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Natures Menu Delicious Pate Pouches Puppy review

Name: Natures Menu Delicious Pate Pouches Puppy
Brand: Natures Menu

73.4/100Excellent

WetPuppy

A puppy pate with about as short a label as wet food gets, in our Excellent band. Chicken and lamb make up the meat, rice at 2% is the only other ingredient, and protein converts to 48.2% of dry matter. The short label also leaves calcium unanswered.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups who do well on poultry and red meat together
A high-protein wet food, at 48.2% of dry matter
A leaner bowl: fat at 26.8% of dry matter and a declared 104 kcal per 100g
Wet as the main meal, with 78% moisture keeping fluid intake up
Fussy eaters, since a smooth pate leaves nothing to pick around

Worth watching

Chicken and lamb together, so no single-protein plan
Rice at 2%, enough to keep it off a grain-free plan
A fast-growing pup will work through a fair few pouches

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

How this scores

How we score

73.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Start from the guide for age and expected adult weight, and for a pup that will grow big, ask Natures Menu for the calcium figure first.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Natures Menu Delicious Pate Pouches Puppy 73.4

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Competing in a strong category, it is lifted by a protein reading few wet foods reach and a label that is almost nothing but meat.

What's in it

Chicken48%Still the larger share, for a pup who finds chicken rich.
Lamb20%Red meat that broadens the amino acid and mineral picture.
Rice2%The only carbohydrate named.

A short panel per kilo: vitamins D3 and E with zinc, manganese and iodine.

No calcium figure is published. For a large-breed pup, ask Natures Menu for it.

Named ingredients

Chicken 48%, Lamb 20%, Rice 2%

Against the range

One smooth puppy pate with a three-ingredient label: chicken at 48%, lamb at 20% and rice at 2%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

104 kcal/100g

Protein

10.6%

Fat

5.9%

Fibre

0.3%

Ash

2.2%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

48.2%

Fat

26.8%

Fibre

1.4%

Ash

10%

Carbs

13.6%

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

79.7%

Added water

18%

Carbs

2.3%

Pricing & size