Boost

Boost Kibble+: Beef review

Name: Boost Kibble+: Beef
Brand: Boost

69.7/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A meat-forward kibble with freeze-dried raw pieces scattered through the bag, in beef and chicken. The chicken reaches our Excellent band and the beef sits in Good. For a dog that inspects every bowl before committing, those pieces tend to settle the argument.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Fussy eaters, with freeze-dried meat bites and fruit and vegetable pieces through the kibble
Dogs that thrive on a meaty, energy-dense bowl
No grain: potato and sweet potato carry the starch
Small dogs, as 1kg bags stay fresh at a small dog's pace

Worth watching

Fat at 18% on the beef and 17% on the chicken, so portion with care for a quieter dog
Salmon oil in both, so neither is fish free
Energy dense: let the scoop follow the guide, not the dog's enthusiasm

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

How this scores

How we score

69.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Both recipes feed at the same 125 grams a day for a 15kg dog on the label's chart, so portion to the waistline from there.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Chicken 71.1
Beef 69.7

Two recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A majority meat share itemised entry by entry and a light carbohydrate load drive both scores, the chicken a step ahead.

What's in it

Freshly prepared beef24%Palatability comes from here.
Beef meal22%The concentrated protein.
Beef tallow6.5%The named fat.
Freeze-dried beef bites5%
Potato, sweet potato, peassweet potato 5.5%, peas 4%No grain.
Minerals, vegetable gravy, beet pulp
Red and green freeze-dried pieces1.5% eachSwede, beetroot, berries, apple and kelp. At this level they season the bowl.
Salmon oil0.9%Carries the omegas, and puts fish in every bowl.
Dried carrot, prebiotic MOS0.5% and 0.2%
Cranberry extract, blueberry powder, marigold meal, turmeric, spearmint

Vitamins A, D and E with iodine, selenium, copper, iron, manganese and zinc, all dosed, plus calming and joint botanical packs at 0.002% each, a level best read as a gesture.

Named ingredients

Beef 57.5% (Freshly Prepared Beef 24%, Beef Meal 22%, Beef Tallow 6.5%, Freeze Dried Beef Bites 5%), Potato, Sweet Potato (5.5%), Peas (4%), Minerals, Vegetable Gravy, Beet Pulp, Red Freeze-Dried Pieces1.5% (Swede, Beetroot, Potato, Raspberry, Cranberry, Strawberry, Tomato, Antioxidant: Mixed Tocopherols; Flaxseed), Green Freeze-Dried Pieces 1.5% (Swede, Peas, Potato, Flaxseed, Antioxidant: Mixed Tocopherols; Apple, Mint, Pear, Kelp) Salmon Oil (0.9%), Dried Carrot (0.5%, Equivalent to 4% Carrots), Prebiotic MOS (0.2%), Cranberry Extract (0.014%), Blueberry Powder (0.014%), Marigold Meal, Turmeric, Dried Spearmint.

Against the range

Meat: Beef 57.5%; Chicken 60% on the other.
Fat, declared: 18%; 17% on the chicken.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 36.9%; 39.6% on the chicken.

The richer of the two, for a dog that does well on red meat.

Two recipes, one build. The meat entry is itemised to the gram: fresh meat at 24%, a concentrated meal at 22% or 23%, the named fat, and freeze-dried bites at 5% folded through whole. Each recipe has one meat only.

Potato and sweet potato carry the starch with no grain, and carbohydrate sits well under the 46.2% typical of adult dry food. Salmon oil runs through both, so neither is fish free.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

376 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

18%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

36.9%

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

57.5%

Added water

5.6%

Carbs

26.4%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

1.5%

Other

8.5%