Lily's Kitchen

Lily's Kitchen Trays Puppy review

Name: Lily's Kitchen Trays Puppy
Brand: Lily's Kitchen

76.8/100Excellent

WetPuppy

A puppy tray that is fresh chicken at 67% and hardly anything else, which puts it in our Excellent band. Potatoes and carrots are the only other foods of substance. The analysis follows the label: protein at 53.0% of dry matter, carbohydrate down at 9.0%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want to read the whole tray in one sentence
Puppies kept to chicken as their only meat
Pups who need starch held low. Carbohydrate is 9.0% of dry matter against the 13.6% typical of wet puppy food
Fussy young eaters, given a bowl that is mostly fresh meat
A tray at one meal beside kibble, to lift appetite and water intake

Worth watching

Salmon oil puts fish in the tray, so it will not suit a pup kept away from fish
No calcium figure on the label, the number a large-breed rearing plan most wants

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

How this scores

How we score

76.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Before a pup who will finish large goes on it, ask Lily's Kitchen for the calcium figure.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lily's Kitchen Trays Puppy 76.8

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Nutritional balance and transparency both read Outstanding, and the tray lands in the middle of a competitive wet puppy field.

What's in it

Fresh chicken67%Nearly the whole recipe. Fresh meat carries its water, so the finished tray holds less chicken than the figure implies, but still the great majority.
Potatoes2%A binder more than a food at this level.
Carrots1%
Vitamins and chelated mineralsListed without a dose against any of them.
Salmon oilLong-chain omega 3 for a developing brain and coat, and the reason fish is in a chicken recipe.
Golden rod, nettle, aniseed, celery seed, rosehips, marigold petalsTrace herbs, part of the brand's character.
Cleavers, seaweed, alfalfa, milk thistle, dandelion root, burdock root

No calcium figure on the label. For a puppy who will finish large, ask Lily's Kitchen for it.

Named ingredients

Fresh Chicken (67%), Potatoes (2%), Carrots (1%), Vitamins & Chelated Minerals, Salmon Oil. Herbs & botanicals: Golden Rod, Nettle, Aniseed, Celery Seed, Rosehips, Marigold Petals, Cleavers, Seaweed, Alfalfa, Milk Thistle, Dandelion Root, Burdock Root.

Against the range

One recipe: fresh chicken at 67%, potatoes at 2% and carrots at 1%, with salmon oil and a named run of trace herbs to finish. Protein converts to 53.0% of dry matter and carbohydrate to 9.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

91 kcal/100g

Protein

10.6%

Fat

5.1%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

53%

Fat

25.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

10%

Carbs

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

67%

Added water

18%

Carbs

Veg

4.3%

Oils

2.8%

Other

Pricing & size