Forthglade

Forthglade Small Portion Grain Free: Lamb Shepherd's Pie review

Name: Forthglade Small Portion Grain Free: Lamb Shepherd's Pie
Brand: Forthglade

80/100Outstanding

WetAdult

Flavour

Forthglade's usual construction, sized so a smaller dog finishes a tray at one sitting. One named animal fills 75% of each, and the dried vegetables carry their pre-drying weight, so you can see what they amount to. The chicken and the lamb sit in our Outstanding band, the turkey just behind in Excellent.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs, the size the range is built for
Owners tired of covering half a standard tray in the fridge
One animal per recipe, with no other animal protein added
Grain-free households. Potato, sweet potato, parsnip and carrot do the work
Careful label readers, given the fresh-weight equivalents printed beside the dried vegetables

Worth watching

No glucosamine or chondroitin on any of the three
Ash at 23.2% of dry matter on the Lamb Shepherd's Pie, which points to more bone
No energy figure on any label, so the calories are our estimate
A medium or large dog would be opening several trays a day

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

How this scores

How we score

80/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. Forthglade's guide is written around your dog's weight, so read it against yours before ordering a pack size.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Farmhouse Chicken Dinner 80.3
Lamb Shepherd's Pie 80.0
Hearty Turkey Feast 79.3

Three recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All three finish within a whisker of each other, so the size of your dog and its taste decide it.

What's in it

Lamb75%The only animal on the label.
Broccoli, peas2% each
Dried potato1.5%Equivalent to 6% before drying.
Minerals
Dried carrots0.5%Equivalent to 4%.
Linseed oil0.5%
Chicory root extract0.45%
Dried herbs: parsley, rosemary, nettle, camomile0.12%
Dried seaweed, yucca extract0.005% yucca

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron and copper as glycine chelates and iodine, every entry dosed.

Ash converts to 23.2% of dry matter, high for a wet recipe and a sign of more bone in the mix.

Named ingredients

Lamb (75%), Broccoli (2%), Peas (2%), Dried Potato (1.5%, equivalent to 6%), Minerals, Dried Carrots (0.5%, equivalent to 4%), Linseed Oil (0.5%), Chicory Root Extract (0.45%), Dried Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Nettle, Camomile) (0.12%), Dried Seaweed*, Yucca Extract (0.005%)*. *Natural ingredient.

Against the range

Carbohydrate, dry matter: 8.2%; 17.7% on the chicken, 22.7% on the turkey.
Ash, dry matter: 23.2%; 10% on the chicken, 13.3% on the turkey.
Energy, our estimate: 113 kcal per 100g; 142 on the chicken, 126 on the turkey.

The lowest-starch tray in the range by some way.

Three recipes, each 75% one named animal (chicken, turkey or lamb) with nothing else of animal origin below it. Protein runs from 36.7% to 37.5% of dry matter. The vegetables are mostly dried, and each is printed with its weight before drying. Linseed oil, chicory root extract, seaweed and a named herb blend close every list.

What varies is the vegetable side and the analysis: fat runs from 25.0% to 33.3% of dry matter, and estimated carbohydrate from 8.2% to 22.7%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

112.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

72%

Dry weight

Protein

37.5%

Fat

28.6%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

23.2%

Carbs

8.2%

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

75%

Added water

10.8%

Carbs

3.5%

Veg

Oils

0.5%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size