Beco

Beco Dry Dog Food: Wild Boar review

Name: Beco Dry Dog Food: Wild Boar
Brand: Beco

50.7/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free trio that leads with its sourcing, and all three sit in our Good band. Free range chicken, wild boar and wild caught haddock with cod are each named and given a percentage, which is more than most kibble labels manage. Underneath, though, the bowl is mostly potato and pulses.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who buy on sourcing: free range chicken, wild boar and wild caught fish, all named
Dogs kept off grain
A bored eater. Wild boar is a meat few dogs have met
Rotating proteins on one recipe shape

Worth watching

Egg in all three, and duck fat in the boar, so none suits a strict single-protein elimination plan
Pea protein topping up the protein figure from the plant side
Carbohydrate above half of dry matter on every recipe

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

50.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Protein is on the gentle side, so it fits an everyday pet better than a hard-working dog.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Wild Boar

The score, in context

Free Range Chicken 57.2
Wild Caught Cod 54.9
Wild Boar 50.7

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The order follows the meat: the chicken declares the most and finishes a shade in front of the boar and the fish.

What's in it

Freshly prepared wild boar40%An uncommon protein.
Potato, peas, field beans
Pea proteinPlant protein topping up the figure.
Chickpeas
Duck fatA second animal, so the species count is higher than the name suggests.
Lucerne, brewer's yeast, minerals, vegetable gravy
Chicory, pumpkin10mg/kg each
Freshly prepared free range egg
Spirulina, camomile, broccoli, milk thistle seed

Boar, duck and egg on one label: three animals behind a single-meat name.

Named ingredients

4Freshly Prepared Wild Boar (40%)*, Potato, Peas, Field Beans, Pea Protein, Chickpeas, Duck Fat, Lucerne, Brewer's Yeast, Minerals, Vegetable Gravy, Chicory (10mg/kg), Pumpkin (10mg/kg), Freshly Prepared Free Range Egg, Spirulina (10mg/kg), Camomile, Broccoli (10mg/kg), Milk Thistle Seed

Against the range

Meat: 40% wild boar; 51% chicken; 40% fish.
Added fat: Duck fat; Chicken fat; trout and rapeseed oil.
Energy: 363 kcal per 100g; Densest of the three.

A useful change for a dog grown tired of the usual birds.

Each recipe names its meat, freshly prepared and with a percentage: 51% chicken, 40% wild boar, or 40% haddock and cod. That fresh meat brings water into the oven, so protein finishes between 21.7% and 22.8% of dry matter, the gentler end for a kibble.

All three share one grain-free base of potato, peas, field beans, chickpeas and pea protein, and carbohydrate runs from 53.8% to 55.4% of dry matter. Egg is in every recipe. The added fat changes with the flavour: chicken fat, duck fat, or trout and rapeseed oil.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

363 kcal/100g

Protein

20%

Fat

11%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

12%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

53.8%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

40.1%

Added water

0.5%

Carbs

56%

Veg

0.4%

Oils

1.3%

Other

1.8%