Animonda Integra Protect Renal Wet review

Ingredients, as declared: Meat and animal derivatives (22% chicken, pork, beef), oils and fats, vegetables (potatoes), vegetable by-products, minerals. Protein sources: chicken, pork, beef.

The recipe is written in category terms. Meat and animal derivatives leads, with the species picked out in brackets and a percentage set against one of them, then oils and fats, potatoes, vegetable by-products and minerals. Animonda does print a protein sources line under the list, which tells you which animals are in the tray even though it never says how much of each.

That style of labelling is worth understanding rather than worrying about. It lets a maker move the mix around from batch to batch within the species it has named, and it means the oils and fats entry never says which oil it is. If your dog is being kept away from a particular meat, the protein sources line is the part of the label to read.

Potatoes carry the starch, which is a straightforward way of putting energy into a tray without leaning on protein to do it. Protein itself is held at 6.6% as fed, and that restriction is the reason a food like this exists.

The added nutrients are: vitamin D3, calcium iodate, copper, manganese sulphate monohydrate and zinc sulphate monohydrate, each with a dose printed beside it. Vitamin D3 is at 275 IU with copper supplied as an amino acid chelate.

The analysis is declared in full. Whether it is right for your dog is a question for the vet managing the kidney disease.

The pack is 11 x 150g trays. No kilo figure is recorded, so there is no day rate to set against the 533 grams a 15kg dog eats.