Bonacibo

Bonacibo Puppy Dry: High Energy review

Name: Bonacibo Puppy Dry: High Energy
Brand: Bonacibo

66/100Good

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Flavour

A three-recipe growth range in our Good band, built on dried meat proteins that keep their printed share through cooking. Anchovy runs through every bag for marine omega 3. The doses are published down to the joint support.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies of every size, toy to giant
Owners who want meat in concentrated form at the top of the list
Pups that benefit from marine omegas: anchovy meal and oil in each recipe
Joint support from the start, glucosamine and chondroitin on every label
Readers of small print. Vitamin, trace mineral and prebiotic doses are all published

Worth watching

No moisture figure, so our dry matter numbers rest on an assumed 8%
No calcium figure, though the range is offered up to giant breeds
Chicken oil and anchovy in all three, so none fits a strict chicken free or fish free plan
Maize high on every list

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

How this scores

How we score

66/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Set the daily amount from the growth chart against expected adult weight, and for a big pup get the calcium figure from Bonacibo before planning growth.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lamb 67.0
High Energy 66.0
With Chicken 63.8

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Each recipe finishes a little clear of the middle of the puppy field, held back by blanks in the analysis and not by what goes into the bag.

What's in it

Dehydrated chicken protein40%Water already out, so the share holds in the kibble.
Baldo rice18%A short grain rice that cooks down softly.
MaizeThe more contentious grain, and high on the list.
Refined chicken oil
Anchovy meal, anchovy oilmeal 8%Long chain omega 3 for a growing brain and eyes.
Brewer's dried yeast, carob, hydrolysed chicken liver, nucleotide yeast proteinLiver for palatability; yeast for B vitamins and gut support.
Dried beet pulp, psylliumMild fibre, and soluble fibre to hold a stool together.
Minerals, mannan oligosaccharides, seaweedPrebiotic, and trace minerals including iodine.
Blueberry powder, yucca extract, marigold powder

A full vitamin set with vitamin E at 400 mg/kg, zinc as sulphate and chelate, and the range's highest joint doses, chondroitin at 800 mg/kg.

No calcium or moisture figure printed, and the range is sold up to giant breeds.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated Chicken Protein (40%), Baldo Rice (18%), Maize, Refined Chicken Oil, Anchovy Meal (8%), Brewers Dried Yeast, Anchovy Oil, Carob, Hydrolized Chicken Liver, Nucleotide Yeast Protein, Dried Beet Pulp, Minerals, Prebiotic Mannan Oligo Saccarides, Seaweed, Blueberry Powder, Yucca Extract, Psyllium, Marigold Powder.

Against the range

Meat: Dehydrated chicken 40%, anchovy meal 8%; Chicken 37% with 6% anchovy; lamb 29% plus hydrolysed lamb 21%.
Fat, dry matter: 18.5%; 16.3% on the other two.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 36.4%; 40.0% on the other two.
Energy: 370 kcal per 100g; 361 on the other two.

The richest of the three, for a pup that burns through food.

All three lead on a dehydrated meat protein, so the printed share reaches the kibble almost intact, and protein lands at 30.0% or better on every label. Baldo rice at 18% and maize make up the starch, and anchovy appears as meal and oil throughout, the lamb recipe included.

Every label doses glucosamine, chondroitin, vitamin E at 400 mg/kg and vitamin C at 200 mg/kg. None declares moisture or calcium, so the dry matter figures here assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

370.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

31%

Fat

17%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

33.7%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

36.4%

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

50%

Carbs

35.7%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

7.8%

Other

6.3%

Pricing & size