Garden birds burn through fat reserves overnight faster in cold weather than most people realise, which is the whole case for suet — it's about the most calorie-dense thing you can put on a bird table.

These are made in the UK from British beef suet, wheat flour, millet seeds, peanuts and dried insects, without fillers or carbonate added. They come as fifty balls in a reusable, resealable tub, and Suet To Go describe them as suitable for any suet ball feeder as well as a plain bird table.

• Composition: wheat flour, beef suet, millet seeds, peanuts, dried insects
• No fillers or carbonate
• 50 balls per reusable, resealable tub
• Suitable for any suet ball feeder or bird table
• Made in the UK
• Suet To Go recommend feeding year-round

On the insects. Dried insects sit in the ingredient list alongside peanuts and millet, but no percentage is given for any single ingredient, so it isn't possible to say how insect-forward this variety actually is against a plain suet ball. Go by the ingredient order rather than a figure that isn't published here.

Who it's for: garden bird feeders running a suet ball feeder who want a UK-made ball without fillers, in a tub they can refill rather than a bag of loose nets.