McIntyres

McIntyres Puppy Pouches: Lamb & Rice review

Name: McIntyres Puppy Pouches: Lamb & Rice
Brand: McIntyres

38/100Average

WetPuppy

Flavour

A mixed box of four jelly pouches for puppies, sitting in our Average band. The composition names categories where other labels name foods, with only 4% of the meat on the pouch identified. Where the label does commit to a figure it does well: calcium is declared and inside the growth range.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small, simple meals a young dog will clear happily
Big puppies, since calcium is declared at 1.58% of dry matter
Pups who eat better for a change, with beef, chicken, lamb and poultry in one box
100g pouches that open fresh at every meal for small appetites
Owners who like the added nutrients printed with their amounts

Worth watching

Meat and animal derivatives at 39% names no species beyond the 4% on the front
Various sugars on every pouch, there for taste alone
Fish oil in all four, which matters if fish is off the menu
Four meats in one box, so no elimination diet can be run from it

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

How this scores

How we score

38/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Pouches a day change with age and expected adult size, so check the maker's guide as your pup grows.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 38.0
Chicken 38.0
Lamb 38.0
Poultry 38.0

All four Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The label's numbers hold up well, and the score is pulled down by a composition written in categories instead of foods.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives39%A legal category. Beyond the named meat, which animal and which part stays unknown.
Lamb4%Easy to digest and easy to like.
Cereals: rice1.5% uncookedEquivalent to 4% cooked rice.
Oils and fats: fish oil1.0%Omega 3 for brain, coat and joints, and the one ingredient named clearly enough to be sure of.
Minerals
Derivatives of vegetable origin: chicory0.08%Inulin, the prebiotic fibre helpful gut bacteria feed on.
Various sugarsThere for taste. It does no nutritional work.

Vitamin D3, vitamin E, zinc and iodine, each with its amount printed; cassia gum sets the jelly.

Named ingredients

The pack prints a SEPARATE composition for each variety in the box (transcribed from the back-of-pack panel): With Beef & Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (39% including 4% Beef), Cereals (1.5% Uncooked Rice, equivalent to 4% Cooked Rice), Oils and Fats (1.0% Fish Oil), Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Chicken & Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (39% including 4% Chicken), Cereals (1.5% Uncooked Rice, equivalent to 4% Cooked Rice), Oils and Fats (1.0% Fish Oil), Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Lamb & Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (39% including 4% Lamb), Cereals (1.5% Uncooked Rice, equivalent to 4% Cooked Rice), Oils and Fats (1.0% Fish Oil), Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Poultry & Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (39% including 4% Poultry), Cereals (1.5% Uncooked Rice, equivalent to 4% Cooked Rice), Oils and Fats (1.0% Fish Oil), Minerals, 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 (39%), Beef (4%), Cereals, Uncooked Rice (2%), Cooked Rice (4%), Oils And Fats, Fish Oil (1%), Minerals, Derivatives Of Vegetable Origin, Chicory, Various Sugars, Chicken (4%), Lamb (4%), Poultry (4%)

Against the range

Named meat: 4% lamb; 4% beef, chicken or poultry in the others
Rest of the recipe: Rice, fish oil, chicory, sugars; Identical across the box

A welcome change for a puppy that eats poultry at most meals.

All four pouches share one recipe: 39% meat and animal derivatives with 4% of the named meat inside it, rice under the cereals heading, 1.0% fish oil, chicory and various sugars, all set in jelly. Only the named meat changes from pouch to pouch.

The analysis is identical too. Protein converts to 42.1% of dry matter and fat to 36.8%, with carbohydrate estimated at only 8.0%. Calcium is declared at 1.58% of dry matter, inside the range growth needs.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

96 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

42.1%

Fat

36.8%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

10.5%

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

62.5%

Added water

22.8%

Carbs

11.5%

Oils

2.4%

Other

0.8%

Pricing & size