Lovejoys

Lovejoys Original Wet Adult: Chicken & Duck review

Name: Lovejoys Original Wet Adult: Chicken & Duck
Brand: Lovejoys

74.3/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Lovejoys Original Wet Adult is a six recipe shelf of 395g tins built on one idea: a named meat or fish first, brown rice behind it, and a short printed line of extras. Five of the six sit in our Excellent band, level with the middle of the adult wet market, and the Chicken and Tripe a step below in Good. The choice is about which animal suits your dog.

Where to buy: coming soon

Live retailer links are coming soon. Once we have them from UK retailers, where to buy and the best price will appear here.

Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs happiest on one land animal, at 60% on the Chicken, Lamb and Turkey
Owners who like joint extras itemised on the label
Homes with dogs of different sizes, on one adult recipe from toy to giant
Dogs that do well on a gentle grain
Fussy eaters. The tripe tin reliably tempts a dog off strike
Dogs that drink too little, with moisture between 72.5% and 73%

Worth watching

Fish on every label, as salmon oil or as the Ocean Fish recipe itself
Brown rice in all six, so no grain free option
Carbohydrate up to 31.5% of dry matter on the Ocean Fish, against 15.8% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

74.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The printed doses differ between tins, so read the label on the one you actually buy.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 78.9
Turkey 78.1
Lamb 75.5
Ocean Fish 74.9
Chicken 74.3
Chicken 63.7

Six recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The single meat tins read strongest, and the plant load is what keeps the whole shelf from climbing higher.

What's in it

Duck, chicken30% eachTwo land animals at the top.
Brown rice5%
Dried carrots, dried peas1%, 1.25%Equivalent to 10% carrot and 4% peas fresh.
Minerals
Salmon oil2.8%Omega figures printed beside it.
Dried herbs0.5%Parsley, oregano, thyme, rosemary.
Dried seaweedIodine and trace minerals.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.004%, 0.002%Modest, honest extras.
Yucca, cranberry and yeast extracts0.002% down to 0.001%Yucca for stool odour.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with six trace minerals, zinc at 24 mg per kilo.

Named ingredients

Duck (30%), Chicken (30%), Brown Rice (5%), Dried Carrots (1%, equivalent to 10% Carrot), Dried Peas (1.25%, equivalent to 4% Peas), Minerals, Salmon Oil (2.8%), Dried Herbs (0.5%, Parsley, Oregano, Thyme, Rosemary), Dried Seaweed, Omega 3 (0.10%), Omega 6 (1.08%), Glucosamine (0.004%), Chondroitin (0.002%), Yucca Extract (0.002%), Cranberry Extract (0.002%), Yeast Extract (0.001%)

Against the range

Meat: Duck 30%, chicken 30%; 60% of one animal on three others.
Energy: 143 kcal per 100g; The richest; 101 on the Ocean Fish.
Fat, dry matter: 36.4%; Down to 18.5% on the Ocean Fish.

The richest tin on the shelf, so the portions run smallest.

A named meat or fish leads every tin. The Chicken, Lamb and Turkey carry 60% of one animal, two tins pair chicken with duck or tripe, and the Ocean Fish leads with salmon and white fish. Brown rice at 5% follows on all six, with a little pea and usually carrot behind it.

Seaweed, herbs, glucosamine and chondroitin run through the range, and salmon oil is the fat on five of the six. Estimated carbohydrate spans 18.9% to 31.5% of dry matter, and every tin prints its vitamin and mineral panel, though the doses differ between labels.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

143 kcal/100g

Protein

9.5%

Fat

10%

Fibre

0.3%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

72.5%

Dry weight

Protein

34.5%

Fat

36.4%

Fibre

1.1%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

18.9%

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

17%

Carbs

6.2%

Veg

5.7%

Oils

2.8%

Other

8.3%