Hero by Asda

Hero by Asda Working Dog Pate Trays review

Name: Hero by Asda Working Dog Pate Trays
Brand: Hero by Asda

43.1/100Average

WetAdult

The richest food Hero makes and the shortest label it prints. The analysis is meat-led, with protein at 50.0% of dry matter and carbohydrate at 5.3%. It sits in our Average band only because the 60% animal block names just 4% chicken.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working dogs and other hard-driven adults, at 105 kcal per 100g
Dogs that need protein behind them
Grain-free homes, with no cereal on the label
Dogs that gain weight on starchy wet food
Owners who dislike added sugar, absent here though it runs through the rest of the brand

Worth watching

Only 4% of the 60% animal block is named, so the rest could be any warm-blooded species
Fish oil at 0.2% rules it out of a fish-free trial
Working-dog portions will put weight on a resting pet
No calcium and no iron figure in the added panel

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

How this scores

How we score

43.1/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, with a dog in work in mind. The maker's chart puts a 15kg dog on about four trays a day, so trim that for a dog that mostly rests.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Hero by Asda Working Dog Pate Trays 43.1

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The strongest analysis in the Hero line, held in a lower band by a meat block that names only a fraction of itself.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives, including chicken60% (4% chicken)The largest animal block in the brand. You are told the quantity, not the species or the cut.
Minerals
Oils and fats, including fish oil0.2% fish oilOmega 3 for skin, coat and joints.
Derivatives of vegetable origin, including chicory0.1% chicoryA little inulin for the gut.

Six entries dosed per kilo: vitamin E at 30 mg, vitamin D3 at 140 IU, zinc at 12 mg, manganese, copper and iodine.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives (60% including 4% Chicken), Minerals, Oils and Fats (0.2% Fish Oil), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.1% Chicory)

Against the range

A four-entry pate: meat and animal derivatives at 60% with 4% named as chicken, minerals, fish oil and chicory. No cereal and no sugar appear, both of which run through the rest of the Hero line.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

105 kcal/100g

Protein

10.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

79%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

33.3%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

9.5%

Carbs

5.3%

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

50.7%

Added water

14%

Carbs

11%

Oils

9.1%

Other

15.2%

Pricing & size