We aim to provide you with a review that is reproducible and therefore verifiable. Every dog food that we test and evaluate with a test result has been fed to our dogs.
It’s important to us that as a consumer, you know what your dog is eating. That’s our mission, and that’s exactly why we started our dog food section. Manufacturers with good labeling and high-quality composition and ingredients are rewarded with a good rating by us.
We evaluated based on the following criteria:
There are a maximum of 5 stars as a test result.
We have 3 criteria by which we test the product.
In each category, the dog food can receive 1-5 stars.
We have listed our rating scale below.
So that it is clear to you what we base our test decisions on.
For dry food and wet food, we have different criteria, as they are composed slightly differently.
Dry Food Criteria
Ingredients:
5 – No questionable ingredients
4 – Meat meal or meat broth
3 – Absence of vegetables
2 – Wheat or animal by-products
1 – Sugar
Composition:
1 Star for:
Protein content over 20%
Meat content over 25%
Fat content at least 10%
Crude ash 5-10%
Calcium at least 1%
Labeling:
5 – At least 70% fully labeled
4 – At least 50% fully labeled
3 – Declaration with percentage information
2 – Open declaration without percentage information
1 – Closed declaration without percentage information
Wet Food Criteria
Ingredients:
5 – No questionable ingredients
4 – Meat varieties not properly labeled
3 – Vegetables not properly labeled
2 – Rest not properly labeled
1 – Addition of sugar
Composition:
1 Star each for:
Meat content over 70%
Indication of crude proteins over 8%
Indication of crude fibers
Indication of calcium
Use of only natural raw materials
Labeling:
5 – At least 70% fully labeled
4 – At least 50% fully labeled
3 – Declaration with percentage information
2 – Open declaration without percentage information
1 – Closed declaration without percentage information
Note:
Minus 1 star if fresh meat is indicated instead of in dry terms
Note: The test reports are not tests under laboratory conditions. The allocation of points is based on the rating scale given above. Errors in evaluating the individual test criteria are not excluded.
If our test categories say “Comparison,” the product was not fed, and only a simple comparison is made instead of a test. However, we research online with the best possible care and take other test reports into account.
