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Belcando Adult Dinner M-XL review

Name: Belcando Adult Dinner M-XL
Brand: Belcando

45.3/100Average

DryAdult

The everyday option in Belcando's big dog lineup, landing in our Average band. It opens on the same 30% fresh poultry as its Active sibling, backed by 16% dried poultry protein. The fat comes down to pet levels, for a dog whose day is more pottering than patrolling.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium, large and giant adults with everyday activity, with fat held to 10.5%
Bigger dogs that gain weight easily
Owners who want the additive panel dosed, taurine at 500mg included
Dogs that get on happily with poultry and common grains

Worth watching

Poultry is as specific as the label gets, so chicken cannot be ruled in or out
Fish meal at 3%, and corn and rice for grain-avoiding homes

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

How this scores

How we score

45.3/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Written for medium to giant adults. The label puts a 15 kg dog at 200 grams a day; start there and adjust to the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Belcando Adult Dinner M-XL 45.3

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Generic naming and a heavy plant side keep it a step under the typical adult dry food, while the meat declaration is honest and every additive is dosed.

What's in it

Fresh poultry meat30%Most of its weight leaves as water in the oven. No bird named.
Corn
Low-ash dried poultry protein16%Does the durable work.
Rice, potato starchPotato starch 14%The starch is energy, not nourishment.
Fish meal from sea fish3%Marine omega 3, and fish in the recipe.
Dried sugar beet pulp, dried carob bean gumFibre.
Grape seed expeller2.5%Pressed seed residue, an antioxidant source, not where grape toxicity lies.
Baker's yeast, dicalcium phosphate, chia seedsChia for plant omega 3.
Hydrolyzed poultry liver, poultry fat, vegetable oil (palm, coconut)Liver for appeal. The oil is named only as vegetable on the front of the entry.
Salts, dried herbs, yucca schidigeraHerbs 0.2%

Taurine at 500mg and lecithin at 400mg, with a figure against every vitamin and trace mineral.

Poultry meat, fat and liver never declare a species, so there is nothing firm to hold on to when chasing an intolerance.

Named ingredients

Fresh poultry meat (30%); Corn; Low-ash dried poultry protein (16%); Rice; Potato starch (14%); Fish meal from sea fish (3%); Dried sugar beet pulp; Dried carob bean gum; Grape seed expeller (2.5%); Dried baker's yeast; Dicalcium phosphate; Chia seeds; Hydrolyzed poultry liver; Poultry fat; Vegetable oil (palm, coconut); Sodium chloride; Potassium chloride; Dried herbs (total: 0.2%; Nettle leaf, Gentian root, Centaury, Chamomile, Fennel, Caraway, Mistletoe, Yarrow, Blackberry leaves); Yucca schidigera

Against the range

Poultry throughout with no species declared, on a base of corn, rice and potato starch. Every additive carries a dose, and the herb blend is printed with its total.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

331.1 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

23%

Fat

10.5%

Fibre

3.4%

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

25.6%

Fat

11.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

7.8%

Carbs

51.1%

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.

Oils

100%

Pricing & size