Nature's Variety

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

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

71.6/100Excellent

WetAdult

A single land animal on a very short list, and it sits in our Excellent band. Chicken makes up 66% of the paté, and the label breaks that open: 15% is meat and the rest is other parts of the same bird. Carrots, peas, minerals, a vegetal broth and salmon oil are the only other entries.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs being narrowed onto poultry. Chicken is the only land animal on the label
Medium, large and giant breeds
Owners who like to read a whole composition in one breath
Volume without richness, with fat at a moderate 26.0% of dry matter
Grain-free households: not one entry is a cereal

Worth watching

Salmon oil closes the list, so fish is in the recipe
The dehydrated vegetal broth never says which vegetables it came from
A light paté at an estimated 86 kcal per 100g, so a big dog needs a lot of it

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

How this scores

How we score

71.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of medium build and larger. The label's own feeding guide is far lighter than this energy level supports as a whole diet, so start from our estimate and adjust by condition.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 71.6

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The discipline of the list earns the score, and the unnamed broth and missing energy declaration are all that stop the label telling you everything.

What's in it

Chicken66%Including 15% meat; the balance is other parts of the same bird, which carry nutrition muscle does not.
Carrots2%
Peas2%Whole and unrefined, like the carrots.
Minerals
Dehydrated vegetal brothThe loose thread: a broad vegetable term whose contents can change between batches.
Salmon oilLeaves fish in a recipe sold as monoprotein.

Vitamins D3 and E with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine, each printed as both the compound and the element it delivers.

Named ingredients

Chicken* (66%) (including meat 15%), carrots* (2%), peas* (2%), minerals, dehydrated vegetal broth, salmon oil. *Natural ingredients.

Against the range

One chicken paté on a six-entry list, with no cereal anywhere. Moisture is declared at 80.0%, and protein converts to 51.0% of dry matter with estimated carbohydrate at 9.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

86.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10.2%

Fat

5.2%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

2.4%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

51%

Fat

26%

Fibre

Ash

12%

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

66%

Added water

23.6%

Carbs

Veg

Oils

1.7%

Other

4.7%

Pricing & size