JosiDog

JosiDog Mini in Sauce: Lamb & Veggies review

Name: JosiDog Mini in Sauce: Lamb & Veggies
Brand: JosiDog

38.8/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

Small-dog sauce trays, 100g at a time, that open up the meat line and name the animals inside it. That is more detail than this style of label usually gives, and it is what lifts the range. All six land in our Average band, held there by the part of the meat line that stays anonymous.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Toy and small breeds. A 100g tray goes in one sitting with nothing to cover and refrigerate
Owners who want chicken, beef, lamb or turkey given its own figure
Liver lovers: it is declared on all six
Dogs with a modest appetite, as protein converts to 40.0% of dry matter
Households that like to change the animal and keep the same food

Worth watching

The 84.0% describes the chunks, and the sauce sits outside it
Unnamed meat and animal derivatives on every tray, so none suits an elimination diet
Caramel syrup on every label, there for the colour

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

How this scores

How we score

38.8/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. Check the named meats against anything your dog avoids, knowing the unnamed part of the line could hold others.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Beef 40.2
Turkey 38.9
Lamb 38.8
Lamb 36.3
Beef 36.0
Beef 34.4

All six Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The six sit too close together for the order to matter; a Poor reading on protein and processing holds all of them back while the analysis itself is good.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives: 20.0% liver, 9.5% lamb84.0% of the chunksLamb the only animal named beside the liver.
CerealsNot named.
Oils and fatsNo source given.
Vegetable protein extractsA less useful source of amino acids for a dog than meat.
Vegetable by-products (inulin)0.40%A soluble fibre gut bacteria feed on, at a level best called a nod.
Minerals
Dried peas and carrots0.45%Equal to 4.0% fresh. Seasoning, not substance.
Caramel syrupColouring, for the person lifting the lid. The reason sugars show up on the allergen reading.

Vitamin D3, vitamin E and biotin, with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine each printed per kilo.

The rest of the meat line is unnamed meat and animal derivatives, so this tray cannot carry an elimination diet.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives (84.0 % in the chunks*, of which 20.0 % liver, 9.5 % lamb); cereals; oils and fats; vegetable protein extracts; vegetable by-products (inulin 0.40 %); minerals; vegetables (mixture of dried peas and carrots 0.45 %, equivalent to 4.0 % fresh vegetables); caramel syrup

Against the range

Named meat: Lamb 9.5%; Lamb and Chicken adds chicken at 37.5%.
Vegetables: Peas and carrots, 0.45%; Shared with Beef and Veggies.
Liver: 20.0%; The same on four others.

The simplest way to give a small dog a lamb-led tray.

Every tray declares meat and animal derivatives at 84.0% of the chunks, a figure for the chunks and not the sauce. Inside it the maker names the animals: chicken at 37.5% where it appears, liver at 20.0% on five trays and 8.6% on the sixth, and beef, lamb or turkey at 9.5%.

After the chunks the list turns general: cereals, oils and fats and vegetable protein extracts, none with a source. Inulin at 0.40% is on every tray, caramel syrup finishes each label, and three add dried vegetables at 0.45%. The analysis is shared: protein 40.0% of dry matter, fat 25.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

91.6 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

40%

Fat

25%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Carbs

23%

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

15%

Oils

85%

Pricing & size