Pedigree Jumbone – Medium, Beef Dog Chew

Pedigree Jumbone – Medium, Beef and Poultry, 2 Chews

A Jumbone is a tough chewy outer wrapped around a soft centre, which is what makes a dog work at it rather than bolt it. Pedigree's own name for this one is Jumbone Medium Beef and Poultry, and the pack holds two chews at 180g total, sized for dogs of 10–25kg.

It is a weekly treat, not a daily one. Pedigree rate one chew at 8% of a 10kg dog's weekly energy and recommend no more than one a week for a medium dog — worth knowing before it becomes the Friday habit.

Performance & Benefits

• Tough chewy outer with a soft, tasty centre, so a dog has to work at it.
• Under 5% fat, which is low for something this size.
• Omega 3 at 615mg per kg, vitamin E at 51.2mg and iron at 15.4mg.
• Calcium at 0.5% for bone strength.
• Developed with nutritionists and vets at the Waltham Petcare Science Institute.
• 307 kcal per 100g, so the energy cost of the treat is easy to work out.

Suitable For

• Adult dogs of 10–25kg, Pedigree's medium banding.
• A weekly reward, or occupying a dog for half an hour.
• Dogs that get through a biscuit treat in two seconds and want something to do.
• Owners who want a treat with a published calorie figure rather than a guess.
• Too big for a small dog — Pedigree make Jumbone Mini for dogs under 10kg, and a Jumbon Maxi single chew for large breeds.

Feeding

• Up to one chew per week for a dog of 10–25kg.
• Reduce the main meal on the day it is given — one chew is around 8% of a 10kg dog's weekly energy.
• Feed the chew whole. Pedigree specifically say not to cut it into pieces.
• Give it somewhere the dog can settle, with water available.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, various sugars, minerals, meat and animal derivatives (including dried beef liver powder 1.2%, equivalent to 2% beef, and dried poultry powder 1.2%, equivalent to 2% poultry), vegetables, seeds, oils and fats.
• Analytical constituents: protein 7%, fat 2%, inorganic matter 4.4%, crude fibre 0.5%, moisture 16%, calcium 0.5%.
• Energy 307 kcal per 100g.
• Additives: vitamin A 5,124 iu, vitamin E 51.2mg, iron 15.4mg, omega 3 615mg per kg.
• 180g pack of 2 chews, barcode 5010394003766. Pedigree's full product name is Jumbone Medium Beef and Poultry — poultry is in the recipe as well as beef.

Care & Caution

• Pedigree instruct that you supervise your dog while it eats this treat. Do not leave a dog alone with one.
• Feed it whole. Pedigree state explicitly that it must not be cut into pieces — cut edges make it easier to swallow in chunks.
• Take the last stub away once it is small enough to swallow whole.
• One a week, not one a day. At 307 kcal per 100g it will put weight on a dog fed generously.