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Natures Menu Delicious Pate Pouches Senior review

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

75.5/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

An Excellent lamb pate for older dogs that keeps protein high where many senior foods thin it out: 48.2% of dry matter, on a moderate 102 kcal per 100g. Lamb at 40% and chicken at 20% are both weighed on the label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs that still need real protein, since the recipe does not trim it for the word senior
Tired teeth or a fussy jaw; a pate takes no work to eat
Red meat eaters. Lamb heads the recipe at 40%
Two dogs of different ages sharing one shelf, as the pouch is written for adults and older dogs
Owners who like a printed share on every meat

Worth watching

Chicken at 20% inside a lamb-led recipe, so it is no good for a dog avoiding poultry
Nothing for joints in the added panel; keep any joint supplement going
Rice at 4%, which puts it outside a strictly grain-free routine
Not a reduced-calorie recipe, so watch the portion on a dog that is slowing down

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

How this scores

How we score

75.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Portion to the waistline, since at 102 kcal per 100g it will not slim a less active dog on its own.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Natures Menu Delicious Pate Pouches Senior 75.5

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Keeps pace with a strong wet category, on two named meats and an analysis that stays protein-forward where many senior recipes go soft.

What's in it

Lamb40%Easy on most dogs and reliably tasty, which helps when appetite starts to wander.
Rice4%Printed second, ahead of chicken at 20%. The order is odd; the percentages are clear.
Chicken20%Lifts the protein without changing the character. Poultry, for anyone avoiding it.
Peas4%
Carrots4%

Vitamin D3, vitamin E, zinc, manganese and iodine, each with a dose; copper is the one common entry missing, worth a mention to a vet already managing an older dog's minerals.

Named ingredients

Lamb 40%, Rice 4%, Chicken 20%, Peas 4%, Carrots 4%

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

102 kcal/100g

Protein

10.6%

Fat

5.9%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

48.2%

Fat

26.8%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

11.4%

Carbs

11.3%

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

69.3%

Added water

16.8%

Carbs

9.2%

Veg

4.6%

Pricing & size