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Flourish Small Breed: Angus Beef review

Name: Flourish Small Breed: Angus Beef
Brand: Flourish

79.2/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

Two small-breed kibbles built around one named animal each, 65% of the recipe, with the kibble shrunk to fit a small mouth. Both run fresh and dried meat together on a sweet potato and bean base. The beef is the stronger bag on paper, though neither is short of meat.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small-breed adults, the size both recipes are written and cut for
Owners after a big meat share from one named animal
Busy little dogs: the beef runs at 391 kcal per 100g and the salmon at 380
Stiffening joints, with glucosamine and MSM at 178 mg/kg each and chondroitin sulphate at 125 mg/kg
Anyone who likes fruit and veg on the label, in a dried blend whose size the maker prints honestly

Worth watching

The beef's omega 3 supplement has no source printed, so it is not a guaranteed fish-free bowl
Fat at 19.6% of dry matter in the beef. A quieter small dog needs the scoop kept honest
Adult recipes only, so a small-breed puppy needs a growth food

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

How this scores

How we score

79.2/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small-breed adults. Our daily figures use a 15 kg dog, so a genuinely small dog eats well under them; weigh from the bag's guide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Angus Beef 79.2
Scottish Salmon 74.9

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Both bags start from the same generous meat headline; the salmon's shorter mineral panel and heavier plant side are what keep it behind the beef.

What's in it

Freshly prepared Angus beef35%Loses its water in the oven.
Dried beef25%The share that carries the kibble.
Beef fat5%
Sweet potato, beans, beet pulpBeans is the one entry that does not say which bean.
Dried superfood blend: carrot, green beans, cauliflower, tomato, courgetteEach part equivalent to 4% fresh ingredients, as the label says.
Omega 3 supplement, mineralsNo source given for the omega 3.
Joint pack: glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate178, 178, 125 mg/kgPrinted as a pack and dosed inside it.
FOS, MOS, olive extract175 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg, 0.01%

The fuller panel of the pair, printing copper at 14 mg and selenium at 0.38 mg per kilo alongside zinc, iron, manganese and iodine.

The omega 3 supplement names no source, so fish cannot be ruled out.

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

Meat: 35% fresh Angus, 25% dried, 5% fat; Salmon: 35% fresh, 22% dried, oil and gravy
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 29.9%; 36.9% in the salmon
Fat, dry matter: 19.6%; 15.8% in the salmon
Trace elements: Copper and selenium printed; The salmon stops at zinc, iron, manganese and iodine

The richer and more complete of the two, and the one our scoring prefers.

Both recipes declare 65% of a single named animal and print the split: fresh meat, dried meat, then the animal's own fat or oil. The dried shares, 25% and 22%, are what carry the finished kibble. Sweet potato and beans bind it, beet pulp adds fibre, and the same dosed joint pack sits in both.

What varies is the build. The beef runs richer, with carbohydrate estimated at 29.9% of dry matter against 36.9% in the salmon, and its trace element panel is the fuller one. Each gets its own dried superfood blend.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

391 kcal/100g

Protein

36%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

39.1%

Fat

19.6%

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