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Hownd Plant Powered Superfood Wet: Fragrant Papaya review

Name: Hownd Plant Powered Superfood Wet: Fragrant Papaya
Brand: Hownd

42.5/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

A meat-free can that makes no secret of it, in papaya, blueberry and quinoa, all three in our Average band. Pumpkin and legumes carry the meal. The amino acids a dog would normally take from meat are supplemented in print, which makes this a carefully assembled plant-based bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Households feeding without meat
Dogs that have reacted to several meats; no chicken, beef or fish to work around
Taurine and DL-methionine printed with doses
Toy breeds to giants on the same can
Dogs that drink too little, as about three quarters of every serving is moisture
Rotation on one construction

Worth watching

All the protein is plant protein, which gives a dog less usable amino acid, so ask your vet before it becomes the whole diet
Oat flakes on every label
Carbohydrate at 42.6% to 44.8% of dry matter against 15.8% for typical adult wet food
A dog used to a meaty smell may need a slower changeover

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

How this scores

How we score

42.5/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The label's guide for a dog of 11 to 24kg runs from 625 to 1140 grams a day, so a can goes quickly with a bigger dog.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Fresh Blueberry 44.5
Hearty Quinoa 44.4
Fragrant Papaya 42.5

All three Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A deliberately meat-free recipe has none of what our scoring rewards, so read the band as structural; nothing in it should make you uneasy.

What's in it

Pumpkin8%A working ingredient at this level.
Papaya7.5%The only recipe where the named fruit is there in quantity.
Lentils4%
Quinoa, oat flakes, pea proteinOats mean grain is in the bowl.
Chia seeds, coconut flakes2%, 1.5%
Lupins, blueberries, moringa, brewer's yeast1% moringa, 1% yeast
Minerals, canola oil
Potato protein
Marine algae, beetrootAlgae for omega 3 in place of fish.

Taurine at 1,500 mg, DL-methionine at 2,200 mg and L-carnitine at 500 mg per kilo cover what a dog would usually take from meat, beside a fully dosed vitamin and trace element panel.

Named ingredients

Pumpkin (8%), Papaya (7.5%), Lentils (4%), Quinoa, Oat Flakes, Pea Protein, Chia Seeds (2%), Coconut Flakes (1.5%), Lupins, Blueberries, Moringa (1%), Brewer's Yeast (1%), Minerals, Canola Oil, Potato Protein, Marine Algae, Beetroot.

Against the range

Energy: 83 kcal per 100g; The lightest; 92 on the blueberry.
Fibre, dry matter: 14.8%; 8.0% on the quinoa.
Pumpkin: 8%; 15% on the other two.

Servings run largest here, the price of the lightest energy figure.

No animal ingredient appears on any of the three lists. Pumpkin leads every recipe, and the protein comes from lentils, pea protein, potato protein, quinoa and brewer's yeast. Oat flakes put grain in all three. Marine algae supplies the long-chain omega 3 that would otherwise come from fish.

Protein converts to between 22.2% and 26.0% of dry matter and carbohydrate to an estimated 42.6% to 44.8%. Moringa, blueberries, beetroot, chia and coconut sit at trace level. What moves between recipes is the fruit, the pumpkin share and the protein blend.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

83 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

73%

Dry weight

Protein

22.2%

Fat

11.1%

Fibre

14.8%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

42.6%

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.

Added water

Carbs

63.5%

Veg

8.5%

Oils

0.7%

Other

19.3%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £9.50 (RRP)
Pack: 400 g can - sold as a single can or a 6-pack (a trade case is also listed under "Food Trade Cases")
A 15kg dog eats: 690 to 1140 g a day, 915 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £8.69

Around 915 grams a day for a 15kg adult, the most of the three.

Premium end of the wet market, and you pay more than the analysis shows.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.