Tales & Tails Probe - Bodyguard

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Probe - Bodyguard
This is a treat, not a complete diet. The 1–100 rating applies to complete foods, so it isn't scored. Ingredient breakdown below.

Is Tales & Tails Probe - Bodyguard a good dog food?

This is a treat, not a complete diet, so it is not scored on our 1-100 scale. The ingredient breakdown below shows what is in it; a treat should be fed alongside, not instead of, a complete diet.

How we score

What the label tells us

Why is this treat not scored?

Our 1 to 100 rating applies to complete diets, so treats and complementary foods are presented as what the label tells us rather than a number that would invite comparison with complete meals.

What should I look for on a treat label?

A short ingredient list, named animal sources instead of generic terms, and no artificial colours or preservatives. Printed quantities are a good transparency signal, though few treat labels provide them.

These points are derived from the published ingredient list, not a rating.

Estimated composition

meat70.9%
carb10.1%
supplement6.1%
veg5.6%
fibre5.1%
unknown2.3%

Typical analysis (as fed)

Protein
41.70%
Fat
12.80%
Fibre
2.20%
Ash
10.20%
Moisture
6.80%

Additives & feeding info

No additives recorded yet.

Reviews

Trustpilot: 4.3/5 · 814 reviews

Who is this food for?

Suits

  • Labelled by the manufacturer for all lifestages
  • Grain-free: no grain ingredients listed
  • Single named protein: lamb
  • Doesn't list chicken, beef, turkey, fish, venison, pork, duck as ingredients

These points are derived from declared ingredients and analysis, not a substitute for veterinary advice. If your dog has a diagnosed condition, food choice is a medical nutrition decision: speak to your vet. Use the homepage filter to find foods that fit your dog.

Ingredients (8)

#As declaredMatchedCategoryTierDeclared %Est. %
1Lamb 70%Lambmeatmedium7070.0
2Tapioca 10%Tapiocacarbmedium1010.0
3Omega-3-FS (Algae Oil) 6%Algae Oiloilgood66.0
4Pumpkin 5%Pumpkinveggood55.0
5Inulin / MOS / FOS 5%Inulinfibregood55.0
6Milk Thistle Seeds 2.0%Milk Thistleveggood22.0
7Turmeric 0.5%Turmericveggood0.50.5
8Zinc 0.3%Zinc Oxidesupplementgood0.30.3

Brand

Trust and provenance

Recall history
No recalls recorded in our database
Label data last checked
2026-10-05
Product page
talesandtails.de

Recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score. Dates are when we recorded the data, not when the manufacturer last changed the recipe.

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Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated

Scored with model v3 on 2026-10-06. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.

ComponentInputCoefficientContribution
Base score-30.909+30.91
Average ingredient quality0.69.191+5.40
Meat share of dry matter56.9%0.096+5.46
Carb share of dry matter7.3%-0.115-0.83
Vegetable share of dry matter3.5%-0.005-0.02
Supplement share of dry matter16.0%-0.012-0.20
Unrecognised share of dry matter3.3%-0.027-0.09
Undeclared quantities1.2%-0.106-0.13
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)yes0.707+0.71
Processing multiplier0.9833.786+33.11
Processing: Dry Bakedyes-6.713-6.71
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ComponentInputCoefficientContribution
Base score-30.909+30.91
Average ingredient quality0.69.191+5.40
Meat share of dry matter56.9%0.096+5.46
Carb share of dry matter7.3%-0.115-0.83
Oil share of dry matter0.0%-0.092+0.00
Vegetable share of dry matter3.5%-0.005-0.02
Additive share of dry matter0.0%0.163+0.00
Supplement share of dry matter16.0%-0.012-0.20
Other share of dry matter0.0%-0.375+0.00
Unrecognised share of dry matter3.3%-0.027-0.09
Recipe graded poor0.0%-0.065+0.00
Poor-quality meat in recipe0.0%-0.179+0.00
Number of poor ingredients0-0.876+0.00
Largest single poor ingredient0.0%0.060+0.00
Undeclared quantities1.2%-0.106-0.13
Prints ingredient percentagesno0.000+0.00
Complete dietno2.294+0.00
Frozen or chilled freshno0.000+0.00
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)yes0.707+0.71
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)no-3.158+0.00
High carb and low meatno-1.180+0.00
Meat share × printed percentages0.00.000+0.00
Meat share × fresh0.00.000+0.00
Fresh × high meat0.011.084+0.00
Additive penalty0.000.222+0.00
Processing multiplier0.9833.786+33.11
Processing: Rawno-0.054+0.00
Processing: Fresh Chilledno-2.354+0.00
Processing: Fresh Frozenno-2.354+0.00
Processing: Fresh Refrigeratedno0.000+0.00
Processing: Fresh Shelfno-0.672+0.00
Processing: Dry Freeze Driedno6.629+0.00
Processing: Dry Air Driedno6.331+0.00
Processing: Dry Cold Pressedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Bakedyes-6.713-6.71
Processing: Dry Extrudedno-6.713+0.00
Processing: Dry Semi Moistno-6.174+0.00
Processing: Dry Mueslino-10.146+0.00
Processing: Wet Pateno-0.672+0.00
Processing: Wet Chunksno-0.672+0.00
Processing-type offset
+0.02
Subtotal
67.6
Final score
68/100

Contributions are rounded to two decimals, so they may not sum exactly to the subtotal. The full coefficient table is published on the methodology page.

This is not a complete diet, so the 1-100 rating does not apply to it. Read the recipe breakdown above as ingredient-quality context only.

Nutritional: declared analysis vs reference ranges

Not applicable to complementary food. FEDIAF reference ranges apply to complete diets.

Transparency: what the label discloses

How much the manufacturer discloses, measured against the FEDIAF Code of Good Labelling Practice and Regulation 767/2009. Mandatory items dominate the weighting.

ItemPoints
✓ Ingredient list on the label (mandatory)10/10
✓ Printed percentages on the label (98.8% of the recipe mass) (voluntary)19.8/20
✓ Analytical constituents declared (mandatory)15/15
✗ Additives declared (mandatory) - not on file0/10
✗ Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file0/5
✓ Complete/complementary designation (mandatory)5/5
✗ Feeding guidance given (mandatory) - not on file0/10
✓ Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory)5/10
✓ Country of manufacture stated (voluntary)10/10
✗ Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file0/5

Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (Additives declared, Feeding guidance given, Batch and date labelling).

Safety: recall history

Recall and safety-notice history, time-decayed. This dimension is shown alongside the score and never feeds the headline number.

No recalls recorded in our database.

Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it

No on-pack claims on file: nothing to verify.

The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.

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