Beco

Beco Dry Dog Food: Wild Caught Cod & Haddock review

Name: Beco Dry Dog Food: Wild Caught Cod & Haddock
Brand: Beco

54.9/100Good

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

54.9/100Good

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

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 haddock and cod40% (haddock 35%, cod 5%)Wild caught.
Potato, peas, field beans
Pea proteinLifts the protein figure from the plant side.
Trout oilA third fish.
Chickpeas6%
Lucerne, brewer's yeast, minerals, rapeseed oil, vegetable gravy
Chicory, kale, broccoli, spirulina
Freshly prepared free range eggThe only non-marine animal.
Camomile, milk thistle seed, rosehips

Named ingredients

40% Freshly Prepared Haddock & Cod (Freshly Prepared Haddock 35%, Freshly Prepared Cod 5%)*, Potato, Peas, Field Beans, Pea Protein, Trout Oil, Chickpeas 6%, Lucerne, Brewer's Yeast, Minerals, Rapeseed Oil, Vegetable Gravy, Chicory, Kale (10mg/kg), Broccoli (10mg/kg), Spirulina (10mg/kg), Freshly Prepared Free Range Egg, Camomile, Milk Thistle Seed, Rosehips

Against the range

Animal content: Marine, apart from the egg; Chicken; boar with duck.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 55.4%; Highest of the three.
Fat, dry matter: 10.9%; Lowest; up to 12% on the boar.

The one to pick if you are steering a dog towards fish, or the one to skip if steering away.

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

349.5 kcal/100g

Protein

20.5%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.3%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

55.4%

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%

Added water

0.4%

Carbs

54.4%

Veg

0.4%

Oils

2.2%

Other

2.5%