Dachshund Superfood Pate Private label: Chicken & Sweet Potato Casserole review

1. Chicken 77.4
2. Puppy Chicken Bake 72.2
3. Salmon 71.3
4. Lamb 70.0

All four Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The printed meat percentages do most of the lifting here, and the salmon falls behind the chicken on its unnamed ocean fish and higher carbohydrate.

• Chicken65%The only animal on the label, and the highest meat figure in the range.
• Sweet potato, carrot4% each
• Peas, broccoli1% eachBroccoli is on no other tray.
• Mixed herbs0.5%Not broken down.
• Sunflower oil0.1%A light source of vitamin E.
• Mannan oligosaccharides, seaweedPrebiotic at 111mg/kg, seaweed at 55.6mg/kg.
• Glucosamine, chondroitin38.9mg/kg and 22.2mg/kg: small and supportive.
• Yucca, cranberry and yeast extracts
• Vegetables, vitamins and mineralsNone of it itemised.

The vitamins and minerals are listed as one entry, with nothing itemised.

Meat

Chicken 65%, nothing else

60% on the lamb and puppy trays; salmon 40% plus ocean fish on the fourth

Vegetables

Sweet potato and carrot at 4% each, plus broccoli

The most vegetable-forward tray

Energy

An estimated 131 kcal per 100g

The richest in energy, so portions run smallest

The one to pick for a dog kept to a single animal.

Every tray opens on a named animal with a percentage beside it: 60% or more on three of the four, and salmon plus ocean fish on the fourth. The plant side stays in single figures. Glucosamine, chondroitin, yucca, cranberry and a prebiotic run through all four labels at small, supportive levels.

What varies is the oil and the grain. Fish oil turns up on the lamb hotpot and the puppy bake, sunflower oil on the other two, and only the puppy recipe carries a cereal. Protein converts to between 32.0% and 48.0% of dry matter across the range.

Price per kilo

£7.57 (RRP)

Pack

395 g tray

A 15kg dog eats (our estimate)

575 to 705 g a day, 640 in the middle

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£4.84

Middle of the market for a wet food, and fair value for the quality.