Belcando

Belcando Junior M-L review

Name: Belcando Junior M-L
Brand: Belcando

56.6/100Good

DryPuppy

A lamb-led growth kibble for medium and larger breeds, with a meat block more detailed than most: lamb meat, liver and lung at 30%, plus dried lamb protein at 10%. Calcium is printed at 1.5% of dry matter, well placed for a frame with growing to do. Rice and oatmeal carry the biscuit. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups brought up on lamb
Medium and larger breed pups, with calcium printed and inside the growth range
Homes happy to feed rice and oats
Offal named outright, liver and lung both spelled out
Lecithin at 1,600 mg/kg and taurine at 500 mg/kg dosed in print

Worth watching

Three unnamed poultry entries behind the lamb, so it is not lamb only
Sea fish meal at 3.5% and salmon oil
Carbohydrate at 43.5% of dry matter against a typical 39.0%

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

How this scores

How we score

56.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium to giant-breed puppies. Feed from the maker's chart for the adult size you expect, and adjust by feel as the pup fills out.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Belcando Junior M-L 56.6

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

An itemised meat block and a printed calcium line on one side, a heavy rice and oatmeal load on the other, landing a shade under the typical growth kibble.

What's in it

Fresh lamb meat, liver and lung30%Organ meats named openly. Fresh weight is mostly water.
Rice30%
OatmealOne of the gentler cereals, with useful fibre.
Dried lamb protein10%Keeps real lamb in the finished kibble.
Low-ash dried poultry protein7.5%No bird named.
Sea fish meal3.5%
Sugar beet pulp, dried egg, carob bean gum
Hydrolysed gelatin, dried baker's yeast2.5% each
Poultry fat, vegetable oil (palm, coconut)The plant is named; the grade is not.
Chia seeds, hydrolysed poultry liver, salmon oil, salts1.5% (chia)The omega side for coat and brain.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with taurine, trace minerals in sulphate and oxide forms, and lecithin at 1,600 mg.

Poultry and fish both sit behind the lamb, so it cannot serve a single-meat plan.

Named ingredients

Fresh lamb meat, liver, and lung (total: 30%); Rice (30%); Oatmeal; Dried lamb protein (10%); Low-ash dried poultry protein (7.5%); Sea fish meal (3.5%); Dried sugar beet pulp; Dried egg; Hydrolyzed gelatin (2.5%); Dried baker's yeast (2.5%); Dried carob bean gum; Poultry fat; Vegetable oil (palm, coconut); Chia seeds (1.5%); Hydrolyzed poultry liver; Salmon oil; Sodium chloride; Potassium chloride

Against the range

One recipe. Fresh lamb meat, liver and lung lead at 30% together, with dried lamb protein at 10% behind, and rice at 30% with oatmeal makes the starch base. Poultry appears three times further down without a bird named, and sea fish meal and salmon oil add fish. Calcium is printed and converts to 1.5% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

355.7 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

26%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

28.9%

Fat

16.7%

Fibre

3.1%

Ash

7.8%

Carbs

43.5%

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

70%

Oils

30%

Pricing & size