10 Dog Food Brands YOU Should Stop Buying (Except These 3)

Some of Britain's best-selling dog food is up to 82% carbohydrate, and the label is legally allowed to tell you almost nothing about it. We went through the UK's biggest supermarket and pet shop dog food brands and ranked the worst offenders, from bad all the way to the number one you probably have in your cupboard right now. You'll learn what "meat and animal derivatives" actually means, why some bags carry up to 13 E-numbers, why a synthetic preservative linked to cancer risk is still legal in pet food when a natural alternative does the exact same job, and why an £0.85-a-kilo supermarket own-brand can out-score a "premium" vet-shelf bag on independent ingredient ratings. We're naming names, Pedigree, Bakers, Iams, Harrington's, Wagg, Alpo, Frolic, own-brand puppy food, and the working-dog "loophole" brands most owners have never heard of, and breaking down exactly what's hiding behind the marketing on each bag. Then, because pointing out the problem isn't enough, we lay out the honest, transparent, high-meat brands actually worth putting in your dog's bowl, plus the truth about vet-line brands like Hill's Science Plan and Royal Canin that everyone assumes are automatically the best. Price doesn't equal quality. "Vet recommended" doesn't automatically mean the highest ingredient quality. So which one is actually feeding your dog cereal dressed up as dinner? Watch to the end to find out exactly where your brand lands and what to buy instead.