AI-recommended dog food & care brands: rankings in 30 countries
Worldwide, AI assistants most often recommend Pedigree, Royal Canin and Greenies for dog. Pedigree is named by 5 of 5 assistants.
What the data says
Pedigree (Mars) is the dog food & care brand AI assistants recommend most worldwide, taking 14.5% of all recommendation points across 5 assistants. Royal Canin follows with 13.7% and Greenies is third with 4.8%.
The top spot is close: only 0.8 points separate Pedigree and Royal Canin, so a small change in how either brand is described online could flip the order.
ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek and Gemini put Pedigree first, while Grok favours Royal Canin.
The top five brands hold 41% of recommendations out of 317 brands named in total, leaving room for challengers to break into AI shortlists.
| # | Brand | Owner | AI share | ChatGPT | Claude | DeepSeek | Gemini | Grok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedigree | Mars | 14.5% | 1336 | 1124 | 1461 | 1122 | 1547 |
| 2 | Royal Canin | Mars | 13.7% | 1127 | 914 | 1259 | 906 | 2010 |
| 3 | Greenies | Mars | 4.8% | 547 | 769 | 500 | 86 | 260 |
| 4 | Purina One | Nestlé | 4% | 650 | 492 | 300 | 360 | – |
| 5 | Purina | Nestlé | 3.8% | – | 250 | 377 | 8 | 1093 |
| 6 | Hill’s | Colgate-Palmolive | 3.7% | 391 | 234 | 574 | 174 | 289 |
| 7 | Virbac | Virbac | 3.1% | 609 | 142 | 120 | 315 | 232 |
| 8 | Milk-Bone | J.M. Smucker | 3% | 180 | 310 | 390 | 50 | 437 |
| 9 | Nutramax | Nutramax Laboratories | 2.9% | 78 | 134 | 295 | 80 | 719 |
| 10 | Zesty Paws | H&H Group | 2.7% | 300 | 50 | 441 | 55 | 385 |
| 11 | Frontline | Boehringer Ingelheim | 1.6% | – | 200 | 200 | 338 | – |
| 12 | SmartHeart | Perfect Companion Group | 1.6% | 283 | – | 117 | 37 | 290 |
| 13 | Blue Heaven | Independent | 1.5% | 265 | 145 | 36 | 67 | 180 |
| 14 | NexGard | Boehringer Ingelheim | 1.3% | – | 350 | – | 250 | – |
| 15 | Beaphar | Beaphar | 1.3% | 306 | 107 | 20 | 167 | – |
| 16 | Hill's | Colgate-Palmolive | 1.3% | – | 108 | – | 45 | 415 |
| 17 | JerHigh | Perfect Companion Group | 1.2% | 325 | – | – | 238 | – |
| 18 | Cosequin | Nutramax Laboratories | 1.1% | 350 | 100 | – | 70 | – |
| 19 | Bravecto | MSD Animal Health | 1% | – | 120 | – | 312 | – |
| 20 | Orijen | Champion Petfoods | 0.8% | 148 | 108 | 36 | 37 | 44 |
Questions about AI dog food & care recommendations
- Which dog food & care brand does ChatGPT recommend most?
- ChatGPT recommends Pedigree most often for dog food & care. Across all assistants, Pedigree leads with 14.5% of recommendations.
- Which dog food & care brand is improving fastest?
- Nutramax has the strongest momentum among challengers: AI names it first in 25 of 48 answers where it appears, while holding 2.9% share. This is the first Q4 2026 reading; change over time will be shown from the next update.
- How is the ranking calculated?
- We ask each AI assistant the questions shoppers ask in each category and market, record the top five brands it names, and give 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points for positions one to five. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded.
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Covers: Dog Food, Dog Health, Dog Treats.
Method: each AI assistant is asked the shopper questions for every segment in the category and market; the top five brands named score 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded. Rankings reflect AI answers, not sales.
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