JosiDog Paté: Finest Mix review

1. Finest Mix 47.4
2. Beef 45.7
3. Chicken 45.7
4. Tripe 43.1

All four Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The numbers do more than the labels let on; what holds all four back is how little they name.

• Meat and animal derivatives, of which game, chicken, beef, pork4.0% eachFour named animals where every other tin names one.
• CerealsA general heading, free to move between batches.
• Minerals
• Vegetable by-productsAnother category heading.

A short panel: vitamin D3 at 110 IU and vitamin E at 10 mg, with zinc, manganese and copper each dosed per kilo.

Named animals

Game, chicken, beef, pork

One on each of the others.

Score

47.4

43.1 to 45.7 on the others.

The extra naming is why it reads strongest of the four, and pork is new to plenty of dogs.

Four entries make up every list, and three are legal category headings: meat and animal derivatives, cereals and vegetable by-products. The fixed point is the named animal at 4.0%, one per tin and four on Finest Mix. The analysis is shared across all four: protein at 44.7% of dry matter, fat at 26.3%, estimated carbohydrate at 13.2% and energy at 85 kcal per 100g, the maker's own figure.

Price per kilo

£3.11 (RRP)

Pack

3x4x400g, 6x800g

A 15kg dog eats (our estimate)

885 to 1080 g a day, 985 in the middle

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£3.06

Wet food holds few calories a gram, so a 15kg dog needs roughly 984 grams a day.

Budget end of the wet market, though you pay more than the analysis would justify.