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Boost Meatballs: Beef with Superfoods review

Name: Boost Meatballs: Beef with Superfoods
Brand: Boost

86.1/100Outstanding

FreshPuppyAdult

Flavour

Fresh food you can count out, denser than the brand's trays, with the Chicken and the Beef in our Outstanding band and the Meat Feast just behind in Excellent. The meat is declared and then broken open, down to how much is breast and how much is liver. Gut support is written into every recipe.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that eat better from something with shape and a bit of bite
Owners short on fridge room. The daily portion comes out smaller than a tray
Any life stage, puppy to old age
Stiff joints, with glucosamine and chondroitin on the Beef
Gut support on every label, chicory root and yeast prebiotics both

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 1% in all three, so none is fish free
Three animals in the Meat Feast
No calcium declared, the figure to get from Boost before raising a large-breed puppy on them

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

How this scores

How we score

86.1/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. A dog moving across from trays needs its new portion weighed, as these carry more energy per gram.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Chicken 87.6
Beef 86.1
Meat Feast 79.7

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

The Chicken is the standout on the most concentrated label of the three, the Beef close behind, and the Meat Feast a step back in very fast company.

What's in it

Beef: mince, tripe, liver81% (51.7%, 19.7%, 9.8%)One animal, itemised.
Sweet potato13%More fibre and vitamin A than ordinary potato.
Minerals
Linseed oil, salmon oil1% eachPlant and marine omega 3.
Dried chicory root, yeast products0.5%, 0.25%Inulin, MOS, beta-glucans and nucleotides for the gut.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.05%, 0.015%Only this recipe has them.
Turmeric powder0.05%
CellulosePurified fibre for bulk and texture. Last on the list, so a small amount.

Vitamin E with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine as sulphates and iodate.

Salmon oil makes this beef recipe two species, not one.

Named ingredients

Beef (81%, of which Beef mince 51.7%, Beef Tripe 19.7%, Beef Liver 9.8%) Sweet Potato (13%), Minerals, Linseed Oil (1%), Salmon Oil (1%), Dried Chicory Root (as a source of Fructooligosaccharide and Inulin 0.5%), Yeast Products (as a source of Mannan-oligo-saccharide, Beta-glucans and nucleotides, 0.25%), Glucosamine (0.05%), Turmeric Powder 0.05%, Cellulose, Chondrotin Sulphate (0.015%).

Against the range

Meat: Beef 81%: mince, tripe, liver; Chicken 81% in one; pork, chicken and tripe in the Meat Feast.
Joint support: Glucosamine and chondroitin; Neither on the other two.
Fat, dry matter: 25.6%; 16.7% on the Chicken, 27.5% on the Meat Feast.

For a dog that is stiff first thing in the morning, this is the one to reach for.

Fresh food with less water in it: moisture runs from 58.0% to 60.0%, so energy reaches 188 to 199 kcal per 100g. Two recipes declare 81% of one animal and itemise it; the Meat Feast blends pork, chicken and beef tripe.

Sweet potato at 13% is the only carbohydrate ingredient on all three. Every label carries linseed and salmon oils at 1% each, chicory root and yeast prebiotics, turmeric and a little cellulose. Only the Beef adds glucosamine and chondroitin.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

199 kcal/100g

Protein

16%

Fat

10.5%

Fibre

0.75%

Ash

Moisture

59%

Dry weight

Protein

39%

Fat

25.6%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

4.9%

Carbs

28.7%

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

13%

Veg

26.6%

Oils

Other

58.4%

Pricing & size