Belcando

Belcando Puppy Gravy review

Name: Belcando Puppy Gravy
Brand: Belcando

52.4/100Good

DryPuppy

A poultry and rice growth kibble in our Good band, with a fish top-up and an unusually heavy lecithin dose. The analysis is sound for a pup and calcium is printed, sitting where growth needs it. What the label leaves out is which bird the poultry is.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups of any size who do well on poultry and rice
Owners who want calcium printed on a growth bag. It reads 1.39% of dry matter
Households that get on with cereal
A fish layer as well: fish meal at 6% and salmon oil
Lecithin at 2,400 mg/kg, an emulsifier that helps a young dog handle fat

Worth watching

No bird named, so it cannot anchor a species-specific plan without a word from the maker
Maize next to rice, for a pup that has had trouble with it
Crude fibre at 2.0%, a light hand for a pup that needs more bulk

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

How this scores

How we score

52.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, giants included. Read the bag's chart against your pup's age and expected adult size every few weeks, and let the waistline confirm it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Belcando Puppy Gravy 52.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The reading is harder on the label than on the recipe: the analysis is ordinary for growth, and what holds protein and processing to Average is the unnamed poultry.

What's in it

Fresh poultry meat30%Mostly water when it goes in. No bird named.
Rice23%
Low-fat poultry protein, dried19%Goes in dry, so nearly all of it stays in the bag; most of the protein comes from here.
MaizeA second cereal behind the rice.
Fish meal from sea fish6%A bigger fish inclusion than most poultry recipes carry.
Poultry fat, vegetable oil (palm, coconut)The plant oils are named, which is more open than the bare term.
Dried egg, hydrolysed gelatine, dried baker's yeast2.5% each
Carob bean gum, de-sugared beet pulp
Dicalcium phosphateAdded deliberately for growth.
Hydrolysed poultry liver, flaxseed, salmon oil, chia seeds, saltsFlaxseed, salmon oil and chia bring the omega 3.

Fully dosed, with vitamin D3 at 1,500 IU, taurine at 500 mg and zinc at 125 mg per kilo, plus lecithin at 2,400 mg.

Fish meal and salmon oil put fish on the allergen picture of a poultry recipe.

Named ingredients

Fresh poultry meat (30%); Rice (23%); Low-fat poultry protein, dried (19%); Maize; Fish meal from sea fish (6%); Poultry fat; Vegetable oil (palm, coconut); Dried egg (2.5%); Hydrolysed gelatine (2.5%); Dried baker's yeast (2.5%); Dried carob bean gum; De-sugared dried beet pulp; Dicalcium phosphate; Hydrolysed poultry liver; Flaxseed; Salmon oil; Chia seeds; Sodium chloride; Potassium chloride

Against the range

Poultry leads, as 30% fresh meat and 19% dried low-fat protein, with no bird named anywhere. Rice at 23% and maize carry the starch. Fish meal at 6% and salmon oil add a fish layer, and calcium is declared at 1.39% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

370.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

32.2%

Fat

18.9%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.2%

Carbs

39.5%

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