Nutriment Gourmet Sticks – Beef & Cheese, 100% Natural

Gourmet Beef & Cheese Training Slices for Dogs

These are the Beef & Cheese slices from the Gourmet training range, made in Britain by Pet Treats Wholesale: 40% beef with chicken, 1% cheese and sweet potato, cut flat and thin so a pocketful lasts a whole session. The maker's name for them is Gourmet Training Treats (Slices).

The declared analysis is crude protein 22.44%, crude oils and fats 19.1% and crude fibre 33.96%. That is a high fibre figure and a low protein one next to the rest of the slice range, where the beef and garlic runs at 46.6% protein and the chicken at 56.9%, so it is worth checking the numbers before choosing on flavour alone.

Performance & Benefits

• Beef at 40%, with chicken, cheese at 1% and sweet potato.
• Grain free, with no cereal declared in the composition.
• Flat, thin slices that break down easily for small dogs and puppies.
• The maker lists the Gourmet slices as grain free, easy to digest and suitable for puppies.
• Made in Britain by Pet Treats Wholesale.
• Produced in 200g, 1kg, 5kg and 15kg, so the same treat scales from a pocket bag to a training club supply.

Suitable For

• Reward-based training, where you need a lot of small pieces rather than one big one.
• Puppies, per the maker's own guidance for the range.
• Grain-free feeding plans.
• Dogs that take beef, chicken and a trace of dairy without trouble.
• Not a high-protein treat despite the meat content — at 22.44% crude protein it sits well below most other flavours in the same range.

Feeding

• Feed supervised, with clean fresh water always available — the maker's own instruction.
• A complementary treat, fed in addition to a complete and balanced diet.
• Break slices smaller still for a puppy or a toy breed.
• Reduce the main meal to allow for treats given through the day.
• Pet Treats Wholesale publish no daily allowance by bodyweight, so none is stated here.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: beef 40%, chicken, cheese 1%, sweet potato, minerals, glycerine.
• Analytical constituents: crude protein 22.44%, crude oils and fats 19.1%, crude fibre 33.96%, crude ash 8.9%, moisture 15.6%.
• The maker publishes the same Beef & Cheese analysis for the Slices and the Burgers, so the two formats share these figures.
• Pet Treats Wholesale list the slices in 200g, 1kg, 5kg and 15kg. No pack weight is published for the size listed here.
• Minerals and glycerine are both declared, so the 100% natural wording in the listing title is not a claim the maker makes.