Lovejoys

Lovejoys Original Wet Puppy review

Name: Lovejoys Original Wet Puppy
Brand: Lovejoys

77.7/100Excellent

WetPuppy

A wet puppy food built on chicken at 65%, on a short list where every ingredient is named. Joint support is written in with its doses, and the lower moisture puts more food in every spoonful. It sits in our Excellent band, and the one gap is a missing calcium figure.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups that do well on chicken, the only meat in the recipe
Hungry, fast-growing puppies: 130 kcal per 100g where the typical wet puppy food gives 106
Owners who like glucosamine and chondroitin printed with their doses
A young gut that needs a hand. The yeast extract is chosen for its nucleotide content
Smaller servings, since 72.5% moisture leaves more food in each spoonful

Worth watching

Brown rice and salmon oil, so neither a grain free nor a fish free plan
No calcium figure, the number large-breed growth is judged on
Fat at 32.7% of dry matter. Weigh portions for a placid pup

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

How this scores

How we score

77.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, from toy to giant. If yours will finish large, ask Lovejoys for the calcium figure before it becomes the main bowl.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Lovejoys Original Wet Puppy 77.7

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

It finishes above the middle of a strong wet puppy field, helped by a high named meat share, a short list and an added nutrient panel printed dose by dose.

What's in it

Chicken65%The only meat. Easy to digest and eagerly eaten, and a share this high leaves the analysis nowhere to hide.
Brown rice6%A whole grain and a gentle one.
Carrots6%Vitamin A and a soluble fibre that sits easily on a young gut.
Salmon oil, linseedOmega 3 from marine and plant sources. The salmon oil puts fish in the allergen picture.
Seaweed55.5mg/kgFor iodine and trace minerals.
Mixed herbsThe only entry that keeps its contents to itself.
Glucosamine, chondroitin38mg/kg, 22mg/kgModest amounts, a gentle head start for joints still forming.
Yucca extract, cranberry extractYucca for stool odour.
Yeast extract (high nucleotide), minerals

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, copper and manganese, all printed with their doses; calcium is the figure missing.

No calcium figure on the label. For a puppy who will finish large, ask Lovejoys for it.

Named ingredients

Chicken (65%), Brown Rice (6%), Carrots (6%), Salmon Oil, Linseed, Seaweed (55.5mg/kg), Mixed Herbs, Glucosamine (38mg/kg), Chondroitin (22mg/kg), Yucca Extract, Cranberry Extract, Yeast Extract - High Nucleotide & Minerals

Against the range

One recipe, with chicken at 65% as the only meat. Brown rice and carrots follow at 6% each, salmon oil and linseed carry the omega 3, and glucosamine and chondroitin are dosed on the label. The declared moisture of 72.5% is lower than most wet food, which is why energy reads 130 kcal per 100g against the 106 typical.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

130 kcal/100g

Protein

10.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.7%

Moisture

72.5%

Dry weight

Protein

38.2%

Fat

32.7%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

17.5%

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

65%

Added water

13.8%

Carbs

Veg

7.6%

Oils

3.6%

Other

Pricing & size