Burgess

Burgess Supadog Active review

Name: Burgess Supadog Active
Brand: Burgess

42.3/100Average

DryAdult

Burgess Supadog Active is a traditional working-style kibble that has fed sturdy, busy dogs for years. It lands in our Average band because the label leaves a lot unsaid: cereal leads, and the meat is named only in part. As everyday fuel for a tolerant dog it does the job.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and country dogs with big daily appetites
Multi-dog homes that get through kibble quickly. The single 12.5kg bag is built for volume
Unfussy eaters with no history of trouble on wheat or mixed meats
Active dogs that need protein held up, at 27.2% of dry matter

Worth watching

Wheat, wheat feed and maize do most of the carrying, so a wheat-sensitive dog needs a different food
Only chicken at 11% and beef at 4% are named inside wider meals, which makes a meat intolerance hard to manage
Soya bean meal from genetically modified soya, declared on the label

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

How this scores

How we score

42.3/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Check your dog has done well on wheat before ordering, since cereal carries most of the recipe.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Burgess Supadog Active 42.3

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The band is a verdict on a cereal-first build and vague meat naming, and nothing on the label is a hidden nasty.

What's in it

Wholegrain wheatFirst on the list. Cereal is the backbone here.
Poultry meal12.5%Chicken is 11% of it. Poultry is a category, so the rest can shift from batch to batch.
Meat and bone mealBeef 4% inside it; the remainder is unnamed. Bone meal also tops up the minerals.
Wheat feedA milling by-product, a grade below the wholegrain wheat.
Wholegrain maize
Soya bean meal, dehulledPlant protein, less usable to a dog than meat. Declared as processed from genetically modified soya.
Poultry fatCarries the energy.
Minerals, poultry gravy
Dried peas, glycerol, oat feedFilling out the tail.

A complete, dosed panel of vitamins A, D3 and E with biotin, plus zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium in their standard sulphate, oxide and selenite forms.

Named ingredients

Wholegrain Wheat, Poultry Meal (12.5% inc. (Chicken 11%), Meat & Bone Meal (inc Beef 4%), Wheat Feed, Wholegrain Maize, Soya Bean Meal Feed, Dehulled*, Poultry Fat, Minerals, Poultry Gravy, Dried Peas, Glycerol, Oat Feed. *Processed from genetically modified soya.

Against the range

One recipe in one 12.5kg bag. Cereal is the backbone, with wholegrain wheat first and wheat feed and maize further down, and the protein comes from poultry meal and meat and bone meal topped up by soya.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

349 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

10%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

10.9%

Carbs

49.9%

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.

Added water

39.4%

Carbs

60.6%

Pricing & size