Belcando

Belcando Senior Sensitive review

Name: Belcando Senior Sensitive
Brand: Belcando

43.3/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A gentle poultry and rice kibble for ageing dogs and easily upset stomachs. Protein is kept mild, hydrolysed gelatin at 2.5% is there for old joints, and ash is low at 5%. It sits in our Average band, a verdict on labelling habits and starch share, and the dog it is built for may do perfectly well on it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Seniors easing off, with protein and fat both kept undemanding
Touchy digestion. Rice and oats are familiar starches and beet pulp steadies the gut
Stiffening joints, which the hydrolysed gelatin is included to support
Owners who want taurine in print, here at 500 mg

Worth watching

Poultry is generic from the meat to the fat, so a dog that reacts to one bird cannot avoid it
Sea fish meal at 2.5% rules out strict fish avoidance
More than half the dry matter is estimated carbohydrate, a lot of starch for a sensitive brief

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

How this scores

How we score

43.3/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors. Older dogs often need less as activity drops, so revisit the portion as the years go by.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Belcando Senior Sensitive 43.3

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The gap below the typical dry food is about anonymous poultry and a heavy starch share, not anything harmful, and a laid-back senior may never notice it in the bowl.

What's in it

Fresh poultry meat30%Its water leaves in baking, and no bird is named.
Rice, feed oatmealFamiliar, easily digested starches.
Potato starch12%
Low-ash dried poultry protein8%A modest dried backup, so protein finishes at 21.7% of dry matter.
Fish meal from sea fish2.5%Enough to matter for strict fish avoidance.
Hydrolysed gelatin2.5%A collagen source for joints.
Grape seed expeller2.5%The pressed, de-oiled seed used as an antioxidant, nothing to do with the toxic fruit.
Yeast, carob bean gum, beet pulp, oatmeal residue mealBeet pulp brings soluble fibre.
Flaxseed, chia seeds, poultry fat, hydrolysed poultry liverOmega 3 from the seeds; the liver tempts a jaded appetite.
Minerals, dried herbs, yucca schidigera0.2% herbs

Vitamins A, D3 and E with taurine at 500 mg, plus copper, iron, manganese, zinc, iodine and selenium in everyday sulphate and oxide forms.

Named ingredients

Fresh poultry meat (30%); Rice; Feed oatmeal; Potato starch (12%); Low-ash dried poultry protein (8%); Fish meal from sea fish (2.5%); Hydrolyzed gelatin (2.5%); Grape seed expeller (2.5%); Dried baker's yeast; Dried carob bean gum; Dehydrated sugar beet pulp; Oatmeal residue meal; Flaxseed; Chia seeds; Poultry fat; Hydrolyzed poultry liver; Dicalcium phosphate; Sodium chloride; Potassium chloride; Dried herbs (total: 0.2%; Nettle leaf, Gentian root, Centaurium erythraea, Chamomile, Fennel, Caraway, Mistletoe, Yarrow, Blackberry leaves); Yucca schidigera

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

331.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

19.5%

Fat

10%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

11.1%

Fibre

Ash

5.6%

Carbs

56.6%

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