Pedigree Dog Food Review

Made by Mars Petcare in US.

Average score: 64/100 across 98 dog food products.

FDA recalls

• Jul 2, 2026 Voluntary Recall of Two Lots of PEDIGREE® Can High Protein Chopped Chicken & Duck Flavor Wet Dog Food Due to Potential Fraudulent Distribution of Product Which May Contain Foreign Material
• May 18, 2024 Mars Petcare US, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls 315 Bags of PEDIGREE® Adult Complete Nutrition Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor Dry Dog Food, 44 lb. Bag Size (FDA has closed this recall)

Mass-market mainstream brand. Mars-owned but not held to the same on-staff-nutritionist / feeding-trial standard as Royal Canin, Iams, or Eukanuba within the Mars portfolio.

Top Pedigree products

1. DentaStix Medium Dog Dental Chews 28 Stick — 90/100
2. dentastix — 90/100
3. Rodeo — 87/100
4. Pedigree® Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Soft Wet Dog Food - Beef, Bacon & Cheese, 3.5 oz. Pouch — 83/100
5. Pedigree® Choice Cuts in Gravy Pouch Adult Wet Dog Food & Meal Topper - 30 Count, Variety Pack — 82/100

All Pedigree products (98)

• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner with Hearty Chicken — 81/100
• Pedigree® Dentastix Dual Flavor Large Breed Adult Dental Dog Treats - Bacon & Chicken — 81/100
• Pedigree® Dentastix Dual Flavor Small Breed Adult Dental Dog Treats - Bacon & Chicken — 81/100
• Pedigree® Dentastix Large Breed Adult Dental Dog Treats - Bacon — 81/100
• Pedigree® Dentastix Large Breed Adult Dental Dog Treats - Chicken — 81/100
• Pedigree® Choice Cuts In Gravy Adult Soft Wet Dog Food - Filet Mignon Flavor, 3.5 oz. Pouch — 80/100
• Pedigree® Dentastix Variety Pack Large Breed Adult Dental Dog Treats - Chicken, Beef & Fresh — 80/100
• Pedigree Puppy Chicken, Beef, & Turkey Variety Pack 18 CT 63 OZ — 78/100
• Pedigree Puppy Wet Dog Food Morsels in Sauce With Beef, 3.5 oz. Pouch — 78/100
• Pedigree® Dentastix Large Breed Adult Dental Dog Treats - Beef — 78/100
• Pedigree® Puppy Wet Dog Food Morsels in Sauce With Chicken, 3.5 Oz. Pouch — 78/100
• Pedigree® Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Wet Dog Food - Beef & Bacon Variety Pack, 30 Count — 77/100
• Pedigree® Choice Cuts in Gravy Adult Wet Dog Food - Steak & Vegetable Flavor, 13.2 oz. Can — 77/100
• Pedigree® Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Soft Wet Dog Food - Chicken, Liver & Beef 22 oz. Can — 77/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Bacon and Filet Mignon Flavor — 77/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Beef, Bacon and Cheese Flavor — 77/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner T-Bone Steak Flavor — 77/100
• Pedigree® Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Soft Wet Dog Food - Turkey & Bacon Flavor, 13.2 oz. Can — 77/100
• Pedigree® Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Soft Wet Dog Food - With Beef, 22 oz. Can — 77/100
• Pedigree® High Protein Adult Wet Dog Food - Chicken Duck & Beef Bison Variety Pack, 12 Count — 76/100
• Pedigree® Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Wet Dog Food - 13.2 oz. Can — 75/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Chicken and Rice — 75/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Combo with Chicken, Beef and Liver — 75/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Filet Mignon Flavor — 75/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Filet Mignon and Bacon Flavor — 75/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Turkey and Bacon Flavor — 75/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner with Beef — 75/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner with Chicken and Beef Puppy — 75/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner with Lamb and Rice Puppy — 75/100
• Pedigree® Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Wet Dog Food - Filet Mignon & Beef Variety Pack, 12 Count — 73/100
• Pedigree High Protein Beef and Lamb Flavor — 73/100
• Pedigree High Protein with Chicken and Beef Cuts in Gravy — 73/100
• Pedigree® Choice Cuts In Gravy Adult Soft Wet Dog Food - 13.2 oz. Can — 70/100
• Pedigree® Choice Cuts In Gravy Adult Soft Wet Dog Food - With Beef, 22 oz. Can — 70/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Wet Dog Food - Beef & Chicken 12 ct — 70/100
• Pedigree Choice Cuts In Gravy Adult Wet Dog Food, Prime Rib & Roasted Chicken Variety Pack, 12 Count — 70/100
• Pedigree® Choice Cuts In Gravy Adult Wet Dog Food - Beef & Country Stew, 13.2 oz. Cans, 12 Count — 70/100
• Pedigree® Tender Bites in Gravy Small Breed Adult Wet Dog Food - Mini Cuts, 13.2 Oz. — 70/100
• Smokehouse 18ct — 68/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Soft Wet Dog Food - With Chicken, 22 Oz. Can — 68/100
• Pedigree® High Protein Adult Wet Dog Food - Beef Lamb & Chicken Turkey Variety Pack, 12 Count — 67/100
• PEDIGREE Choice Cuts in Gravy Adult Wet Dog Food - Beef & Chicken Variety Pack, 48 Count — 65/100
• Pedigree® Choice Cuts In Gravy Adult Soft Wet Dog Food Variety Pack, 3.5 oz. Pouches, 30 Count — 65/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Weight Management Chicken and Rice Flavor — 64/100
• Pedigree® Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Wet Dog Food - Chicken & Beef Variety Pack, 12 Count — 64/100
• 180G Cravate Jumbone Boeuf Chien Pedigree — 61/100
• Adult Original in Loaf — 61/100
• CHICKEN @ VEGETABLES FLAVOURS — 61/100
• Pedigree — 61/100
• Pedigree Boeuf 3 / 2 — 61/100
• Pedigree Jumbone — 61/100
• Pedigree Leckerbissen — 61/100
• Pedigree Tasty Minis Puppy — 61/100
• Pedigree Tasty mini's kaas & rund hondensnacks — 61/100
• Pâté pour chien — 61/100
• RANCHOS JERKIES — 61/100
• Ranchos — 61/100
• Ranchos Wrap — 61/100
• Tasty minis — 61/100
• Terrine Au Terroir — 61/100
• pedigree biscotti multi mix — 61/100
• Pedigree Choice Cuts in Gravy Chicken Casserole — 57/100
• Pedigree Choice Cuts in Gravy Grilled Chicken Flavor — 57/100
• Pedigree Choice Cuts in Gravy Hickory Smoked Chicken Flavor — 57/100
• Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner with Slow Cooked Beef — 57/100
• Pedigree High Protein Beef and Pork Tenderloin Flavor Cuts in Gravy — 57/100
• Pedigree High Protein with Chicken and Turkey Cuts in Gravy — 57/100
• Pedigree Homestyle Meals Prime Rib, Rice and Vegetable Flavor — 57/100
• Pedigree Puppy Morsels in Sauce with Beef — 57/100
• Pedigree Puppy Morsels in Sauce with Chicken — 57/100
• Small Dog Food Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetables Flavor — 56/100
• Pedigree® Growth & Protection Puppy Dry Dog Food - Healthy Development, — 51/100
• Pedigree® Growth & Protection Puppy Dry Dog Food - Healthy Development, Chicken & Vegetables — 51/100
• Tasty Biscuits Peanut Butter Bacon Flavor — 50/100
• Pedigree Tender Bites Adult Small Dog Food - 14 lbs — 44/100
• Pedigree® Complete Nutrition Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food - Chicken, Rice & Vegetables — 44/100
• Pedigree® Complete Nutrition Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food - Grilled Steak & Vegetables — 44/100
• Pedigree® Complete Nutrition Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food - Steak & Vegetables — 44/100
• Pedigree Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food - Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Flavor — 44/100
• Pedigree Homestyle Meals Roasted Chicken, Rice and Vegetable Flavor — 43/100
• Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition Roasted Chicken and Vegetable Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree Healthy Weight Complete Nutrition Roasted Chicken and Vegetable Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree High Protein Chicken and Turkey Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree Puppy Complete and Balanced Chicken and Vegetable Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree Puppy Complete and Balanced Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree Small Dog Complete Nutrition Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree for Big Dogs Complete Nutrition Roasted Chicken, Rice and Vegetable — 42/100
• Pedigree with Bacon Flavored Bites, Roasted Chicken and Vegetable Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree with MarroBites Pieces Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree with Tender Bites Chicken and Steak Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree with Tender Bites for Small Dogs Chicken and Steak Flavor — 42/100
• Pedigree Drizzler Dog Topper Variety Pack 8 Count 8.8 OZ — not scored

Frequently asked questions

Who makes Pedigree pet food?

Pedigree is manufactured by Mars Petcare.

Where is Pedigree made?

Pedigree pet food is made in US.

When was Pedigree founded?

Pedigree was founded in 1957.

Is Pedigree WSAVA-aligned?

Pedigree is not on our WSAVA-aligned shortlist. That doesn't automatically mean the food is poor quality — many strong brands haven't pursued WSAVA recognition — but it means we lack independent confirmation of feeding-trial validation and on-staff veterinary nutritionist staffing.

Has Pedigree ever been recalled?

FDA has posted 2 recall notices for Pedigree in the last five years: Jul 2, 2026, Potential foreign plastic contamination; May 18, 2024, Potential Presence of Loose Metal Pieces (closed). Recalls usually cover specific lots; the FDA notice lists them.

How does Pedigree score in our analysis?

Pedigree averages 64/100 across 98 products in our catalog. Individual product scores combine ingredient quality, AAFCO compliance, and controversial-additive severity. See the methodology page for the full algorithm.

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