Favour Meaty Sticks with Beef
Treat · complementary
Our verdict
Is Favour Meaty Sticks with Beef 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.
Complementary extruded dry treats for dogs of all life stages.
Who is this food for?
We don't have a parsed ingredient list for this product, so suitability flags are unknown rather than clear.
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. Find foods that fit your dog.
Trust and sourceNo recalls recorded in our database · checked 2026-09-02
Brand and contact: Favour
- Website
- https://www.favour.co.uk/
- Address
- Randalstown, Northern Ireland
Trust and provenance
- Recall history
- No recalls recorded in our database
- Label data last checked
- 2026-09-02
- Product page
- www.favour.co.uk
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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Score details and methodologyCalculations, history and evidence
Recipe: how the 1-100 score is calculated
Scored with model v1 on 2026-09-05. Each component is the feature value for this product multiplied by the model's published coefficient.
| Component | Input | Coefficient | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base score | - | 63.469 | +63.47 |
| Undeclared quantities | 100.0% | -0.117 | -11.73 |
| Low meat (under 10% of dry matter) | yes | -2.369 | -2.37 |
| Processing: Dry Extruded | yes | -6.939 | -6.94 |
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| Component | Input | Coefficient | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base score | - | 63.469 | +63.47 |
| Average ingredient quality | 0.0 | 9.730 | +0.00 |
| Meat share of dry matter | 0.0% | 0.110 | +0.00 |
| Carb share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.113 | +0.00 |
| Oil share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.095 | +0.00 |
| Vegetable share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.003 | +0.00 |
| Additive share of dry matter | 0.0% | 0.176 | +0.00 |
| Supplement share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.013 | +0.00 |
| Other share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.377 | +0.00 |
| Unrecognised share of dry matter | 0.0% | -0.027 | +0.00 |
| Recipe graded poor | 0.0% | -0.049 | +0.00 |
| Poor-quality meat in recipe | 0.0% | -0.182 | +0.00 |
| Number of poor ingredients | 0 | -0.971 | +0.00 |
| Largest single poor ingredient | 0.0% | 0.058 | +0.00 |
| Undeclared quantities | 100.0% | -0.117 | -11.73 |
| Prints ingredient percentages | no | 3.408 | +0.00 |
| Complete diet | no | 1.483 | +0.00 |
| Frozen or chilled fresh | no | 18.005 | +0.00 |
| High meat (30%+ of dry matter) | no | -0.049 | +0.00 |
| Low meat (under 10% of dry matter) | yes | -2.369 | -2.37 |
| High carb and low meat | no | -1.138 | +0.00 |
| Meat share × printed percentages | 0.0 | -0.081 | +0.00 |
| Meat share × fresh | 0.0 | -0.366 | +0.00 |
| Fresh × high meat | 0.0 | 18.008 | +0.00 |
| Additive penalty | 0.00 | 0.234 | +0.00 |
| Processing multiplier | 1.00 | 0.000 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Raw | no | 13.356 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Chilled | no | 10.476 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Frozen | no | 0.000 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Refrigerated | no | 0.000 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Fresh Shelf | no | 0.000 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Freeze Dried | no | 10.619 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Air Dried | no | 8.108 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Cold Pressed | no | 3.350 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Baked | no | -1.308 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Extruded | yes | -6.939 | -6.94 |
| Processing: Dry Semi Moist | no | -7.262 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Dry Muesli | no | -7.744 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Wet Pate | no | 2.588 | +0.00 |
| Processing: Wet Chunks | no | 0.000 | +0.00 |
- Processing-type offset
- +0.10
- Subtotal
- 42.5
- Final score
- 43/100
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.
| Item | Points |
|---|---|
| Ingredient list on the label (mandatory) - not on file | 0/10 |
| Printed percentages on the label (voluntary) - not on file | 0/20 |
| Analytical constituents declared (mandatory) - not on file | 0/15 |
| Additives declared (mandatory) - not on file | 0/10 |
| Energy value declared (voluntary) - not on file | 0/5 |
| Complete/complementary designation (mandatory) | 5/5 |
| Feeding guidance given (mandatory) - not on file | 0/10 |
| Manufacturer identity and address (mandatory) | 10/10 |
| Country of manufacture stated (voluntary) | 10/10 |
| Batch and date labelling (mandatory) - not on file | 0/5 |
Capped at 60: no ingredient list on file.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Favour Meaty Sticks with Beef are a delicious, protein-rich treat made from high-quality ingredients (on page) | Content | Manufacturer assertion |
| High in protein (on page) | High/low level | Manufacturer assertion |
| Supports muscle health and overall vitality (on page) | Functional | Manufacturer assertion |
| Delicious beef flavour (on page) | Content | Manufacturer assertion |
| Made from quality ingredients (on page) | Content | Manufacturer assertion |
Limited: at least one claim rests on manufacturer assertion alone.
The full scoring method is published. See the methodology for exactly how the headline score and each dimension are calculated.
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