Vegdog Pops

Treat · complementaryClear label

Pops
This is sold as a treat, not as an everyday meal. The 1–100 rating applies to complete meals, so it isn't scored. Ingredient breakdown below.

Our verdict

Is Vegdog Pops a good dog food?

This is a treat, not a complete diet, so it is not scored on our 1-100 scale. The ingredient breakdown below shows what is in it; a treat should be fed alongside, not instead of, a complete diet.

Complementary baked dry treats for dogs of all life stages, with potato flour, pea starch and brewer's yeast as the main ingredients.

How we score

35% of this recipe has no printed percentage. Estimated shares are model estimates, not label facts.

Why you might choose it

  • Prints ingredient percentages on the label.
  • Doesn't list grain ingredients.

Why you might not

  • A treat, not a complete diet: feed as an extra, not the whole diet.
  • 1 poor-graded ingredient makes up about 20% of the recipe.

Who is this food for?

Suits

  • Labelled by the manufacturer for all lifestages
  • Grain-free: no grain ingredients listed
  • Doesn't list chicken, beef, turkey, lamb, fish, venison, pork, duck as ingredients

These points are derived from declared ingredients and analysis, not a substitute for veterinary advice. If your dog has a diagnosed condition, food choice is a medical nutrition decision: speak to your vet. Find foods that fit your dog.

What the label tells us

  • The label lists 3 ingredients.
  • Lists no artificial colours or preservatives.
  • Prints quantities for 1 ingredient.
Why is this treat not scored?

Our 1 to 100 rating applies to complete diets, so treats and complementary foods are presented as what the label tells us rather than a number that would invite comparison with complete meals.

What should I look for on a treat label?

A short ingredient list, named animal sources instead of generic terms, and no artificial colours or preservatives. Printed quantities are a good transparency signal, though few treat labels provide them.

These points are derived from the published ingredient list, not a rating.

Nutrition and feeding

Typical analysis (as fed)

No analysis recorded yet.

Additives & feeding info

Feeding and storage

Feeding guide

Fütterungsempfehlungen sind nur Richtwerte, die Bedürfnisse des individuellen Hundes können abweichen.

No additives recorded yet.

Ingredients (3)35% of the recipe is estimated

Estimated composition

  • carb 85.0%
  • supplement 15.0%
#As declaredMatchedLabel readingDeclared %Est. %
1Potato flour (65%)Potato Flourcarb · medium6565.0
2Pea starchPea Starchcarb · poor-20.0
3Brewer's yeastBrewer's Yeastsupplement · good-15.0
  1. 1. Potato flour (65%)65% declared65.0% estimated
    Potato Flour · carb · medium
  2. 2. Pea starch20.0% estimated
    Pea Starch · carb · poor
  3. 3. Brewer's yeast15.0% estimated
    Brewer's Yeast · supplement · good

Trust and sourceNo recalls recorded in our database · checked 2026-09-03

Brand and contact: Vegdog

Trust and provenance

Recall history
No recalls recorded in our database
Label data last checked
2026-09-03
Product page
www.vegdog.de

Recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score. Dates are when we recorded the data, not when the manufacturer last changed the recipe.

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Score details and methodologyCalculations, history and evidence

Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated

Scored with model v3 on 2026-10-25. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.

ComponentInputCoefficientContribution
Base score-30.909+30.91
Average ingredient quality0.39.191+2.60
Carb share of dry matter84.6%-0.115-9.74
Supplement share of dry matter15.4%-0.012-0.19
Recipe graded poor20.0%-0.065-1.30
Number of poor ingredients1-0.876-0.88
Largest single poor ingredient20.0%0.060+1.20
Undeclared quantities35.0%-0.106-3.70
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)yes-3.158-3.16
High carb and low meatyes-1.180-1.18
Processing multiplier0.9833.786+33.11
Processing: Dry Bakedyes-6.713-6.71
Show all 40 components
ComponentInputCoefficientContribution
Base score-30.909+30.91
Average ingredient quality0.39.191+2.60
Meat share of dry matter0.0%0.096+0.00
Carb share of dry matter84.6%-0.115-9.74
Oil share of dry matter0.0%-0.092+0.00
Vegetable share of dry matter0.0%-0.005+0.00
Additive share of dry matter0.0%0.163+0.00
Supplement share of dry matter15.4%-0.012-0.19
Other share of dry matter0.0%-0.375+0.00
Unrecognised share of dry matter0.0%-0.027+0.00
Recipe graded poor20.0%-0.065-1.30
Poor-quality meat in recipe0.0%-0.179+0.00
Number of poor ingredients1-0.876-0.88
Largest single poor ingredient20.0%0.060+1.20
Undeclared quantities35.0%-0.106-3.70
Prints ingredient percentagesno0.000+0.00
Complete dietno2.294+0.00
Frozen or chilled freshno0.000+0.00
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)no0.707+0.00
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)yes-3.158-3.16
High carb and low meatyes-1.180-1.18
Meat share × printed percentages0.00.000+0.00
Meat share × fresh0.00.000+0.00
Fresh × high meat0.011.084+0.00
Additive penalty0.000.222+0.00
Processing multiplier0.9833.786+33.11
Processing: Rawno-0.054+0.00
Processing: Fresh Chilledno-2.354+0.00
Processing: Fresh Frozenno-2.354+0.00
Processing: Fresh Refrigeratedno0.000+0.00
Processing: Fresh Shelfno-0.672+0.00
Processing: Dry Freeze Driedno6.629+0.00
Processing: Dry Air Driedno6.331+0.00
Processing: Dry Cold Pressedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Bakedyes-6.713-6.71
Processing: Dry Extrudedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Semi Moistno-6.174+0.00
Processing: Dry Mueslino-10.146+0.00
Processing: Wet Pateno-0.672+0.00
Processing: Wet Chunksno-0.672+0.00
Processing-type offset
+0.02
Subtotal
41.0
Final score
41/100

Contributions are rounded to two decimals, so they may not sum exactly to the subtotal. The full coefficient table is published on the methodology page.

This is not a complete diet, so the 1-100 rating does not apply to it. Read the recipe breakdown above as ingredient-quality context only.

Score history across model versions

The score shown above is always computed with the latest published model. Earlier scores are kept for the record and are never edited or deleted; a scoring change ships as a new model version with a public write-up on the methodology page.

ModelScore
v341/100current
v250/100
v150/100
Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges

Not applicable to complementary food. FEDIAF reference ranges apply to complete diets.

Transparency: what the label discloses

How much the manufacturer discloses, measured against the FEDIAF Code of Good Labelling Practice and Regulation 767/2009. Mandatory items dominate the weighting.

ItemPoints
✓ Ingredient list on the label (mandatory)10/10
✓ Printed percentages on the label (65% of the recipe mass) (voluntary)13/20
✗ Analytical constituents declared (mandatory) - not on file0/15
✗ Additives declared (mandatory) - not on file0/10
✗ Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file0/5
✓ Complete/complementary designation (mandatory)5/5
✓ Feeding guidance given (mandatory)10/10
✓ Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory)5/10
✓ Country of manufacture stated (voluntary)10/10
✗ Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file0/5

Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Analytical constituents declared, Additives declared, Batch and date labelling).

Safety: recall history

Recall and safety-notice history, time-decayed. This dimension is shown alongside the score and never feeds the headline number.

No recalls recorded in our database.

See all current recalls we track.

Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it

The claims made on the pack and product page, checked against the declared label. We record claims as stated; "consistent" means our stored label data supports the claim, "contradicted" means it conflicts with it. Functional claims are recorded but never scored.

Claims on file; none we can check against the label

ClaimTypeCheckSubstantiation
MIT TIERÄRZT:INNEN ENTWICKELT (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion
HYPOALLERGEN: FÜR ALLERGIKER GEEIGNET (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Ideal als effizienter Trainingssnack (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion
gut verträglich und damit auch für sensible Hunde geeignet (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Kartoffel schmeckt, sättigt und liefert essenzielles Kalium für das Herz-Kreislauf-System (on page)Functionalnot checkableManufacturer assertion
ganz ohne tierische Inhaltsstoffe aus (on page)Contentnot checkableManufacturer assertion
selbstverständlich ohne Tierversuche (on page)Free-fromnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Kalorienarme Hundeleckerlis (on page)High/low levelnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Schmackhaft – mit Kartoffel statt Reis (on page)Contentnot checkableManufacturer assertion
OHNE KÜNSTLICHE FARB- & GESCHMACKSSTOFFE (on page)Free-fromnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Fettarm (on page)High/low levelnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Weniger als 1 kcal pro Stück (on page)High/low levelnot checkableManufacturer assertion
Minimaler CO2-Ausstoß (on page)Contentnot checkableManufacturer assertion
schließen wir die Hauptallergene des Hundes aus (on page)Free-fromnot checkableManufacturer assertion
unter 1% Fett enthält (on page)High/low levelnot checkableManufacturer assertion

The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.

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