Nature's Variety

Nature's Variety Paté Adult Medium / Maxi: Chicken review

Name: Nature's Variety Paté Adult Medium / Maxi: Chicken
Brand: Nature's Variety

72.6/100Excellent

WetAdult

Three meats in one smooth paté, chicken at 40%, pork at 20% and beef at 5%, and an Excellent result on our scoring. Protein converts to half the dry matter and starch barely registers. Pork turns up so rarely in dog food that many dogs will not have met it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium, large and giant breeds, the sizes it is drawn up for
Dogs whose protein has real work to do, at 50.0% of dry matter
A cereal-free bowl. Peas and carrots at 2% each are the whole plant side
Bored or fussy eaters, given three meats in one paté
An unsettled gut, with inulin at 0.2% as a prebiotic

Worth watching

Chicken, pork and beef together rule it out as an elimination anchor
Salmon oil puts fish on the label too
No energy figure printed, so serving sizes rest on our estimate

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

How this scores

How we score

72.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of medium build and up. With no energy value on the pack, treat the portion as an opening figure and tune it to your dog.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 72.6

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis earns the grade here: a paté made mostly of animal, held back a little by an unstated energy value and mineral mix.

What's in it

Chicken40%
Pork20%A meat many dogs will not have met.
Beef5%A supporting role, for flavour.
Peas, carrots2% eachFibre and vitamins from the peas, beta-carotene from the carrots. Nothing here fills the pack.
Minerals
Salmon oilThe omega oils, and fish on the label.
Inulin0.2%A prebiotic that feeds the useful bacteria further along the gut.

Vitamins D3 and E, with each trace element printed twice: as the compound and as the element it delivers.

The asterisked natural ingredients are the maker's positioning, not a defined term.

Named ingredients

Chicken* (40%), pork* (20%), beef* (5%), peas* (2%), carrots* (2%), minerals, salmon oil*, inulin* (0.2%). *Natural ingredients.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

99 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

11%

Fat

6.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

29.5%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

11.4%

Carbs

6.8%

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

18.5%

Carbs

Veg

Oils

4.6%

Other

7.9%

Pricing & size