Pedigree

Pedigree Tender Goodness Small Dog Dry review

Name: Pedigree Tender Goodness Small Dog Dry
Brand: Pedigree

25.7/100Poor

DryAdult

A soft, small-bite kibble for little mouths that sits in our Poor band. That band measures the label, which names very little, and is no judgement on how a small dog gets on with the bowl. A quarter of the recipe is animal content, with poultry pinned at 17%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adult dogs, the size both the kibble and the feeding table are written around
Older small dogs and gentler mouths: the extra moisture keeps each piece soft
Dogs that get on with poultry, the only animal family named
Picking up a bag with the weekly shop

Worth watching

Ingredients named only by category, so it cannot anchor an elimination diet
Poultry could be goose, duck, turkey or chicken
A feeding table that stops at 10kg

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

How this scores

How we score

25.7/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Written for small adult dogs, with the label asking 95 to 105 grams a day at 5kg. A bigger dog is being fed outside what the label plans for.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Pedigree Tender Goodness Small Dog Dry 25.7

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

The low score is about how little the label pins down, and the analysis itself reads ordinary with nothing alarming in it.

What's in it

CerealsLeads the list without saying which grain.
Meat and animal derivatives25% (poultry 17%, fresh poultry 4%)Part of the animal content is unnamed, and poultry means any domestic fowl. Most arrives dried or rendered.
Derivatives of vegetable origin, including dried beet pulp3% beet pulpBeet pulp is the one named entry, there for fibre.
Oils and fatsSource not given.
Minerals
Vegetables, including dried carrots0.5%Equivalent to 4% fresh carrots. A garnish at this size.

Vitamins D3 and E with zinc, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, all dosed per kilo, as sulphates and sodium selenite like most of the shelf.

Generic category names throughout, so this cannot be used for an elimination diet.

Named ingredients

Cereals*, Meat and Animal Derivatives (25%, including Poultry 17%, of Which Fresh Poultry 4%*), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (including Dried Beet Pulp 3%*), Oils and Fats, Minerals, Vegetables* (including Dried Carrots 0.5%, Equivalent to Carrots 4%), *Natural ingredients

Against the range

A soft, small-bite kibble with 17% moisture declared. The label is written in broad groups: cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, oils and fats, with only part of the animal content tied to poultry.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

331 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

7.9%

Moisture

17%

Dry weight

Protein

25.3%

Fat

14.5%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

9.5%

Carbs

47.8%

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

57.2%

Veg

3.7%

Oils

7.3%

Other

6.8%

Pricing & size