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Flourish Adult: Angus Beef review

Name: Flourish Adult: Angus Beef
Brand: Flourish

79.6/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

One construction with the animal swapped: 65% of a single named species in every bag, broken into fresh meat, dried meat and fat or stock. All four land in our Excellent band, with the Angus beef highest. The superfood blend is decoration and the label says as much.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who read past the headline, with fresh and dried shares printed separately
Dogs that do better off cereal. Sweet potato and beans carry the starch
Rotation feeding, since only the animal changes from bag to bag
Big dogs too: the feeding table runs up to a 40kg adult

Worth watching

An unnamed omega 3 supplement, so no recipe is reliably fish free for an exclusion diet
The 65% headline counts fat and stock as well as meat, and neither brings protein

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

How this scores

How we score

79.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. On an exclusion diet, ask Flourish where the omega 3 supplement comes from before choosing a flavour.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Angus Beef 79.6
Scottish Salmon 76.4
Free Range Chicken 75.6
English Country Duck 72.8

All four Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Beef and salmon lead on protein and lower starch; the duck trails on the lightest protein and heaviest minerals.

What's in it

Freshly prepared Angus beef35%Mostly water before cooking.
Dried beef25%The share that carries the protein.
Beef fat5%
Sweet potato, beansThe whole carbohydrate base. No cereal, no white potato.
Beet pulp
Dried superfood blend: carrot, green beans, cauliflower, tomato, courgetteEach item equivalent to 4% fresh before drying, so it sits a long way down the bag.
Omega 3 supplementNo species, no percentage. Its source is left open.
Minerals, joint pack178, 178, 125 mg/kgGlucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane and chondroitin sulphate, on this recipe only.
FOS, MOS, olive extract175, 50 mg/kg, 0.01%Prebiotics with printed doses; the olive extract is a token antioxidant.

Zinc at 153 mg, far above the rest of the range, with selenium and iodine from both calcium iodate and potassium iodide.

The unnamed omega 3 supplement means this cannot be treated as fish free on a strict exclusion diet.

Named ingredients

65% Beef (Freshly Prepared Angus Beef (35%), Dried Beef (25%), Beef Fat (5%)), Sweet Potato, Beans, Beet Pulp, Dried Superfood Blend* (Including Carrot, Green Beans, Cauliflower, Tomato, Courgette), Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Joint Pack (Glucosamine 178 mg/kg, Methylsulfonylmethane 178 mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 125 mg/kg), Fructooligosaccharides (175 mg/kg), Mannanoligosaccharides (50 mg/kg), Olive Extract (0.01%), *Each equivalent to 4% Fresh Ingredients

Against the range

Joint pack: Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin; None on the other three
Protein, dry matter: 41.3%; 30.4% to 34.8% in the others
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 29.9%; 36.4% to 38.6%
Zinc: 153 mg; 48 mg on the others

The meatiest reading on paper and the only one with joint support, which is why it leads.

Every recipe declares 65% of one named species, printed as three figures: the freshly prepared meat, the dried meat, and the fat, stock or gravy with it. The fresh share is mostly water before cooking and the fat and stock bring no protein, so the dried meat holds the structure up.

Sweet potato and beans are the whole carbohydrate base, with beet pulp for fibre and no cereal or white potato. FOS and MOS carry printed doses on all four. Each recipe has its own superfood blend, and the trace minerals are sulphates, each with a figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Protein

38%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

41.3%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

29.9%

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.

Carbs

26.4%

Oils

65%

Other

8.6%

Pricing & size