Beta

Beta Puppy Large Breed review

Name: Beta Puppy Large Breed
Brand: Beta

51/100Good

DryPuppy

A Good growth kibble that keeps the fat back so a large pup grows steadily: 12.0% fat and 364 kcal per 100g. Turkey meal at 25% is the only meat named. The label never prints a calcium figure, the number that matters most on a large breed bag.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed pups whose owners want fat in check, at 13.2% of dry matter
A moderate energy food for a long growth stretch, against a 376 typical
Pups that do well on turkey. The meal's water is already gone, so a quarter of the list is close to a quarter of the bowl
Households happy with a cereal-based kibble
A gut that likes a prebiotic: dried chicory root at 1% supplies inulin

Worth watching

No calcium figure anywhere. Ask the maker before you commit
Animal fats, digest and fish oil name no species
Wheat, wheat middlings, corn and soya meal, with carbohydrate at 45.0% of dry matter against a 39.0% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

51/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed puppies. Get the calcium figure from the maker first, then follow the bag's chart and your hands on the ribs.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Beta Puppy Large Breed 51.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing on the label falls over; the cereal share and the missing calcium figure are what hold it down.

What's in it

Turkey meal25%Already dried, leaner than chicken and easy to digest.
Wheat, cornWheat is the grain most often behind a cereal sensitivity.
Soya mealPlant protein doing real work on the 28.0% protein line.
Rice
Animal fatsNo species named.
Wheat middlings, dried beet pulpMiddlings are a milling fraction.
Digest, mineralsDigest is a palatability coating of unnamed animal protein.
Dried chicory root1%A natural prebiotic.
Fish oilThe omega 3.
Dried carrot, spinach, parsley0.07% eachGarnish, honestly figured.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with trace minerals as sulphates, each dosed in print: zinc at 110 mg/kg, iron at 83 mg/kg.

No calcium percentage on a large breed growth food. Email the maker for it before the first bag.

Named ingredients

Turkey meal (25%), Wheat*, Corn*, Soya meal, Rice*, Animal fats, Wheat middlings*, Dried beet pulp, Digest, Minerals, Dried chicory root*1 (1%), Fish oil, Dried carrot* (0.07%), Dried spinach* (0.07%), Dried parsley* (0.07%), *Natural ingredients, 1natural prebiotic

Against the range

A single turkey and cereal growth kibble for big frames. Turkey meal is the one named meat, with wheat, corn, soya meal and rice behind it, and fat held back on purpose.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

364 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.8%

Fat

13.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

45%

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

26.4%

Carbs

62.4%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

2.9%

Other

7.1%

Pricing & size