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My Pet Says Grain Free Small Breed: Chicken, Sweet Potato & Herb review

Name: My Pet Says Grain Free Small Breed: Chicken, Sweet Potato & Herb
Brand: My Pet Says

71/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free small breed kibble where most of every bowl comes from a named animal, and the dried meat figure printed on each label shows how much survives the oven. The chicken and the salmon reach our Excellent band, with the duck and the lamb just behind in Good. The flavour is the real decision.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adults whose owners want most of the bowl from a named animal
A little dog that does better without cereal
Rotating flavours, since only the animal changes
A delicate stomach, with beet pulp, FOS and MOS in each recipe
One dog in the house that reacts to chicken: the other three contain none

Worth watching

Fish right through the salmon with trout recipe, salmon oil included
No named source for the omega 3 supplement, a gap in a strict exclusion diet
Energy dense kibbles, from 367 to 376 kcal per 100g, so weigh portions out

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

How this scores

How we score

71/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and aimed at small breeds. The labels start at 25 grams a day for the very littlest, so work from the table on the bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 71.0
Salmon 70.7
Duck 68.2
Lamb 65.7

Four recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Very little daylight between the four, so choose on the animal and not on the ranking.

What's in it

Freshly prepared chicken27%Mostly water, which the oven drives off.
Dried chicken, chicken stock26%, 2%The dried figure tells you how much animal reaches the kibble.
Sweet potato26%Does the binding.
Peas7%
Beet pulp, potatoBeet pulp for fibre.
Linseed, omega 3 supplementPlant omega 3, and a supplement with no named source.
Minerals, vitamins, vegetable stock
Marjoram, basil, oregano, sage, thyme, parsleyA herb blend at trace level.
FOS, MOS96 mg/kg, 24 mg/kgPrebiotics.

Zinc, iron, manganese and iodine as sulphates and iodate, each printed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Chicken 55% (including Freshly Prepared Chicken 27%, Dried Chicken 26% & Chicken Stock 2%), Sweet Potato (26%), Peas (7%), Beet Pulp, Potato, Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Vitamins, Vegetable Stock, Marjoram, Basil, Oregano, Sage, Thyme, Parsley, FOS (96 mg/kg), MOS (24 mg/kg). Vitamins: Vitamin A 15,000 IU, Vitamin D3 2,000 IU, Vitamin E 95 IU. Trace Elements: Zinc (Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) 50mg, Iron (Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate) 50mg, Manganese (Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate) 35mg, Iodine (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 1mg.

Against the range

Meat: 55%: 27% fresh, 26% dried; 50% to 53% on the others.
Protein, as fed: 29%; Highest; 26% on the duck and lamb.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 39.2%; Leanest; up to 43.4% on the lamb.

The biggest meat declaration and the top score of the four.

One recipe built four times with a different animal: chicken, duck, lamb, and salmon with trout, declared between 50% and 55%, each with its fresh and dried figures printed. Sweet potato does the binding, with peas, potato and beet pulp behind it and no cereal in any of them.

Linseed, an unnamed omega 3 supplement and the same two prebiotics are on every label. The mineral panels differ slightly, and calcium runs from 1.09% of dry matter on the fish to 2.17% on the duck and the lamb.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

371 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

15%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

39.2%

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

29%

Added water

26.4%

Carbs

41.6%

Other

Pricing & size