Lovejoys

Lovejoys Pure & Simple Wet Adult: Lamb review

Name: Lovejoys Pure & Simple Wet Adult: Lamb
Brand: Lovejoys

76.7/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Lovejoys' grain free wet shelf puts one named animal at 65% in three of its four tins, and all four sit in our Excellent band. Plant entries come at 1% each, with the fresh weight of the dried sweet potato spelled out. Every additive line carries a figure.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off grain, with sweet potato the only starch
Single-animal diets. The Chicken, Lamb and Turkey tins each name one animal and nothing else
Owners who read additive panels
A little joint help, with glucosamine and chondroitin on all four
Fish-loving dogs: the Salmon and White Fish tin is two thirds fish

Worth watching

White fish with no species in the Salmon and White Fish tin
Chondroitin is animal derived, so no tin is strictly single-animal
Garlic in the fish tin's herb mix

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

How this scores

How we score

76.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. For a strict single-animal trial, note the chondroitin on every label before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Turkey 79.1
Chicken 78.9
Lamb 76.7
Salmon 75.7

All four Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Detailed labels lift the whole shelf, while a carbohydrate share above the wet average sets the ceiling; Turkey and Chicken read strongest.

What's in it

Lamb65%The only red meat on the shelf, and the only animal in the tin.
Dried sweet potato1%Equal to 4% fresh, as the label spells out. The only starch.
Dried carrot, peas, broccoli1% each
Minerals
Dried parsley, mint, oregano, marjoram, rosemary0.5%
Sunflower oil0.1%The added fat, a gentle oil with natural vitamin E.
Dried seaweed, yeasts0.05% eachIodine from the seaweed; the yeast brings a prebiotic fibre.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.004%, 0.002%Everyday extras, not a joint programme. Chondroitin is animal derived.
Yucca, cranberry and yeast extracts0.002% down to 0.001%

Vitamins A, D3 and E and every trace element carry a figure, with selenium as sodium selenite.

Named ingredients

Lamb (65%), Dried Sweet Potato (1% equivalent to 4% Sweet Potato), Dried Carrot (1%), Dried Peas (1%), Dried Broccoli (1%), Minerals, Dried Mixed Herbs (Parsley, Mint, Oregano, Marjoram, Rosemary) (0.5%), Sunflower Oil (0.1%), Dried Seaweed (0.05%), Yeasts (as a source of Beta-glucans and Prebiotic Mannanoligosaccharide) (0.05%), Glucosamine (0.004%), Chondroitin (0.002%), Yucca Extract (0.002%), Cranberry Extract (0.002%), Yeast Extract (0.001%)

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 35.7%; The fattiest of the four; 29.6% to 32.1% in the rest.
Protein, dry matter: 32.1%; The lowest of the four.
Energy: 136 kcal per 100g; Level with the Turkey.

The single red meat option, sitting just behind the two poultry tins.

Four grain free tins. Three put one named animal at 65% over dried sweet potato, carrot, peas and broccoli at 1% each; the fourth pairs salmon with white fish and keeps only the sweet potato. Sunflower oil, seaweed, yeast, glucosamine and chondroitin follow on every label, and every additive panel is printed in full.

Estimated carbohydrate runs from 19.7% to 20.4% of dry matter, and protein sits in the low to mid thirties.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

136 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

10%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

72%

Dry weight

Protein

32.1%

Fat

35.7%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

10.7%

Carbs

19.7%

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

18.8%

Carbs

10.6%

Veg

Oils

0.1%

Other

3.4%

Pricing & size