Pedigree dog food

For many years, Pedigree has been a well-known brand that offers dogs balanced nutrition. It is made to accommodate the dietary requirements of dogs in all stages of life, from puppies to elderly and adult canines. Depending on your needs and preferences, Pedigree provides a range of options, including canned and dry food.

Pedigree is unique in that it focuses on serving reasonably priced, wholesome meals that promote general health, such as strong teeth, glossy coats, and high levels of energy. Dog owners will find the brand to be convenient as it is readily available in most pet stores and supermarkets.

This post will discuss the main advantages of Pedigree dog food, its nutritional value, and how to select the best variety for your pet’s individual requirements.

Pedigree: composition of food for dogs and puppies

As you are aware, Pedigree dog food is considered to be in the economy class, despite some people believing otherwise. Instead of arguing over this, let’s attempt to examine Pedigree food’s ingredients "piece by piece" so that each person can determine which category best fits this product.

Wet food

The company’s official website provides the most comprehensive breakdown of the ingredients in Pedigree pate, a wet food for adult dogs of small breeds that contains beef. It includes: meat and offal (4% of which is beef), fiber, minerals, vegetable oil, and vitamins. Value for nutrition (per 100 g): Proteins: 7.0 grams; fats: 3.5 grams; ash: 1.0 grams; fiber: 0.6 grams; moisture: 85 grams; calcium: not less than 0.1 grams; zinc: not less than 1.8 milligrams; vitamin A: not less than 120 ME; vitamin E: not less than 0.9 milligrams.

What you need to pay attention to?

• In what order are the ingredients listed in the composition. According to the requirements of Russian legislation, the predominant component of the product must be indicated in the composition of the food first. That is, the more of the component in %, the higher it will be indicated in the list. Meat and offal first – what you need!
• Absence, at a minimum, of incomprehensible and obviously suspicious components – everything is simple and clear.
• If beef is 4%, then what are offal? And why are there so many of them?

Actually, this is a very different and extensive topic. Let’s attempt to clarify the key elements of this problem:

• Offal – these are secondary products of meat production. (tails, liver, heart, kidneys, stomach, and so on)
• Offal are divided into 2 categories by the degree of saturation of tissue protein. (conventionally, there is more protein in the stomach than in the tail, which is why it is more valuable).
• Offal are divided into several groups by the degree of digestibility and nutritional value – and this is one of the key criteria for choosing feed by the manufacturer

It is a proven fact that meat with higher nutritional value is more appealing to the animal. For this reason, statistically speaking, your pet will eat the stomach with far more pleasure than, say, the lung. Therefore, when it comes to the product’s composition, the quality of the by-products should be our primary concern rather than their existence. Going back to Pedigree, the manufacturer regrettably does not list the by-products that are present in large quantities in the food.

Let’s contrast it with Royal Canin’s super-premium equivalent, POODLE ADULT (PATE).

Meat (chicken, pork), salmon, cellulose, corn starch, fish oil, sunflower oil, sugar, natural flavor, and marigold extract (a source of lutein) are the ingredients. – L-carnitine, taurine, and methionine as amino acids; stabilizer: polysaccharide thickener – vitamins (niacin, C, D3, E, choline, calcium pantothenate, B1, B2, folic acid, biotin, B6, B12) – minerals (zinc, iron, manganese, sodium, phosphorus, potassium, chlorides, iodine, copper, calcium, zinc in chelated form, manganese, magnese, copper in chelated form).

Nutritional value: Mineral substances (%) 1.80, Total fiber (%) 1.10, Fats (%) 5.80, Proteins (%) 9.00. The complete list is available on the Royal Canin page.

What inferences are possible? Together with more fat and protein, the super premium "analogue" also has more vitamin and mineral content. Additionally, Royal Pedigree’s energy value is nearly 1.5 times higher than that of other brands, which vets claim heavily influences the cost of wet food. For the animal, what does this mean? It’s easy: it needs 1.5 times more Pedigree than Royal in order to eat enough. Additionally, the super premium test subject makes no mention of the quality of by-products. They scribble meat. Well, enough about meat, let’s move on.

Dry food

Of course, the main item in every Pedigree sale is dry food. Let’s examine its composition in more detail. Let us consider an example. Breed-specific cuisine Puppies’ first complimentary meal is chicken starting at three weeks of age.

The complete list of ingredients in Pedigree puppy food includes rice, corn, chicken meal, beet pulp, meat meal, sunflower oil, animal fat, brewer’s yeast, minerals, vitamins, and glucosamine.

Nutritional value: Nutritional value (per 100 g): proteins – 30 g; fats – 15 g; ash – 7 g; fiber – 4 g; moisture – no more than 10 g; calcium – 1.2 g; phosphorus – 0.8 g; sodium – 0.3 g; potassium – 0.55 g; magnesium – 0.12 g; zinc – 25 mg; copper – 2.0 mg; vitamin A – 1500 IU; vitamin E – 20 mg; vitamin D3 – 150 IU; vitamin B1 – 1.0 mg; vitamin B2 – 1.35 mg; vitamin B5 – 7.5 mg; vitamin B12 – 8 mcg; niacin – 5.3 mg; choline – 350 mg; omega-6, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; glucosamine.

Energy value: 380 kcal/1591 kJ per 100g.

Now, you can see the feed’s current price and order it from Yandex Market with quick delivery in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other parts of Russia:

What you need to pay attention to?

• The first two components: rice and corn. What does this tell us? That"s right, the main part of the feed is far from meat.
• Chicken meal is No. 3 in the count and meat meal No. 5. Very little meat + obviously a different technology is used in the production of food. And we should figure out what kind of flour this is, why there is so little of it, and also compare it with similar dry food from a super premium brother.
• Pay attention to the nutritional value. Despite the fact that the meat component in the food is small, the protein content and energy value in the composition of Pedigree dry food are several times higher than in the wet food of the same brand.

Comparing with Proplan Large puppy athletics, let’s see.

Chicken (17%), corn, wheat, gluten, animal fat, processed vegetable products, rice (4%), fish oil, minerals, vitamins, colostrum (0.1%), flavoring feed additive, and dry beet pulp make up the food’s composition.

Value of energy (100g): 370.2 kcal

What inferences are possible?

• The composition of Pedigree dog food is obviously “inferior” in meat component
• On the other hand, it does not include gluten and flavoring additives
• Energy value is comparable

Veterinary experts state that the majority of the ingredients in Pedigree puppy food are made of corn and rice, which have lower energy values than ingredients that contain meat. Proplan, on the other hand, is significantly more expensive, has only 17% meat, and includes gluten and flavor enhancers. These factors may work against this extremely high-end dog food.

Reviews of owners about Pedigree dog food

In addition to the composition of the food, there are also reviews of "real" people who use Pedigree food every day. After analyzing the reviews of dog owners who use (used) Pedigree food, you can draw the following conclusions and theses:

• There is a myth that Pedigree dog food is poisonous (or something like that). We analyzed the composition of the food today and found more questionable ingredients in super-premium analogues than in Pedigree. On the other hand, the question of the quality of by-products remains open.
• This is also the second "claim" to the food. There is an opinion that the ingredients include only horns and hooves. We can neither confirm nor deny this. Here you can only rely on your head and weigh the pros and cons. Our portal"s opinion is that the Mars company is too serious to save on such things, but we do not impose this opinion on anyone.
• Obviously, dogs love the food. Since some of the comments attribute a narcotic effect to this food. Let"s leave it without comment.
• Dry food still uses dyes: green, red color imitates vegetable components of the food, while the world"s leading manufacturers have long abandoned this practice in favor of a healthier format (even, monochromatic dark brown pieces)

Pedigree dog food offers a variety of options that can meet the nutritional needs of dogs at different life stages. It aims to provide a balanced diet with the right mix of proteins, fats, and essential nutrients for maintaining your dog"s health and energy levels.

Even though many dogs find Pedigree food to be tasty, it’s crucial to keep an eye on how your dog reacts to it. Since each dog is different, what suits one may not be suitable for another. Make sure your pet is receiving the best food possible by always reading the ingredients and speaking with your veterinarian.

Ultimately, providing your dog with high-quality food, such as Pedigree, can enhance their general health. However, it’s also critical to consider each person’s unique needs and make any required modifications.

For pet owners searching for reasonably priced, well-balanced nutrition for their dogs, pedigree dog food is a popular option. It provides essential nutrients for general health and vitality and offers a range of recipes to suit various dog sizes, ages, and needs. Pedigree offers accessible and simple-to-digest food options to support the well-being of dogs, regardless of age.

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