62/100Good
3 varieties
Burgess
Burgess Supadog Active review
36.1/100Average
DryAdult
Burgess Supadog Active is a traditional working-style kibble: wholegrain wheat first, poultry and meat meals for the protein, and one no-nonsense 12.5kg bag. It sits in our Average band, a verdict on vague labelling and a cereal-first build, not on any hidden nasty. For the sturdy, busy dogs it has always fed, it remains straightforward everyday fuel.
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Our view
Likely to suit
If your dogs work hard and eat harder, this bag has been doing that job for years.
- Working and country dogs with big daily appetites, the audience this recipe has served for generations
- Multi-dog households that get through kibble quickly, with the single 12.5kg bag built for volume
- Robust, unfussy eaters with no history of trouble on wheat or mixed meat sources
- Active dogs that need protein maintained, at 27.2% of dry matter
Worth watching
It comes from the era of plainer labels, and that shows in a few places you should see first.
- Wheat, wheat feed and maize do most of the carrying, so a dog with a grain or wheat sensitivity needs a different food
- Only part of the meat is named, chicken at 11% and beef at 4% inside wider meals, which makes a specific meat intolerance hard to manage here
- The soya bean meal is declared as processed from genetically modified soya, a detail some owners want to know up front
Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.
How this scores
How we score36.1/100Average
Protein and processingAverage
Nutritional balanceAverage
TransparencyGood
ValueAverage
The Details
Dog fit
If your dogs work hard and eat harder, this bag has been doing that job for years. It comes from the era of plainer labels, and that shows in a few places you should see first.
Food type
Dry
Life stage
Adult
Breed size
Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant
Main protein
Chicken
The score, in context
This food finishes in our Average band, a step behind the Good that the typical adult dry food manages. The reasons are structural rather than sinister: cereals head the list, the named meat share is small, and entries like wheat feed and meat and bone meal leave a good deal unsaid. The analysis itself is that of an ordinary maintenance food, and a tolerant working dog will take it in stride; the band reflects how little the label lets a careful buyer verify.
What's in it
Ingredients, as declared: 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.
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.
Nutritional additives
Vitamins : Vitamin A 16,780 IU/Kg, Vitamin D3 1259 IU/Kg, Vitamin E 85 mg/kg, Biotin 0.13 mg/kg. Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc sulphate monohydrate) 84 mg/kg, Iron (as Iron (II) sulphate monohydrate 33.5 mg/kg, Manganese (as Manganese (II) oxide) 8.5 mg/kg, Copper (as Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate 4 mg/kg, Iodine (as Calcium iodate anhydrous) 0.8 mg/kg, Selenium (as Sodium selenite 0.08 mg/k
Ingredient notes
Wholegrain wheat leads, with wheat feed and wholegrain maize further down, so cereal is the backbone: carbohydrate converts to 49.9% of dry matter against the 46.2% typical for adult dry food.
The protein comes from poultry meal at 12.5%, of which chicken is 11%, and meat and bone meal including beef at 4%, topped up by soya bean meal. Meals are concentrated proteins, and the analysis lands at a respectable 27.2% of dry matter. The naming is only partial, though: poultry and meat and bone are categories, not species, and can shift from batch to batch.
Wheat feed deserves its own line: it is a milling by-product, a grade below the wholegrain wheat it accompanies, and its presence is a fair signal of the recipe's era and ambitions.
The soya bean meal is a plant protein topper, less usable to a dog than meat protein, and the label is upfront that it comes from genetically modified soya. Glycerol, dried peas and oat feed fill out the tail, with poultry fat carrying the energy.
On the plus side, the vitamin and trace element panel is complete and dosed, and bone meal keeps the minerals topped up the old-fashioned way. It is a coherent, if dated, way to build a working feed.
Price and value
Sold in a single 12.5kg bag.
On the standard 840 kcal maintenance basis (110 × bodyweight^0.75), a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition gets through about 241 grams a day.
Nutritional analysis
Declared analysis
Energy
349 kcal/100g
Protein
25%
Fat
9%
Fibre
2%
Ash
10%
Moisture
8%
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
- Pack size
- 12.5kg
- Retailer pricing
- Coming soon
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Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.
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