McIntyres

McIntyres Adult Pouches in Jelly: Beef review

Name: McIntyres Adult Pouches in Jelly: Beef
Brand: McIntyres

42.4/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

Four flavours in one box, one composition, and an Average band driven by a label that names very little. The analysis is kinder than the list: protein converts to 44.4% of dry matter and carbohydrate is low at 11.1%. Only 4% of the meat is tied to the flavour on the front.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that eat better when their food is set in jelly
Small and medium dogs, where one 100g pouch is a meal and nothing is left over
Dogs that drink sparingly. Each pouch is 82% moisture
Daily flavour rotation, since swapping changes nothing but the name
A modest, easy meal

Worth watching

Only 4% of the animal content named, so no flavour here can isolate a food trigger
Fish oil on all four labels, lamb included
Various sugars on every pouch, with no quantity

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

How this scores

How we score

42.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Energy is lighter than the typical wet food, at 85 kcal per 100g, so a bigger dog gets through a lot of pouches.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 42.4
Chicken 42.4
Lamb 42.4
Poultry 42.4

All four Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The arithmetic is not the problem here; the gap to the typical adult wet food is in how the meat is described more than in what goes in the bowl.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives42%Only 4% is named, as beef. The rest could be any land animal.
Minerals
Oils and fatsIncludes fish oil at 0.15%, enough to matter in a fish-free home.
Derivatives of vegetable originIncludes chicory at 0.08%.
Various sugarsFor taste, with no quantity given.

Vitamin D3 and E, zinc and iodine, each dosed, with cassia gum to set the jelly and feed the dog nothing.

Named ingredients

The pack prints a SEPARATE composition for each variety in the box (transcribed from the back-of-pack panel): With Beef in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (42% including 4% Beef), Minerals, Oils and Fats (0.15% Fish Oil), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Chicken in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (42% including 4% Chicken), Minerals, Oils and Fats (0.15% Fish Oil), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Lamb in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (42% including 4% Lamb),Minerals, Oils and Fats (0.15% Fish Oil), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Poultry in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (42% including 4% Poultry), Minerals, Oils and Fats (0.15% Fish Oil), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars. What the website publishes instead (one merged list for the whole box), Meat And Animal Derivatives (42%), Beef (4%), Minerals, Oils And Fats, Fish Oil, Derivatives Of Vegetable Origin, Chicory, Various Sugars, Chicken (4%), Lamb (4%), Poultry (4%)

Against the range

Named meat: Beef, 4%; Chicken, lamb or poultry on the others
Everything else: Same 42% share and same panel; Identical across the box

The red meat of the four, and the one to tempt a dog that has gone off birds.

All four pouches share one composition: meat and animal derivatives at 42% with 4% named for the flavour, then minerals, oils and fats with fish oil at 0.15%, chicory at 0.08% and various sugars. Cassia gum at 1700 mg per kilo sets the jelly. Only the named 4% changes from pouch to pouch, and the analysis is identical.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

85 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

44.4%

Fat

30.6%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

11.1%

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

67.9%

Added water

25.2%

Carbs

2.1%

Oils

1.8%

Other

Pricing & size