Lily's Kitchen

Lily's Kitchen Tins Adult: Lamb Hotpot review

Name: Lily's Kitchen Tins Adult: Lamb Hotpot
Brand: Lily's Kitchen

81.4/100Outstanding

WetAdult

Flavour

A proper spread of seventeen recipes, and most of them land in our Excellent band, with the Lamb Hotpot a step up in Outstanding. The meat is named and quantified on every tin, from venison and wild boar to herring and pheasant. The Mighty Burrito Bowl, a vegan recipe, sits well below in Average.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Rotation feeders, since one house style runs across the shelf
Dogs that need the animal named; every species carries a percentage
A break from poultry, with venison, wild boar and lamb on offer
Households cooking without meat. The Burrito Bowl is a full vegan recipe
Every build, with 150g and 400g tins

Worth watching

Grain in Pasta Al Ragu, Beef Goulash, Lamb Tagine and the Casserole, and cheese in the Ragu
Poultry and fish together in Fishy Fish Pie and Fish and Chips
Energy varies a lot between tins, so re-weigh portions when you switch recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

81.4/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Moving between recipes changes the energy by a wide margin, so check the portion on each new tin.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb Hotpot 81.4
Beef Goulash 79.7
Cottage Pie 79.1
Fish 77.8
Coronation Chicken 76.7
Fishy Fish Pie 76.7
Lamb Tagine 76.6
Venison 76.0
Wild Campfire Stew 76.0
Carnival Chicken 75.6
Lean Machine 74.7
Rest Up Recipe 74.7
An English Garden Party 74.1
Sunday Lunch 74.0
Pasta Al Ragu 72.5
Chicken 72.3
Mighty Burrito Bowl (Vegan) 42.5

17 recipes across Outstanding and Excellent and Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A typical Lily's tin is a solidly good wet food; the Lamb Hotpot steps above the rest, and the vegan bowl reads lower mainly because its label stops before ash.

What's in it

Fresh lamb60%
Potatoes3%
Squash2%
Apples, carrots1% carrots
Blueberries, broccoli, peas
Flaxseed0.1%
Herbs and botanicals: goldenrod, nettle, cleavers, seaweed, alfalfa, milk thistle, dandelion and burdock root

Named ingredients

Fresh Lamb (60%); Potatoes (3%); Squash (2%); Apples, Carrots (1%), Blueberries, Broccoli, Peas, Flaxseed (0.1%) Herbs & botanicals: Golden Rod, Nettle, Aniseed, Celery Seed, Rosehips, Marigold Petals, Cleavers, Seaweed, Alfalfa, Milk Thistle, Dandelion Root, Burdock Root

Against the range

Band: Outstanding; The only tin a step above Excellent.
Energy: 137 kcal per 100g; The richest on the shelf; Rest Up is 81.
Fat, dry matter: 32.6%; Second only to Pasta Al Ragu.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 21.1%; Second highest after Cottage Pie.

The pick of the shelf on our scoring, and the smallest portions with it.

Most of the seventeen follow one house recipe. A named animal, or two or three, sits between 50% and 65%, with a handful of vegetables and fruit at low single figures, then the Lily's tail of herbs and botanicals at trace level. Animals are named by species almost everywhere, often with a preparation too.

Starch is where they separate. Several tins keep to potatoes, while Lamb Tagine, Beef Goulash, the Chicken and Turkey Casserole and Pasta Al Ragu carry grain. Energy runs from 81 to 137 kcal per 100g, and the Mighty Burrito Bowl swaps the animal out entirely.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

137 kcal/100g

Protein

10.4%

Fat

8.8%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

1.6%

Moisture

73%

Dry weight

Protein

38.5%

Fat

32.6%

Fibre

1.9%

Ash

5.9%

Carbs

21.1%

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

60%

Added water

23.3%

Carbs

3.7%

Veg

Other

Pricing & size