A dog who empties a bowl in twenty seconds swallows a good deal of air with it, and burping, bloating and the occasional sick-up on the carpet follow. Slowing that down does not need a gadget with moving parts. A ball sitting in the middle of the food is enough, because your dog has to nose it aside again and again to reach anything, and a half-minute meal turns into a few minutes of steady work.

The bowl is silicone, 17.4cm across and 5.7cm high, holding 250ml, with a textured surface under the food that suits wet food, paste or peanut butter smeared straight in. The 4.1cm ball sits loose in the centre and rolls as they push at it. Silicone is the useful bit: it flexes, so dried-on food peels away rather than needing scrubbing, and the weight stops it skating across a tiled floor.

• 17.4cm across and 5.7cm high, 250ml capacity
• Loose 4.1cm rolling ball to slow fast eaters
• Textured lick surface for wet food, pastes and spreads
• Flexible silicone that peels clean
• 318g, heavy enough to stay put at mealtimes
• Black, blue, yellow or grey

Two things worth knowing. 250ml is a small to medium portion, so a large dog on a full meal will need it filled twice. And the ball is a loose part rather than a fixed one: watch the first few meals with a determined chewer, and take it out if they treat it as a toy instead of an obstacle.

Who it's for: Fast eaters, food-obsessed small and medium dogs, and anyone who wants a lick mat and a slow feeder in the same dish.