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Boost Working Dog Trays: Chicken with Superfoods review

Name: Boost Working Dog Trays: Chicken with Superfoods
Brand: Boost

87.4/100Outstanding

FreshAdult

Flavour

Gently cooked trays turned up for dogs that genuinely work, and both sit in our Outstanding band. Carbohydrate is remarkably low even for fresh food, at 9.6% of dry matter on the Chicken and 3.3% on the Turkey. Joint support is built in, with the doses printed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and sporting dogs that burn through an ordinary bowl
Joint support built into dinner, glucosamine and chondroitin both dosed
A low-starch plan
An adult on fresh food who finishes a normal tray still looking for more
Feeding by tray, as a sealed portion travels to a kennel or a field

Worth watching

Fish oil in both recipes, so neither is fish free
Listed for adults, so not a growth food for a puppy
The Turkey is much richer, so match the portion to the day your dog is having

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

How this scores

How we score

87.4/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The maker's chart gives about 600 grams a day for a 15kg adult, and a dog genuinely at work will need more.

Food type

Fresh

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 87.4
Turkey 87.4

All two Outstanding. Typical fresh food: Outstanding.

Neither tray outranks the other, and level with the typical fresh food is a competitive result in the strongest field we cover.

What's in it

Chicken70%Species named, no breakdown into cuts.
Carrot, potato, broccoli5% eachWhole vegetables with fibre and antioxidants of their own.
Potato starchA binder.
Linseed oil, fish oil0.5% eachPlant and marine omega 3 together.
Glucosamine0.3%Printed with a figure, sensible for dogs putting mileage through their joints.
Minerals
Chicory powder0.1%Inulin for the gut.
Chondroitin sulphate0.1%

Vitamin D3 and E with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine, each declared per kilo.

Named ingredients

Chicken 70%, Carrot 5%, Potato 5%, Broccoli 5%, Potato Starch, Linseed oil (0.5%), Fish oil (0.5%), Glucosamine (0.3%), Minerals, Chicory powder (0.1%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.1%)

Against the range

Energy: 134 kcal per 100g; 171 on the Turkey.
Fat, dry matter: 34.6%; 46.7% on the Turkey.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 9.6%; 3.3% on the Turkey.

The everyday option for a dog that works hard some days and rests on the others.

Both trays declare 70% meat, one chicken and one turkey, on the same short base of carrot, potato and broccoli at 5% each with a little potato starch. Both carry linseed and fish oil at 0.5% each, glucosamine at 0.3% and chondroitin sulphate at 0.1%. What varies is the fat: 9.0% as fed on the Chicken and 14.0% on the Turkey.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

134 kcal/100g

Protein

12%

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

74%

Dry weight

Protein

46.2%

Fat

34.6%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

9.6%

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

70%

Added water

8.1%

Carbs

9.2%

Veg

10.1%

Oils

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size