Brand comparison
Pedigree vs Cesar: two budget dog food brands scored on actual ingredients
Pedigree D (42/100) vs Cesar D (44/100). Both are popular, both score D. Here's what's really in them and what to choose instead.
Vital Protection Adult
- Top ingredients
- 1 corn
- 2 transformed animal proteins
- 3 wheat
- 4 animal fats unspecified
- 5 beet pulp
Classics Barquette Bœuf
- Top ingredients
- 1 transformed animal proteins
- 2 animal byproducts
- 3 beef 4%
- 4 added sugars
Cesar wins: 44/100 (Poor) against 42/100 for Pedigree.
5-dimension score breakdown
PetFoodRate scores every product on five independent dimensions. Here's how Pedigree and Cesar compare on each one.
| Dimension | Pedigree | Cesar |
|---|---|---|
| Proteins | D | D |
| Nutrition balance | C | C |
| Undesirables | D | C |
| Transparency | E | E |
| Adaptability | B | B |
| Total score | 42/100 | 44/100 |
Scores are deterministic and based on ingredient composition only. Read our full methodology to understand how each dimension is weighted.
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