cereals, meat and animal derivatives, and oils and fats are umbrella terms, so the label pins very little down. The mineral panel is dosed in print and the recipe skips the usual botanicals.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Kennels and multi-dog homes, with one 12kg bag to buy
Dogs that put weight on easily. Fat is declared at 8% with no rich extras
A straightforward daily ration
Dogs already settled on a cereal-based food

Worth watching

Most of the animal content is unnamed, which rules out an elimination plan
The grain is listed only as cereals, so a particular one such as wheat cannot be ruled out
Various sugars on the list, and carbohydrate estimated at 54.4% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

26.7/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Start from the label's guide and let your dog's waistline have the last word.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Chicken 27.7
Beef 26.7

All two Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

Almost all of the gap to the typical dry food is about naming, and nothing about the bowl itself is a warning.

What's in it

CerealsCould be wheat, maize, rice, oats or barley, and can move with the market. The largest part of the bowl.
Meat and Animal Derivatives25%Beef is 4% of the food; the rest of the block names no species.
Oils and FatsNeither plant nor animal source named.
Minerals
Vegetables, including dried peas1.25%
Hydrolysed Yeast and Chicory Extracts0.01%Yeast for a savoury note; chicory at this level is a gesture towards gut support.
Various SugarsFor palatability.

A full B vitamin run with A, D3 and E, and zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine as oxides and sulphates, not chelates.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives 25% (Including 4% Beef), Oils and Fats, Minerals, Vegetables (Including 1.25% Dried Peas), Hydrolysed Yeast and Chicory Extracts (0.01%), Various Sugars.

Against the range

Named animal: Beef, 4%; Chicken, 4%, on the other.
Analysis: 22% protein, 8% fat; Identical on the chicken.

The version for a dog who has always eaten beef happily.

Two varieties built the same way: cereals first, then meat and animal derivatives at 25% with one named animal at 4% inside the block. Oils and fats, minerals, vegetables with dried peas at 1.25%, hydrolysed yeast, chicory extract and various sugars follow.

Both declare 22% protein and 8% fat, and the analysis panels are identical. The only real difference is whether the named 4% is beef or chicken.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

318.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

22%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

24.2%

Fat

8.8%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

10.4%

Carbs

54.4%

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

25%

Carbs

47%

Veg

6.6%

Oils

13%

Other

8.4%

Pricing & size