Belcando

Belcando Adult Light review

Name: Belcando Adult Light
Brand: Belcando

42.1/100Average

DryAdult

A sound diet kibble held back by a vague label. Belcando winds the fat down to 9%, raises the fibre to 5% and adds L-Carnitine, so a dieting dog can eat a sensible portion and still feel fed. The poultry is never named and starch does much of the work, which is where the score goes.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs the vet wants lighter that still want a full bowl
Good doers whose weight creeps up on ordinary food; the extra fibre keeps them fuller for longer
Owners after a declared slimming aid: L-Carnitine is printed at 200 mg
Food-obsessed dogs, who cope better with a bigger, lower-energy portion than a smaller bowl of the usual

Worth watching

Poultry with no species named, so a dog with a suspected chicken sensitivity cannot steer round it
Sea fish meal on the label, so it is not fish free
Carbohydrate estimated at 55.2% of dry matter. Results rest on portion discipline as much as the recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

42.1/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of any size. Weigh the daily amount rather than scooping, since a slimming plan usually sits below the label's figure.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Belcando Adult Light 42.1

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The middling score comes from unnamed species and a starchy build, and none of it gets in the way of the slimming job.

What's in it

Fresh poultry meat30%Fresh, so its weight is mostly water. No species named.
Rice
Feed oatmeal17.5%Part of the starch that carries the carbohydrate share.
Potato starch, oatmeal waste flourOatmeal waste flour says little about what it brings.
Low-ash poultry protein, dried10%The concentrated meat. Species again unnamed.
Fish meal from sea fish2.5%The reason this is not fish free.
Grape seed expeller, dried baker's yeast, dried sugar beet pulpBeet pulp helps a portion linger in the stomach.
Chia seeds (1.5%), flaxseed
Hydrolysed poultry liver, poultry fat, vegetable oil (palm, coconut)Palm and coconut sit behind the words vegetable oil; the poultry is unnamed throughout.
Dried herbs, yucca schidigera0.2%

Vitamins A, D3 and E, taurine and L-Carnitine at 200 mg, with trace minerals in sulphate and oxide forms and selenium as sodium selenite.

L-Carnitine at 200 mg, added to help the body put stored fat to work.

Named ingredients

Fresh poultry meat (30%); Rice; Feed oatmeal (17.5%); Potato starch; Low-ash poultry protein, dried (10%); Oatmeal waste flour; Fish meal from sea fish (2.5%); Grape seed expeller; Dried baker's yeast; Dried sugar beet pulp; Dicalcium phosphate; Chia seeds (1.5%); Hydrolysed poultry liver; Flaxseed; 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

One recipe, built for weight loss. Fat is held at 9% and crude fibre lifted to 5%, with L-Carnitine at 200 mg added. Protein lands at 22.0% of dry matter, and estimated carbohydrate at 55.2% against a typical 46.2%. No species is named for the poultry, its fat or its liver, and sea fish meal means the bowl is not fish free.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

319.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

19.8%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

22%

Fat

10%

Fibre

5.6%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

55.2%

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

75%

Oils

25%

Pricing & size