Boost

Boost Kibble+: Chicken review

Name: Boost Kibble+: Chicken
Brand: Boost

71.1/100Excellent

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

71.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

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

Chicken

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 chicken24%
Chicken meal23%
Chicken fat, chicken gravy5.5% and 2.5%Gravy appears in this recipe only.
Freeze-dried chicken bites5%
Potato, sweet potato, peassweet potato 6.5%, peas 4%
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

Chicken 60% (Freshly prepared chicken 24%, Chicken Meal 23%, Chicken Fat 5.5%, Freeze-dried Chicken Bites 5%, Chicken Gravy 2.5%), Potato, Sweet Potato (6.5%), Peas (4%), Beet pulp, Red Freeze-Dried Pieces 1.5% (Swede, Beetroot, Potato, Raspberry, Mixed Tocopherols, Cranberry, Strawberry, Tomato, Flaxseed), Green Freeze-Dried Pieces 1.5%, (Swede, Peas, Potato, Flaxseed, Antioxidant: Mixed Tocopherols; Apple, Mint, Pear, Kelp), Salmon Oil (0.9%), Minerals, Dried Carrot (0.5% equivalent to 4% carrot), Prebiotic MOS (0.2%) Cranberry Extract (0.015%), Blueberry Powder (0.015%), Marigold Meal, Turmeric, Dry Spearmint.

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 60%; Beef 57.5% on the other.
Fat, declared: 17%; 18% on the beef.
Energy: 447 kcal per 100g; 376 on the beef.

The higher meat share and the better score of the pair.

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

447 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

39.6%

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

2.5%

Carbs

29.3%

Veg

1.2%

Oils

0.9%

Other

8.6%