Pedigree

Pedigree Senior Dry review

Name: Pedigree Senior Dry
Brand: Pedigree

32.3/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The most specific label in Pedigree's dry range, and its changes fall where an older dog needs them: protein up at 24%, fat pulled back to 8%. Rice and fish oil are each printed with a figure. Cereals still lead and the meat is meat and animal derivatives, which is why it reads Average.

View on Amazon

Affiliate link. As an Amazon Associate, Off the Leash earns from qualifying purchases.

Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs easing off. Protein sits at 24% and fat at 8%
A house feeding an adult and a senior from one bag
Dogs of any size in their later years
Omega 3 in the bowl, with fish oil quantified at 0.25%
A delicate older digestion, helped by rice at 4% and beet pulp at 3%

Worth watching

Fish oil in the oils and fats, for a dog that has reacted to fish
Poultry at 4% with the bird unnamed, and the cereals beyond rice unnamed too
Carbohydrate estimated at 53.9% of dry matter against 46.2% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

32.3/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The label asks 125 to 135 grams at 10kg and 210 to 230 grams at 20kg; your dog's waistline sets where inside that they sit.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Pedigree Senior Dry 32.3

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis is sensible for an older dog; the reading is held down by how much of the list goes unnamed.

What's in it

Cereals, including ricerice 4%Rice is the kindest grain to an older digestion. The other cereals are not named.
Meat and animal derivatives, including poultrypoultry 4%The bird is not specified.
Derivatives of vegetable origin, including dried beet pulpbeet pulp 3%A fermentable fibre that helps a stool hold its shape.
Oils and fats, including fish oilfish oil 0.25%The source of the long-chain omega 3.
Minerals
Vegetables: dried peas and carrots mix0.7%Equivalent to 4% before drying. A flourish.
Brewer's yeast0.4%B vitamins.

Vitamins B1, D3, E and biotin with copper, iodine, manganese, selenium and zinc, all dosed per kilo; the antioxidants and preservatives are declared by category only.

Antioxidants and preservatives are named by category, not by name.

Named ingredients

Cereals* (including Rice 4%), Meat and Animal Derivatives (including Poultry 4%), Derivatives of Vegetable origin (including Dried Beet Pulp 3%*), Oils and Fats (including Fish Oil 0.25%), Minerals, Vegetables* (including Dried Peas and Carrots Mix 0.7%, equivalent to Peas and Carrots Mix 4%), Yeast (including Brewer's Yeast 0.4%), *Natural Ingredients

Against the range

One recipe. Cereals lead, with rice named at 4%, and the meat is declared as meat and animal derivatives with 4% poultry. Protein converts to 26.1% of dry matter and fat to 8.7%. Most of the bag sits under category names: cereals, derivatives, oils and fats.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

344 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

6.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

7.5%

Carbs

53.9%

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

26.7%

Carbs

58.5%

Veg

2.9%

Oils

5.6%

Other

6.2%

Pricing & size