Buyer’s Guide: Woolworths Dog Foods

When it comes to Woolworths dog food I find it a bit hit or miss. In fact I’ve found their home brand Baxters to have one of the worst track records of any Australian dog food based on consumer feedback.

So what is a good dog food at Woolworths? Don’t worry, there are some better ones!

Below is a list of Woolworths dog food brands + reviews + ratings. If you’re new to Pet Food Reviews, you’ll find these reviews help you understand what’s in each dog food and whether they’re healthy for your dog!

Oh, and you may find some of these brands cheaper online at Pet Circle or  , so check those out too. All reviews have a handy price compare.

Woolworths Dog Food Brands

1 Supercoat Dog Food Review

Supercoat Dog Food Review

Supercoat is great value for money, but understanding the ingredients can really help you boost your dog’s health. Find out more in the Supercoat dog food review!
3.6
2 Applaws Dog Food Review

Applaws Dog Food Review

The best thing I can say about Applaws is it offers a great mix of quality and price. Most of us can’t afford the crazy prices of top brands, especially if we have a larger dog or multiple dogs. With over 50% meat and no warning signs in the …
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3 Optimum Dog Adult Chicken Rice And Veg 15kg

Optimum Dog Food Review

Optimum from Mars is the budget Advance, full of grains and ambiguous ingredients. Makes you wonder why Dr Chris Brown endorses it.
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4 Farmers Market Dry Dog Food Adult Beef Vegetables 2 X 6.8kg

Farmers Market Dog Food Review

If you’re limited to buying dog food at the supermarket, then Farmers Market dry dog food is possibly one of the better options.
3.9
5 Baxters

Baxters Dog Food Review

Has your dog been violently sick? Read our Woolworths Baxters dog food review to see if this could be the cause.
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6 Natures Goodness Dog Food Review

Nature’s Goodness Dog Food Review

In our Natures Goodness dog food review we’ll find out if “grainfree nutrition” is good for your dog or just marketing.
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7 Natures Gift Dog Food Review

Nature’s Gift Dog Food Review

Not a great dog food by all means. Deceivingly very high carbohydrates from wheat, rice, and potato. What would you expect from a supermarket brand?
5.8
8 Pet Food Australia Dog Food Review

Pet Food Australia Dog Food Review

For our Pet Food Australia dog food review we’ll assess the Grain Free Turkey formula. Is it any good? Let’s find out…
7.8
9 Pedigree Adult Beef 20kg

Pedigree Dog Food Review

Read our Pedigree dog food review to find out whether this really is a quality pet food…
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10 Goodo Minis

Good-o Dog Food Review

No no no no no. Not goodo. Goodo is a Mars brand, and too be honest you’re better off feeding your dog Mars Bars.
2
11 My Dog dog food review

My Dog Dog Food Review

Is My Dog good for your dog? As one of the cheapest Mars brands, it’s actually more coloured-cereals than anything meaty, even if it says “gourmet” on the bag. Read the My Dog review.
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12 Open Paddock Dog Food Review

Open Paddock Dog Food Review

In our Open Paddock dog food review we’ll find out how good this supermarket brand is, and whether you should buy it!
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13 Purina Lucky Dog

Purina Lucky Dog Dog Food Review

Unlucky Dog would be more apt for this terrible product labelled as “dog food”. By-products of cereals are waste products not dog food.
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14 Chum Crunchy

Chum Dog Food Review

If poor health is what you want for your dog them Chum Crunchy might be for you Cereal by-products for dogs. Salt comes before vegetables.
2
15 Ultimates Indulge Dog Food Review

Ultimates Indulge Dog Food Review

Country of originAustraliaAvailable fromColes & Woolworths Ultimates Indulge dog food is a product of SAFCOL, so like a certain much talked about current affair it originated from a fish market (or did it?). You’ll find it on the shelves of …
6.8
16 4Legs dog food review

4Legs Dog Food Review

4Legs dog foods are popular, but why? Do you really know how these products are made, or how healthy they are for your dog?
6.2
17 Animals Like Us Dog Food Review - Grass Fed Beef

Animals Like Us Dog Food Review

It’s great to see brands like Animals Like Us on the supermarket shelves. They give a better and healthier alternative to others on the shelves. Many will see this brand as expensive, but a better way of looking at it is considering why those other brands are so cheap, and that’s mostly because they’re also not that healthy for your dog.
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Do you know of any Woolworths dog foods which aren’t on this list? Leave a comment below and it will be added!

What are your thoughts on Woolworths dog foods?

I would really love your thoughts on Woolworths, especially with their dog and cat foods. Do you shop in store or online? How have you found them for price, reliability, and customer service?

Woolworths dog food

Let me know in the comments, as it helps me, and it helps other Australian dog owners!

Alternative Retailers

The retailers I personally recommend based on my experience of reliability and price are Pet Circle (online retailer) and   (online and store).

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13 Comments
  1. Hi what about 4 Leggs a Australian company my dogs seem to love it Thanks

    • Reply
      Pet Food Reviews (Australia) July 13, 2023 at 6:19 pm

      Hi Shane, thanks for the prompt – I’ve now written a review of 4Legs.

      As a side note I see 4Legs are “Australian owned and operated”, which is different from “Australian Made”.

  2. Glad you like the food. I formulated the formulations but now retired. Kind regards regards Mark

  3. There are 2 brands not on the list they are
    1. Open Paddock
    2. Petfood Australia (Only on Woolworths Marketplace)

    • Reply
      Pet Food Reviews (Australia) May 7, 2023 at 5:24 pm

      Thanks Keri – I’ve added both to the list.

      I expect there’ll be more changes to come with Woolworths pet foods given their takeover of PETstock, and the previous takeover of My Pet Warehouse by PETstock…

  4. Hello! I love this website so much. I’ve come on here this morning as I’ve been hit with some marketing for Animals Like Us, a NZ dog food now being sold in Woolworths. Let us know if it’s any good! I haven’t been to a store to see the ingredients myself, but based on the price, I’m hoping it’s good! Thanks.

    • Reply
      Pet Food Reviews (Australia) May 7, 2023 at 6:08 pm

      Hi Kristy, thanks for the feedback – appreciated!

      Animals Like Us, like most NZ pet foods, is pretty good. It’s nice how they offer different mixes of kibble/dried raw to suit different budgets.

      I’ll write a review soon – just written it on my notepad.

  5. We buy Open Paddock kangaroo kibble and some of their treat range as well, would be interested to know your opinion! Thanks

  6. Thank you for your reviews on Supermarket dog food. I use Applaws dry and canned food and I am very happy with the product.

  7. Also leaving a positive review for Applaws dog food. Our German Pointer has been on Applaws GF dry food for many years and we’re very happy with the value and quality. We also stock up when the food is on sale. Also feed our cat Applaws GF dry food.

  8. Very happy with open paddock

    • Hi, just stumbled onto your website whilst trying to search for the best and healthiest puppy food for my 7 months old pure AmStaff, found it really informative and am about to look to see what best rated/healthiest/ideal choice for Wesson hopefully they have the good ones at woolies to ad to online orderagain thankyou for existing and deciding to have your knowledge and create a website for people looking for def not cheapest dogfood that’s obvious, but listing and adding info about each one you could think of &name. Need to go finish 2 sons‍‍ Wessons online shopping order just needed to study up and try find ideal and a little less impossible to afford food for our BOyy,, but seen you really appreciate people please feedback so this is my feedback sorry not much help but when I start Wesson on new food I’ve started him on changing from optimum (cause of I assumed most expensive possibly the best one) but no so thanks to your site info & recommendation, I shall update with feedback post, it can be the post change, feedback post ‍♀️ anyway thankyou for site have a lovely afternoon
      Sha¥

  9. We started using the Applaws dry food as the base food for our two Australian Cattle Dogs, one puppy and one older dog, around 4 years or so ago after seeing one of your reviews on facebook. It appealed to us primarily because you described it at the time as being a good mix of value and quality and not very far behind the more expensive grain free options. We have been very happy with the Applaws dry food and still use it for our one remaining cattle dog, plus we also use Applaws dry food options for our cat. We buy our Applaws food from Woolworths mainly for convenience, plus Woolworths put it on special every few weeks so we can stock up on it and save $4 to $5 per 2.7kg bag.

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