Burgess

Burgess Sensitive Puppy review

Name: Burgess Sensitive Puppy
Brand: Burgess

61/100Good

DryPuppy

A gentle growth kibble with a proper gut package, and it sits in our Good band. The meat is named and measured, and the gut support comes with printed doses. Calcium is the one number to read first: at 2.07% of dry matter it points this at smaller pups, not the big breeds.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies with touchy digestion, as beet pulp and a dosed prebiotic look after the gut
Owners who want the meat named and measured, with turkey meal at 24%
Small and medium breed pups, the growth this recipe is best matched to
Trialling before committing. A 2kg bag sits beside the 12.5kg

Worth watching

Calcium above the range large and giant breed growth is held to, so a big-breed pup needs a recipe built for those bones
Salmon and fish oil in the recipe, so not for a dog kept off fish
Poultry fat and poultry gravy with no bird named

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

How this scores

How we score

61/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed as a puppy food, best matched to small and medium breeds. Portion from the chart by age and expected adult weight, then adjust to the body in front of you.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Burgess Sensitive Puppy 61.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It holds the middle of the puppy field honestly, with cereal doing plenty of the carrying and a few entries left unnamed.

What's in it

RiceLeads the label.
Turkey meal24%Dried before it goes in, so the protein is concentrated, and the species is named.
Salmon
Poultry fatEnergy. No bird named.
Pea protein
Dried beet pulp6.5%A well-tolerated fibre with a long record for firm stools.
Oat feed, mineralsOat feed is a milling by-product, more husk than oat.
Linseed, poultry gravy, fish oil2%, -, 1%Omega fats from more than one direction. The gravy names no bird.
Dried alfalfa, dried seaweed1%, 0.5%
Chicory root extract, yucca schidigeraFOS 0.2%, 0.023%Prebiotic FOS, and yucca for less pungent results.

A fully dosed panel that includes taurine at 1,500 mg, a heart-friendly extra few puppy foods print.

Calcium at 2.07% of dry matter is above the range for large and giant breed growth.

Named ingredients

Rice, Turkey Meal (24%), Salmon, Poultry Fat, Pea Protein, Dried Beet Pulp (6.5%), Oat Feed, Minerals, Linseed (2%), Poultry Gravy, Fish Oil (1%), Dried Alfalfa (1%), Dried Seaweed (0.5%), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of fructo-oligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS 0.2%)), Yucca Schidigera (0.023%).

Against the range

One recipe. Rice leads, turkey meal at 24% is the named meat and salmon sits third, with a gut package of beet pulp, chicory FOS and yucca. Protein works out at 32.6% of dry matter and carbohydrate at 35.8%, a little under the puppy norm. Calcium converts to 2.07%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

392 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

10.9%

Carbs

35.8%

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

41%

Added water

Carbs

44.6%

Veg

2.3%

Oils

6.5%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size