Belcando

Belcando Junior Maxi review

Name: Belcando Junior Maxi
Brand: Belcando

49/100Average

DryPuppy

A large-breed puppy kibble built to pace growth: fat held to 13.0%, an estimated 346 kcal per 100g and calcium declared at 1.22% of dry matter. That restraint makes real sense for a big frame. Rice, corn and oatmeal carry the bulk, and the reading lands in our Average band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Big pups whose owners want growth kept steady
Owners who check the calcium line first: 1.22% of dry matter, inside the growth range
Homes happy feeding cereal
Pups who enjoy a fish note, with sea fish meal at 2.5% and salmon oil
A vitamin and trace mineral panel dosed in print, lecithin at 800 mg/kg included

Worth watching

Carbohydrate at 47.5% of dry matter, well above the 39.0% typical for a puppy kibble
Protein is modest for a food a dog stays on for months, at 27.2% of dry matter
The birds are only ever called poultry
Corn sits high on the list

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

How this scores

How we score

49/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed puppies. Start from the printed growth chart and check weekly that you can still feel the ribs under the coat.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Belcando Junior Maxi 49.0

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The growth thinking is sound; it is the cereal load behind it that holds the reading where it is.

What's in it

Fresh poultry meat30%Much of the weight is water that cooks away. The bird is never named.
Rice, corn, oatmeal18% (rice)Three starch sources sharing the middle of the recipe.
Low-ash dried poultry protein13%The concentrated entry that holds the protein figure up.
Dried eggA genuinely useful protein for a growing dog.
Sea fish meal, hydrolysed gelatin, baker's yeast, carob seed meal2.5% eachThe yeast helps a fussy pup clear the bowl.
De-sugared beet pulp
Dicalcium phosphateAdded on purpose to set the calcium.
Hydrolysed poultry liver, poultry fatPoultry again, with no species.
Chia seeds, salmon oil, flaxseedThe omega fats, inside a lower fat total.
Vegetable oil (palm, coconut), sodium chloride, potassium chloride

Every vitamin and trace mineral carries a dose, with taurine at 500 mg and lecithin at 800 mg.

Calcium is declared at 1.22% of dry matter, inside the range for large-breed growth.

Named ingredients

Fresh poultry meat (30%); Rice (18%); Corn; Oatmeal; Low-ash dried poultry protein (13%); Dried egg; Fish meal from sea fish (2.5%); Hydrolysed gelatin (2.5%); Dried baker's yeast (2.5%); Dried carob seed meal (2.5%); De-sugared dried sugar beet pulp; Dicalcium phosphate; Hydrolysed poultry liver; Poultry fat; Chia seeds; Salmon oil; Flaxseed; Vegetable oil (palm, coconut); Sodium chloride; Potassium chloride

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

345.7 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24.5%

Fat

13%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

14.4%

Fibre

3.1%

Ash

7.8%

Carbs

47.5%

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.

Oils

100%

Pricing & size