Purina Bonio Dog Biscuits - Original 650g Tasty Treats for your Dog

Purina Bonio Original Dog Biscuits – 650g

Bonio has been made to the same idea for generations: a hard, oven-baked cereal biscuit given whole, one at a time, that a dog has to break up and chew rather than swallow. Purina build it on cereals of which 34% is wholegrain, with oils and fats, meat and animal derivatives and added minerals, and it is a complementary treat rather than a food a dog could live on.

The numbers are modest, which is the point of it — 10.4% protein, 4.5% fat and 338kcal per 100g, so a single biscuit does not make much of a dent in the day's calories. Purina's own guide is half a biscuit a day for a 7kg dog, one for a 15kg dog and one and a half for a 30kg dog. This is the 650g box.

Performance & Benefits

• Oven-baked hard biscuit that a dog has to work at, rather than a soft treat swallowed in one.
• Cereals of which 34% wholegrain, with meat and animal derivatives, oils and fats and added minerals.
• Low in fat at 4.5%, so it fits into a controlled diet more easily than a meaty chew.
• Fortified with vitamins A, D3 and E and a B-group vitamin package.
• Fed by the biscuit, which makes portioning simple and keeps the treat allowance honest.
• 650g box; Purina also make Bonio Original in 375g, 1.2kg and 12.5kg.

Suitable For

• Adult dogs from about 7kg upwards, as an occasional treat.
• Owners who want a plain biscuit without added artificial colours or flavours.
• Reward-based training where a biscuit can be broken into pieces.
• Not suitable as a complete food, and not right for a puppy, a dog with poor teeth or one on a grain-free or veterinary elimination diet — a soft treat suits those dogs better.

Feeding

• Purina's daily guide: half a biscuit for a 7kg dog, one biscuit for a 15kg dog, one and a half for a 30kg dog.
• Complementary only — feed alongside a complete food, and reduce the main meal to allow for the treat.
• Break the biscuit into pieces for a smaller dog rather than increasing the count.
• Clean fresh drinking water should always be available.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: cereals (of which wholegrain 34%), derivatives of vegetable origin, oils and fats, meat and animal derivatives, minerals.
• Analytical constituents: protein 10.4%, fat content 4.5%, crude ash 4.6%, crude fibres 1.3%.
• Energy 338kcal per 100g.
• Nutritional additives per kg: vitamin A 18,000 IU, vitamin D3 600 IU, vitamin E 100 IU, B-group vitamins 170mg, plus antioxidants.
• Figures of 30–34% wholegrain and ranges such as protein 10–11% appear on some retail listings. Purina's own declaration is 34% wholegrain and the single figures given above.

Care & Caution

• Purina ask that you supervise your dog while it has the biscuit. These are hard and are meant to be broken up, and a dog that bolts food can try to swallow one whole.
• A complementary treat, not a complete food. A dog fed on biscuits alone will not get a balanced diet.
• Hard biscuits are not a good idea for a dog with damaged or missing teeth, or one recovering from dental work.
• Count the biscuit against the day's food. Treats on top of a full bowl are how dogs put weight on.