Beta

Beta Puppy Small Breed review

Name: Beta Puppy Small Breed
Brand: Beta

52.1/100Good

DryPuppy

A small-bite growth kibble built the traditional way, with chicken meal at 27% up front and wheat and corn carrying the rest. Protein at 29.0% and 382 kcal per 100g give a little pup a concentrated mouthful from a small bowl. It sits in our Good band, level with the middle of the puppy dry field.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small breed puppies, the size the recipe and its little pieces are shaped around
Owners who want the leading meat named. Chicken meal at 27% tops the list
Lively small pups, at 382 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical of a puppy dry food
Something gut-friendly in the bowl, from dried chicory root at 1%

Worth watching

Wheat, corn and wheat middlings doing the binding, if you suspect a wheat reaction
Animal fats and dried animal protein with no species, so no strict elimination diet
No calcium figure on the label, the number owners look for on any growth food

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

How this scores

How we score

52.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed puppies. There is no fixed daily amount for a growing dog, so follow the bag's chart and move with your pup's shape.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beta Puppy Small Breed 52.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing here falls over; it leans on wheat and corn where the foods above it lean on meat, and it names less of what it uses.

What's in it

Chicken meal27%Water already driven off, so it arrives as concentrated protein. The clearest entry on the label.
Wheat, cornThe structure of the kibble; carbohydrate converts to 41.2% of dry matter.
Animal fatsNo animal named.
Wheat middlingsMore of the same grain.
Dried animal protein, digestNeither names its source, the entries an allergy-minded owner will stop at.
Dried chicory root1%Inulin for the friendly gut bacteria. The quiet highlight.
Dried beet pulp, minerals
Fish oilMarine omegas for coat and brain, and fish in the recipe.
Dried carrot, spinach, parsley0.07% eachSeasoning and no more.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with trace minerals as sulphates, zinc at 110 mg/kg and iron at 83 mg/kg among them, and selenium as sodium selenite.

No calcium figure in the analysis, the one most owners want on a food fed through a whole first year.

Named ingredients

Chicken meal (27%), Wheat*, Corn*, Animal fats, Wheat middlings*, Dried animal protein, Digest, Dried chicory root*1 (1%), Dried beet pulp, Minerals, Fish oil, Dried carrot* (0.07%), Dried spinach* (0.07%), Dried parsley* (0.07%), *Natural ingredients, 1Natural prebiotic

Against the range

Chicken meal at 27% leads, with wheat, corn and wheat middlings doing the binding. Animal fats, dried animal protein and digest name no species, and fish oil adds marine omegas. Dried chicory root at 1% is the one gut entry with a figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.9%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

41.2%

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

35.2%

Carbs

56%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

6.4%

Other

1.2%

Pricing & size