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- SPECIALLY DESIGNED KIBBLES – Pedigree PRO Dry Dog Food for Adult Small Breed Dogs features smaller kibble size, making it easier to chew and digest.
- HIGH-QUALITY INGREDIENTS – Formulated with premium ingredients and high-protein sources to support higher metabolism and energy needs of small breeds.
- EXPERT NUTRITION – Trusted by veterinarians Developed with veterinary expertise, Pedigree PRO contains 33% more nutrients (as compared to Pedigree Adult Chicken & Veg Dry Dog Food), ensuring optimal health and energy levels for small breed dogs.
- ACTIVE 3 FORMULA – Quality proteins and omega fatty acids enhance alertness and agility, Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STTP) supports dental health, and zinc & omega fatty acids promote a healthy coat.
- IDEAL FOR SMALL BREEDS – Specially designed for adult small breed dogs like Pug, Beagle, German Spitz, Dachshund etc. to support their active and playful lifestyle.
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| Flavour | Chicken |
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| Special Ingredients | Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STTP) |
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| Breed Recommendation | All Breed Sizes |
| Occasion | Birthday |
| Allergen Information | Allergen-Free |
| Dog Breed Size | Small |
| Animal Food Diet Type | Limited Ingredient |
| Target Species | Dog |
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beef. What they mean is they’re not using meat meal, which is a rendering process which turns meat and meat by-products into a powder. Real beef isn’t necessarily Quality beef.
The meat content in the food is unspecified. We don’t see “chicken” here, or “lamb”, we just see meat by-products. I thought they advertised Pedigree dog food as using quality ingredients? We don’t even know what meat they’re using other than it’s some combination of various poultry, possibly some parts of a cow, or possibly some parts of a sheep.
The truth is more likely this – they’ll use whatever animal, and whatever parts of those animals, they can source the cheapest.
We estimate over half of Pedigree dog kibble to be carbohydrates (i.e. from the significant amount of cereal grains). The 20% protein and 10% fat is really bad, and given they use a “typical” analysis rather than a “guaranteed” analysis there’s probably even less protein, less fat, and more carbohydrates.
Yep, this isn’t looking good for Pedigree, and it’s hard to understand why they market this dog food as “quality”.
It’s not.
We also find Pedigree dog food to contain colourings. We know how bad food colourings can be, and it’s not as if our dogs care about the colour of their food. This is to dupe us into thinking it’s a tastier dog food than it is.
Do you like being duped?
Undisclosed antioxidants as well. Probably not quality. Tut tut.
But wait! There’s one good thing we can say about Pedigree dog food – it’s cheap!
I definitely wouldn’t feed Pedigree dog food to my dog, and it makes me feel sad the beautiful Golden Retriever we had as a kid was fed this product.
She died of cancer, which in hindsight is not surprising.
Interesting Pedigree video
The following video discusses an issue where consumers found “wire-like material” in Pedigree dog food. Pedigree made an official announcement stating they were “natural fibres”.
Now ask yourself this – What on Earth are “natural fibres”!?
Don’t worry, I can shed some light on this as a number of pet foods have had similar issues. A natural fibre, in many cases, is animal hair. I believe Pedigree later admitted the natural fibres are “pig hair”, but from my sources in the pet food industry this is very likely hairs from the anus of a chicken (yep, chickens have hairs in their nether region).
On another funny side note, Royal Canin (also a Mars brand) tried to palm off a pet food made from “chicken feathers” which I’m sure was natural fibres en masse.
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Is Pedigree suitable for a puppy?
Most Pedigree dog foods are formulated for adults only, which means they don’t contain enough nutrition to support the puppy phase. This is in contrast to many premium dog foods today which contain the absolute minimum nutrition to support all life stages of a dog.
There is one offering for puppies up to 24 months – Puppy Chicken With Rice – which like it’s adult counterpart is formulated mostly from cereals. As a dog is essentially carnivorous you must ask yourself if you really want to feed your beloved new puppy such a product.
Ingredients of Pedigree dry dog food
The ingredients of Pedigree Adult with Real Beef dry dog food are as follows:
Wholegrain cereals; meat by-products & meat (poultry, beef &/or sheep); natural flavours (chicken); beet pulp; iodised salt; sunflower oil; minerals; amino acid; vitamins; antioxidants; vegetable powders and colours.
Typical analysis of Pedigree dry dog food
It’s worth noting Pedigree don’t use a guaranteed analysis which offers assurance that you’re getting a minimum amount of protein, they use a typical analysis which will likely mean less protein, less fat, more carbohydrates/sugars.
Protein 20%
Fat 10%
Crude Fibre 2%
Carbohydrates * Estimated 52%
* May be estimated. Read how to calculate carbohydrates in a pet food.
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David D’Angelo has worked as a scientist since graduating with a BSc (Hons) in 2000. In addition, David holds a CPD accredited Diploma in Pet Nutrition as well as being CPD accredited VSA (Veterinary Support Assistant). However, his experience and involvement in the pet food industry for 15+ years has given true insight into pet food, formulations, science, research, and pet food marketing. Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram | Pinterest
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David V
August 28, 2024 at 2:41 pm
Why are your product reviews great for expensive products, and bad for cheaper products? I swear you just make up these reviews based on the price, and you are probably compromised by receiving monetary kickbacks from pet food companies. High priced dog food get high rating, medium priced get medium ratings, and low prices get low ratings. Very suss.
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David D’Angelo
September 24, 2024 at 8:28 pm
Hi again David,
I think it’s fair to say cheap products are often far worse quality than expensive products as a general rule.
Real questions are whether a high end pet food is worth the premium price/markup you pay, such as compared to homemade/raw, once you weigh in convenience and whatnot. Or whether a cheap pet food made of inappropriate ingredients will be worth the savings if your pet starts showing signs of organ disease in middle age which can incur huge vets bills if you’re not insured.
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Karl
July 6, 2023 at 6:21 am
I’ve owned & bred Bullmastiffs & Dogue de Bordeaux crosses for the last 25 years. Always fed them Pedigree meaty bites (70% of their diet) with zero ailments or health issues. All my own have grown into very big healthy dogs. Tried them on Blackhawk & Hills but they didn’t like it… & the cost of that stuff isn’t sustainable when you have 60-80kg dogs eating like horses.
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Wendy
March 17, 2023 at 5:01 pm
I am so, so sad to read these reviews. I got a 5 year old rescue dog 2 months ago, she was a mess emotionally & physically but is improving little by little with heaps of love, patience & understanding. I am a pensioner & with the economy the way it is at the moment have to watch my finances very closely, unlike I did with 4 previous rescue dogs some years ago & over many years. She had been on Optimum dry food at the rescue centre so naturally purchased that. A few weeks later both my supermarkets were out of large dog Optimum & only 1 bag of large dog Pedigree left so decided to buy. I read everything on the packet, sounded great, contained everything I wanted & was very impressed to read they have worked in partnership & provided food donations to Pet Rescue for 10 years. With the added home prepared topper food she loved it so half way through the 3 kilo bag I decided, economically it would be better to buy the 20 kilo bag. I don’t know why but last night I started to read the numerous web pages of Reviews about Pedigree dog food. I am devastated. How can their advertising be so misleading? I have now got 20 kilos of this garbage, can’t return because I opened to decant some into a pantry shelf size container, am too afraid to feed it to my dog & now have the added expense to replace it with something that is not going kill my baby. I am so thankful for Reviews such as these as it helps unsuspecting people like me learn the truth from genuine experiences. I truly wish I had read the reviews before I wasted my money however, knowledge is better than ignorance- so thank you for your reviews.
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Pet Food Reviews (Australia)
March 20, 2023 at 10:02 pm
Hi Wendy, yes, unfortunately these pet food companies are very good at convincing you their product is good without actually telling you what’s in it. Pedigree has been a household name for decades, and many people feed it to their dogs without realising what it’s made from.
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Roxy
March 6, 2022 at 5:22 am
My dogs wont even eat the pedigree pal cans anymore. All 3 of them. That tells me there is something seriously wrong with the food.
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Emma Weyers
October 9, 2019 at 1:05 pm
Noticed in Coles a few weeks back a new variety of dry Pedigree called ”high protein” with coloured kibble peices.
Then tonight while cruising the pet aisle at woolworths, i noticed that all Pedigree dry food has been updated with new kibble peices that are coloured now, whereas the kibble in recent years has been not coloured. Shame as the one and only thing I thought was good about pedigree was the fact it didn’t have colours in the kibble.
Interested in an updated review about pedigree.
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Veronika
May 14, 2017 at 1:03 pm
Went onto a website listing all the pet foods they own, sad to say I didn’t realise they owned that many and I thought Whiskas was made by Purina fail.
Time for me to do some more research regarding this and other companies as I’m obviously lacking.
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Leesa Michelle
May 14, 2017 at 4:12 pm
I think Mars own Pedigree & Whiskers. The next thing I’ll be doing is getting the cat off the Whiskers. She just randomly vomits after eating some times.
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Veronika
May 14, 2017 at 4:24 pm
Iams, Nutro, those Temptations cat treats that are full of junk, Eukanuba, Royal which I knew, Sheba cat which I didn’t know and yeah Whiskas.
Supposedly Natural Balance in the US is now a part of them, I’m not sure how valid that info was though.
Their also part of Banfield and whatever Monsanto is? Based on comment sections both equally bad.
Alan
May 14, 2017 at 7:46 pm
Think of Banfield as the US equivalent of Greencross (I think they even have a commercial relationship?), and Monsanto as, well.. an organisation not terribly troubled by pesky ethical issues. On the surface both appear to be rather evil (and they probably are), but it’s the shareholders of each with their demands for constant growth that unfortunately seem to escape all scrutiny.
Which is really the underlying problem with most of these large corporate outfits peddling cheap milling waste as pet food. I’ve never attended a Mars, Colgate etc. shareholder meeting, but will bet that the nutritional value of their food “food” products isn’t a hot topic of discussion among the investors.
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Leesa Michelle
May 13, 2017 at 4:30 pm
What crap this food is as is supercoat wouldnt give it to my worst enemy. Took my bull arab/ American bulldog to vet she said get him off the supermarket brand foods they are rubbish. She recommended black hawk, Hills science, she also told me they sweep the crap from the factory floor & add this to the cheaper brand biscuits. I feel bad i fed this to my previous dog his whole life now i wonder how much this impacted on his health? He passed away earlier this year had cancer. I dont know if these cheaper brands cause health problems in dogs but it must have some impact. Ive got my pup on black hawk & will stick with that, it’s fairly well priced & he loves it!
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Smart US
August 30, 2017 at 11:58 am
well do you cook for you pup or just processed food. I cook every week fresh batch of meat with carrots, peas and dry food is just a topping and evening snack. no pup can survive too long on processed and canned food – and same goes for us humans.
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Leesa Michelle
August 30, 2017 at 12:23 pm
Raw, no need to cook. Human grade meat, chicken. Raw vegetables. RSPCA recommend raw diet without cooking. His coat is beautiful. Black Hawk dry food puppy, wouldnt bother with the canned rubbish.
Smart US
August 30, 2017 at 1:34 pm
black hawk looks like a good option. i use Ivory Coat but looking for better priced alternative. also not much grain free for puppies under 12mnths. Ivory coat is the only one. but as i said – we cook beef and only lightly cooked vegetables and no complains – healthy great looking coat and over well being
Leesa Michelle
March 24, 2018 at 1:30 pm
My dog has been on Black Hawk for 12 months now his coat is so soft & he shines! Pet circle seem to be cheaper than others & no issues with delivery. I think Ivory Coat was purchased by a chinese company (not 100% about that)
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Veronika
May 13, 2017 at 9:02 pm
Hills is virtually the same as Royal, Pedigree, Super and a whole variety of others, I’m on pet circle after pressing to be redirected to the natural foods section and was in shock at what they considered to be “natural”.
All of the above except Pedigree were on that list it was quiet saddening to see.
Food does cause health problems, I am from a family line were no one had diabetes and yet I am on the doorstep of getting it if my sugar ever goes up, I read articles of how else you can get diabetes and realised my child lifestyle was the reason I got insulin restistance, all that junk all that sugar what did I expect to be healthy?
Raw is virtually the best for cancer dogs, it will make it disappear without a trace without the need for chemo, it’s that good.
I personally need to get my health out of the gutter as I’ve been getting sick a lot lately and a lot of dizzy spells, some stuff just isn’t good for me but quiting the addiction it’s caused within in is the hardest thing ever, all it takes is one taste and I’ve fallen off the wagon all over again.
Don’t believe all claims either though, a lot of the foods I thought were healthier for me where making me sick again, I’ve been researching more then just dog food now so I can find a good balance for myself and hopefully start feeling better soon.
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Leesa Michelle
May 14, 2017 at 10:24 am
Raw is the best for dogs after doing research i agree but it can’t save a dog who has cancer right through him even the vet wasn’t sure if surgery could save him. Now he is pain free, I’ve cried everyday since. I will never find another dog like him, he was that special, one of a kind!
Veronika
May 14, 2017 at 10:53 am
Ok so I watched the video thinking it would be the same I already watched and no it wasn’t not quiet, she had 6 tumors to begin with and was down to 0 left by the end of her ketogenic diet.
So in essence sorry for the outdated info, I should check all videos first before writing stuff.
Veronika
May 14, 2017 at 10:47 am
There was a dog on Rodney Habibs website that had several tumors most of which were cured, we don’t exactly know what food was given though, certain herbs and stuff like coconut oil and fish oil are important also, a lot of the time it’s not simply raw meat, veggies and offal but other ingredients too.
Here’s a picture of the dog showing 3 tumors, 2 of which have been cured. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e52b047abdbd03cb732b6234dd657cbc75a3e3dd574a61668b5408b4849af892.png
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C&P
March 25, 2017 at 10:34 am
This brand is currently what our Bull Arab-cross eats (in dry food form). He seems to really like it. He has eaten the wet food as well with no noticeable problems. The vet says he is a happy and healthy puppy. I would recommend this brand.
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Pet Food Reviews
April 3, 2017 at 8:39 am
Hi C&P,
This is a standard reply to your recent comments on a number of brands we’ve rated 1 star. Firstly, feeding a food once (or a few times) without any ill effects does not make a food good. Feeding a child a McDonalds burger will do little harm if fed periodically, but if fed daily we know for a fact would lead to health issues.
You are recommending foods based on no substantial facts, so I question why you’re recommending them at all?
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Graham
July 19, 2016 at 3:13 pm
I bought pedigree dry puppy food for my new pup. Absolute rubbish, gave her severe diarrhea. Changed to Applaws food and diarrhea disappeared within two days.
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Jamie
December 25, 2024 at 8:20 pm
Hi – I just looked for reviews of this brand because my dog has diarrhea and this is the only thing that changed in his diet.
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David D’Angelo
December 29, 2024 at 12:52 am
Hi Jamie, I’ve actually just written an article about grains in foods such as Pedigree. Might be a useful read – https://www.petfoodreviews.com.au/the-truth-about-grain-allergies-in-dogs/
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Veronika
June 6, 2016 at 1:14 am
I was just like this ingredients list looks weird to me and not the one I’ve read many a times and just realised its because our version and the american one have two very different ingredients lists.
It actually seems that ours is by far better than the american one, but by no means are any of them actually good.
I also really hate the meatier version, as it’s essentially just added flavour, they didn’t actually add any extra meat and a lot of people seem to be falling for it.
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