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HiLife Adult Dog 150g Pouches: Chicken & Fish review

Name: HiLife Adult Dog 150g Pouches: Chicken & Fish
Brand: HiLife

87.2/100Outstanding

WetAdult

Flavour

All four pouches sit in our Outstanding band, and every one prints its chicken share, from 46% up to 60%. Vegetables, fruit and a little brown rice fill in behind. The Chicken Breast in Jelly is the only one that sticks to a single meat.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adults from toy up to medium, the sizes HiLife builds these for
Owners who like a printed meat share
Stiffening joints: glucosamine and chondroitin are printed on all but the Chicken & Meat pouches
Rotation feeders, with tuna, salmon, duck and beef each paired with chicken
Dogs that rarely visit the water bowl. Moisture runs from 76.5% to 81%

Worth watching

Chicken on all four labels, so not a range for a chicken-intolerant dog
A second animal in every pouch bar the Chicken Breast in Jelly
Brown rice in the Chicken & Fish and Chicken & Meat boxes

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

How this scores

How we score

87.2/100Outstanding

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Built for adult dogs from toy to medium. A 15 kg dog needs several 150g pouches a day, so check the box size against your dog's appetite.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 87.2
Chicken 87.0
Chicken Breast 85.0
Chicken Breast in Jelly 84.9

All four Outstanding. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All four reach the top band in a strong category, and they differ in their recipes far more than in their pillars, so let your dog's tastes decide.

What's in it

Chicken46%
Dolphin-safe tuna or salmon4%Tuna in one pouch, salmon in the other.
Cooked wholegrain brown rice4%Carries the starch.
Green beans and apple, or sweet potato and blueberries4% eachInterest and a little fibre.
Sunflower oil1%Low in saturated fat, with natural vitamin E.
Minerals
Fish oil0.2%A flavour of omega 3, not a working dose.
Chicory, seaweed and yucca extractsTrace level. Inulin from the chicory feeds gut bacteria.
Glucosamine, chondroitinA small bonus with dinner, not a replacement for a vet's supplement.

Vitamins A and E with iron, zinc, copper, iodine and manganese, each with a printed dose.

Named ingredients

Chicken with tuna, wholegrain rice, green beans and apple: Chicken (46%), dolphin-safe tuna (4%), cooked wholegrain brown rice (4%), green beans (4%), apple (4%), sunflower oil (1%), minerals, fish oil (0.2%), chicory extract (300 mg/kg), seaweed extract (200 mg/kg), yucca extract (50 mg/kg), glucosamine (50mg/kg), chondroitin (15mg/kg). Chicken with salmon, wholegrain rice, sweet potato and blueberries: Chicken (46%), salmon (4%), cooked wholegrain brown rice (4%), sweet potato (4%), blueberries (4%), sunflower oil (1%), minerals, fish oil (0.2%), chicory extract (300 mg/kg), seaweed extract (200 mg/kg), yucca extract (50 mg/kg), glucosamine (50mg/kg), chondroitin (15mg/kg).

Against the range

Second animal: Tuna or salmon, 4%; Duck or beef in the Chicken & Meat box
Fat, dry matter: 35.0%; The richest in the range; 10.6% in the broth
Joint pair: Printed; Missing only from Chicken & Meat

The richest box of the four, and the one for a dog that likes fish with its chicken.

Chicken opens every list with a figure beside it: 46% where a second meat joins it, 55% as breast in the broth recipe and 60% in the jelly. Two boxes hold two labels each, pairing chicken with tuna or salmon, or with duck or beef, plus wholegrain brown rice and two plant extras at 4% apiece.

Every pouch ends on the same trace trio of chicory, seaweed and yucca extracts, and three of the four add glucosamine at 50 mg/kg and chondroitin at 15 mg/kg. What varies most is protein, from 40.0% to 73.7% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

93 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

40%

Fat

35%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Carbs

15%

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

79.1%

Carbs

12.7%

Veg

3.2%

Oils

1.9%

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size