Belcando Instant Energy

Supplement complementary

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

Is Belcando Instant Energy a good dog food?

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

How we score

100% of this recipe has no printed percentage. Estimated shares are model estimates, not label facts.

Recipe
Not applicable
Nutritional
Not applicable
Transparency
60
Safety
100
Evidencelimited
33

Complementary air-dried supplement for adult dogs, with vegetable oil, meat and animal derivatives and seaweed as the main ingredients.

Why you might choose it

Doesn't list grain ingredients.
Declares energy content, which most labels omit.

Why you might not

A supplement, not a complete diet: feed as an extra, not the whole diet.
1 poor-graded ingredient makes up about 33% of the recipe.
High in fat: 79% fat on a dry-matter basis.

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Estimated composition

oil40.0%

meat33.3%

veg26.7%

Typical analysis (as fed)

Protein: 15%
Fat: 75%
Fibre: 0.10%
Ash: 3.50%
Moisture: 5%
Omega-3 fatty acids: 0.90%

Additives & feeding info

Nutritional additives

Bacillus velezensis DSM 15544 (4b1820) 3.3 x 10⁹ CFU

Technological additives

Bacillus velezensis DSM 15544 (4b1820) 3.3 x 10⁹ CFU

Feeding guide

1 part BELCANDO Instant Energy should be scrambled intensive with at least 4 parts of water afterwards the product should be offered directly to the dog.

Reviews

1 reviews on this product · 5.0/5

Who is this food for?

Suits

Labelled by the manufacturer for adult dogs
Grain-free: no grain ingredients listed
Doesn't list chicken, beef, turkey, lamb, fish, venison, pork, duck as ingredients

Consider something else if:

You are limiting fat: 78.9% on a dry-matter basis is in the high band
You need more protein than this: 15.8% on a dry-matter basis is in the low band

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 (3)

#	As declared	Matched	Category	Tier	Declared %	Est. %
1	Vegetable oil and fat	Vegetable oil	oil	medium	-	40.0
2	Meat and animal derivatives	Meat and Animal Derivatives	meat	poor	-	33.3
3	Algae	Seaweed	veg	good	-	26.7

Brand

Website: https://www.belcando.com/

Trust and provenance

Recall history: No recalls recorded in our database
Label data last checked: 2026-09-09
Product page: www.belcando.com

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 v2 on 2026-09-22. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.

Component	Input	Coefficient	Contribution
Base score	-	32.336	+32.34
Average ingredient quality	0.5	9.915	+4.69
Meat share of dry matter	12.8%	0.116	+1.48
Oil share of dry matter	54.3%	-0.088	-4.79
Vegetable share of dry matter	32.9%	-0.002	-0.06
Recipe graded poor	33.3%	-0.045	-1.49
Poor-quality meat in recipe	33.3%	-0.182	-6.06
Number of poor ingredients	1	-0.868	-0.87
Largest single poor ingredient	33.3%	0.056	+1.88
Undeclared quantities	100.0%	-0.131	-13.09
Additive penalty	-3.47	0.236	-0.82
Processing multiplier	1.00	32.336	+32.34
Processing: Dry Air Dried	yes	9.320	+9.32

Show all 40 components

Component	Input	Coefficient	Contribution
Base score	-	32.336	+32.34
Average ingredient quality	0.5	9.915	+4.69
Meat share of dry matter	12.8%	0.116	+1.48
Carb share of dry matter	0.0%	-0.113	+0.00
Oil share of dry matter	54.3%	-0.088	-4.79
Vegetable share of dry matter	32.9%	-0.002	-0.06
Additive share of dry matter	0.0%	0.177	+0.00
Supplement share of dry matter	0.0%	-0.009	+0.00
Other share of dry matter	0.0%	-0.371	+0.00
Unrecognised share of dry matter	0.0%	-0.022	+0.00
Recipe graded poor	33.3%	-0.045	-1.49
Poor-quality meat in recipe	33.3%	-0.182	-6.06
Number of poor ingredients	1	-0.868	-0.87
Largest single poor ingredient	33.3%	0.056	+1.88
Undeclared quantities	100.0%	-0.131	-13.09
Prints ingredient percentages	no	3.194	+0.00
Complete diet	no	1.703	+0.00
Frozen or chilled fresh	no	11.440	+0.00
High meat (30%+ of dry matter)	no	-0.506	+0.00
Low meat (under 10% of dry matter)	no	-1.988	+0.00
High carb and low meat	no	-1.250	+0.00
Meat share × printed percentages	0.0	-0.073	+0.00
Meat share × fresh	0.0	-0.339	+0.00
Fresh × high meat	0.0	16.475	+0.00
Additive penalty	-3.47	0.236	-0.82
Processing multiplier	1.00	32.336	+32.34
Processing: Raw	no	13.322	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Chilled	no	7.712	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Frozen	no	6.583	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Refrigerated	no	4.857	+0.00
Processing: Fresh Shelf	no	0.072	+0.00
Processing: Dry Freeze Dried	no	11.127	+0.00
Processing: Dry Air Dried	yes	9.320	+9.32
Processing: Dry Cold Pressed	no	4.569	+0.00
Processing: Dry Baked	no	-2.321	+0.00
Processing: Dry Extruded	no	-6.996	+0.00
Processing: Dry Semi Moist	no	-6.833	+0.00
Processing: Dry Muesli	no	-10.711	+0.00
Processing: Wet Pate	no	2.935	+0.00
Processing: Wet Chunks	no	2.292	+0.00

Processing-type offset: +0.10
Additives declared on label: +2 transparency bonus
Subtotal: 57.0
Final score: 57/100

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.

Score history across model versions

The score shown above is always computed with the latest published model. Earlier scores are kept for the record and are never edited or deleted; a scoring change ships as a new model version with a public write-up on the methodology page.

Model	Score
v2	57/100	current
v1	46/100
v1.9	47/100

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.

Item	Points
✓ Ingredient list on the label (mandatory)	10/10
✗ Printed percentages on the label (voluntary) - not on file	0/20
✓ Analytical constituents declared (mandatory)	15/15
✓ Additives declared (mandatory)	10/10
✗ Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file	0/5
✓ Complete/complementary designation (mandatory)	5/5
✓ Feeding guidance given (mandatory)	10/10
✓ Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory)	5/10
✓ Country of manufacture stated (voluntary)	10/10
✗ Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file	0/5

Capped at 60: mandatory items missing (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.

See all current recalls we track.

Evidence: what the brand claims, and what supports it

The marketing claims made on the pack and product page, and how much evidence sits behind them. We record the claims as stated; we do not assess whether they are true.

Claim	Type	Substantiation
Easily available energy from medium-chain fatty acids (coconut oil) (on page)	Functional	Manufacturer assertion
Probiotics support and stabilise digestion, promote stool quality and help to reduce unpleasant odours (on page)	Functional	Manufacturer assertion
High content of omega-3 fatty acids from algae (on page)	High/low level	Manufacturer assertion