Lily's Kitchen

Lily's Kitchen Lily Kitchen Vibrant Rainbow Stew review

Name: Lily's Kitchen Lily Kitchen Vibrant Rainbow Stew
Brand: Lily's Kitchen

42.8/100Average

WetAdult

A meat free tray from Lily's Kitchen, and a considered one: every ingredient is named and the leading ones are counted. Potatoes at 10% lead, and the protein comes from lupin, lentils, peas and pea protein. It lands in our Average band because it has no meat in it, which says nothing bad about how it is made.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A household feeding a dog without meat. The shelf is a short one
Dogs that react to animal proteins: no meat or fish appears anywhere on the list
Owners who want the dog's bowl to match a meat free kitchen
More fibre. Crude fibre is 1.8%, well above a typical meat tray
Dogs that drink little, as roughly three quarters of the tray is moisture
A vegetable side to spoon over a meat dinner. As a whole meal it asks more of you

Worth watching

Protein is 23.1% of dry matter, from pulses. Those give a dog a less complete set of amino acids than meat
Carbohydrate is an estimated 45.7% of dry matter, against 15.8% for the typical adult wet food
Millet is a grain. A cereal free household is not covered
No added vitamin panel reaches us. Read the pack before feeding it as the whole diet

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

How this scores

How we score

42.8/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Before making it the only food, check the pack for a vitamin panel, because none comes to us with this label.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Lily Kitchen Vibrant Rainbow Stew 42.8

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The score reflects a scoring system that leans on named animal protein, and this tray was built without any; judged on its own brief, it does what it sets out to do.

What's in it

Potatoes10%The lead ingredient and the first of several starches.
Courgettes, carrots6% eachGood vegetables. The carrots bring vitamin A and soluble fibre.
Millet6%A grain, though the friendlier one: no gluten, and most dogs digest it without fuss.
Lupin, lentils, peas, pea proteinlentils 3%The protein side. Lupin is a legume a few dogs do not get along with, and pea protein is a refined by-product of pea processing.
Sunflower seeds, sunflower oilThe fat. The oil is naturally rich in vitamin E.
Minerals
Yeast, chia seeds, algaeMore small protein contributors.
Parsley, basil, goldenrod, nettles and ten more herbs, flowers and rootsThe house herbal tail, all at trace level. Character, not a reason to buy.

No dosed vitamin panel comes to us with this label. Check the pack before feeding it as a whole diet.

Named ingredients

Potatoes (10%), Courgettes (6%), Carrots (6%), Millet (6%), Lupin, Lentils (3%), Peas, Pea Protein, Sunflower Seeds, Sunflower Oil, Minerals, Yeast, Chia Seeds, Algae, Parsley, Basil, Goldenrod, Nettles, Aniseed, Rosehips, Marigold Flowers, Cleavers, Chickweed, Alfalfa, Milk Thistle, Dandelion Root, Burdock Root, Celery Seeds.

Against the range

A single plant based tray. There is no meat, fish or egg on the list, and nothing that reads as an animal derivative. Everything comes from vegetables, pulses, seeds, algae and yeast, by design.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

99 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

4.2%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

2.1%

Moisture

74%

Dry weight

Protein

23.1%

Fat

16.2%

Fibre

6.9%

Ash

8.1%

Carbs

45.7%

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

52.3%

Veg

12.4%

Oils

2.2%

Other

24.1%

Pricing & size