Lily's Kitchen

Lily's Kitchen Tins Adult: Lean Machine review

Name: Lily's Kitchen Tins Adult: Lean Machine
Brand: Lily's Kitchen

74.7/100Excellent

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

74.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

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

Turkey

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

Turkey50%The smallest share among the meat recipes.
Squash8%
Kale4%
Goji berries1%
Cranberries, chickpeas, quinoa
Minerals, sunflower seeds
Parsley, mint
Goldenrod, nettles, aniseed, rosehips, marigold, cleavers, milk thistle, dandelion and burdock rootThe Lily's tail, at trace level: character more than nutrition.

Named ingredients

Turkey (50%), Squash (8%), Kale (4%), Goji Berries (1%), Cranberries, Chickpeas, Quinoa, Minerals, Sunflower Seeds, Parsley, Mint, Goldenrod, Nettles, Aniseed, Rosehips, Marigold Flowers, Cleavers, Chickweed, Alfalfa, Milk Thistle,Dandelion Root, Burdock Root, Celery Seeds.

Against the range

Meat: Turkey, 50%; 60% to 65% on most others.
Vegetables: Squash 8%, kale 4%; The largest vegetable share on the shelf.
Fat, dry matter: 20%; The leanest meat tin; up to 34.0% elsewhere.
Energy: 85 kcal per 100g; Only Rest Up is lighter.

The lean option on the shelf, for a dog that needs the weight kept down.

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

85 kcal/100g

Protein

10.4%

Fat

Fibre

0.6%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

52%

Fat

20%

Fibre

Ash

12.5%

Carbs

12.5%

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

50%

Added water

22.2%

Carbs

8.2%

Veg

12.1%

Other

7.5%

Pricing & size