Beta

Beta Adult Large Breed review

Name: Beta Adult Large Breed
Brand: Beta

51.9/100Good

DryAdult

The brand's familiar formula, pointed at the bigger dog. Turkey meal at 28% leads, wheat and maize follow, and fat stays at a modest 11% to spare joints that already carry a lot. It sits in our Good band, an ordinary placing rather than a poor one.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed adults, with a feeding plan written for bodies of 25kg and up
Big dogs that gain weight easily. Fat is held to a moderate 11%
Owners who want some marine omega 3 on the list, here from fish oil
Dogs that do fine on grain, as wheat and maize form the backbone

Worth watching

Poultry fat and digest with no species named, so it cannot carry a strict elimination diet
Fish oil on the list. Turkey is the headline meat, but this is not fish free
Carbohydrate at an estimated 50.0% of dry matter, a little above the 46.2% typical for adult dry food

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

How this scores

How we score

51.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed adults. Big dogs hide weight change under bulk, so feel for the ribs now and then and adjust the scoop to match.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Beta Adult Large Breed 51.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Real, declared turkey and a sensible fat level keep it level with the typical dry food; the unnamed fat, the vague digest and a grain-heavy carbohydrate load stop it climbing.

What's in it

Turkey meal28%Rendered and dried, so it goes in concentrated. That is how a grain-led recipe still declares 25% protein.
Wheat, corn, wheat middlingGrain in charge of the carbohydrate. The one reader this suits least is a dog with a wheat history.
Poultry fatThe main energy source. No species named.
Dried beet pulp, dried chicory root1% chicoryGut support.
DigestFlavouring of unstated origin, the recipe's main transparency gap alongside the fat.
Minerals
Fish oilMarine omega 3s for skin and joints.
Dried carrot, spinach, parsley0.07% eachMore for the label than the bowl.
Natural ingredients, natural prebiotic

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with trace minerals as sulphates led by zinc at 110 mg/kg, and selenium in its plainer sodium selenite form.

Named ingredients

Turkey meal (28%), Wheat, Corn, Wheat middling, Poultry fat, Dried beet pulp, Dried chicory root (1%), Digest, Minerals, Fish oil, Dried carrot (0.07%), Dried spinach (0.07%), Dried parsley (0.07%), Natural ingredients, Natural Prebiotic

Against the range

Turkey meal at 28% is the only declared meat, with wheat, maize and wheat middlings straight behind it. Poultry fat and a digest supply energy and flavour, neither named to species, and fish oil adds marine omega 3. Fat is held to 11%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

362 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

11%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

12.1%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

50%

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

31.2%

Carbs

61.5%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

4.4%

Other

1.8%

Pricing & size