Earls

Earls Pouches in Jelly: Chicken review

Name: Earls Pouches in Jelly: Chicken
Brand: Earls

42.6/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

Single-serve 100 g jelly pouches that sit in our Average band, all four of them, because the label commits to very little. Only 4% of each pouch is the animal on the front. If your dog is thriving on them, this is information, with no reason in it to change.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that take to jelly more happily than a loaf or chunks in gravy
One pouch per serving and nothing to weigh, handy with several dogs
Adult dogs of any size
A dog already doing well on them
A prebiotic in the bowl, from chicory root at 0.07%
The same fully dosed vitamin and mineral panel on every pouch

Worth watching

Only 4% of the pouch is the named animal; the rest is meat and animal derivatives
Poultry on that pouch does not say which bird
No source for the oils and fats, so fish cannot be ruled out
Various sugars on every list, with no figure beside them

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

42.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Before buying for a large dog, work out the daily count: at these energy levels it runs to several pouches.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 43.0
Chicken 42.6
Lamb 42.6
Poultry 35.9

All four Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A label that commits to so little leaves our scoring almost nothing to reward, and the distance from the typical wet food is about disclosure, with nothing here a safety concern.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (including 4% chicken)40%The 4% chicken is the only fixed point in a category that can hold any land animal.
Minerals
Oils and fatsNo source given, so fish cannot be ruled out.
Derivatives of vegetable origin (fructo-oligosaccharide from chicory root)FOS 0.07%A category entry, with one named and counted prebiotic inside it. Small dose, put there on purpose.
Various sugarsFor palatability and to set the jelly. No figure, so the amount is unknown.

Vitamin D3, vitamin E, zinc and iodine, each dosed and identical across the four flavours.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives 40% (Including 4% Chicken), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.07% Fructo-Oligosaccharide from Chicory RootS), Various Sugars.

Against the range

Named animal: Chicken, 4%; Beef, lamb or poultry on the others
Protein, dry matter: 41.7%; Same as lamb and poultry; beef reads 47.4%

A sensible pouch to start on, and an easy one to swap away from if chicken turns out to be the problem.

All four pouches share one five-entry list written mostly in legal category terms. Meat and animal derivatives make up 40%, and the only fixed point inside it is the 4% named on the front. Oils and fats and the vegetable derivative carry no source, though fructo-oligosaccharide from chicory root is named at 0.07%.

Various sugars appear on every list with no figure. The added panel is the same on all four. Only the named animal changes, and the beef pouch has a firmer analysis than the other three.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

83 kcal/100g

Protein

7.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

41.7%

Fat

27.8%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

16.6%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

40%

Added water

36%

Carbs

10%

Oils

5.2%

Other

8.7%

Pricing & size