Boost Fresh Food Trays: Chicken review

1. Pork 89.2
2. Meatfeast 88.5
3. Beef 88.4
4. Lamb 86.5
5. Chicken 86.0
6. Fish 76.6

Six recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

Itemised labels carry the whole range; the meat trays sit close enough together that preference should decide, with the Pork just ahead.

• Chicken70%Split into its cuts below.
• Chicken meat, chicken liver, chicken breast20%, 16%, 10%A generous liver share, and a large part of why it reads so strongly for us.
• Sweet potato, carrot6% each
• Kale, pea5% each
• Potato starchThe binder; pure starch, well down the list.
• Dried sage, dried parsley0.1% each
• Linseed oil, fish oil0.5% eachPlant omega 3 from the linseed, the marine form from the fish oil.
• Minerals, chicory powder0.1% chicoryChicory's inulin feeds the good bacteria in the large intestine.

Dosed per kilo: vitamin D3 at 200 IU, vitamin E at 50 mg, zinc at 15 mg, manganese, copper and iodine.

Fish oil at 0.5%, so this tray is not fish free.

Liver

16%

6% to 10% on the other meat trays

Energy

126 kcal per 100g

113 on the Fish up to 132 on the Pork

Herbs

Sage and parsley

Rosemary on the Lamb, parsley on the Fish

A balanced tray in the middle of the range, with the most liver of any.

Five trays declare 70% meat and itemise the tripe, liver and heart inside it; the Fish leads with 60% whitefish and 10% chicken. Every plant entry carries a percentage, potato starch is the binder, and chicory powder at 0.1% closes almost every list.

Linseed and fish oil at 0.5% each supply the fats on five trays, while the Fish doubles the linseed and drops the fish oil. Moisture is declared between 72.0% and 80.0%, and protein reaches 42.3% to 55.0% of dry matter.

Price per kilo

£8.79 (RRP)

Pack

1 x 400 g; 7 x 400 g multipack

A 15kg dog eats

400 to 800 g a day, 600 in the middle

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£5.27

Middle of the market for a gently cooked fresh food, and strong value for what is in the tray.