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Nulo Land & Sea Pate: Chicken with Halibut review

Name: Nulo Land & Sea Pate: Chicken with Halibut
Brand: Nulo

75.1/100Excellent

WetPuppyAdult

Flavour

Two smooth pates that pair a land animal with a fish, both genuinely meat led and both in our Excellent band. Protein converts to 47.5% and 50.0% of dry matter. The name on the front tells only part of the story, so read the list before choosing.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that thrive on a high-protein bowl
Owners cutting starch right back. Carbohydrate is 2.5% and 2.6% of dry matter, where 15.8% is typical of adult wet food
Dogs of different ages in one home, both recipes being listed from puppy to old age
Fussy eaters: stir it through a dry meal or serve it on its own
Owners after marine omega 3 from salmon, halibut or tuna

Worth watching

Beef with Salmon is really beef and chicken, with the named salmon at 4%
Chicken flavour and fish in both, so neither can anchor a single-protein trial
Broth makes up a large share, worth holding in mind when comparing meat percentages between brands

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

How this scores

How we score

75.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. A dog avoiding chicken has no recipe here, so check the full list rather than the front of the pack.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 75.1
Beef 73.9

All two Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Chicken with Halibut is a shade ahead of the Beef with Salmon, with nutritional balance reading Outstanding on both.

What's in it

Chicken meat59%One land animal, carrying most of the recipe.
Chicken broth
Halibut4%Named on the front, small on the list.
TunaA second fish, unquantified.
Pumpkin, pea flourBinding for the pate.
Minerals, chicken flavour
Linseed, inulin, seaweed meal, parsleyPlant omega 3 and fibre, prebiotic inulin, iodine from the seaweed.

Vitamins A and E with doses printed, and copper, iodine, manganese, zinc and iron on a separate trace-element panel with a figure each.

Named ingredients

Chicken meat (59%), chicken broth, halibut (4%), tuna, pumpkin, pea flour, minerals, chicken flavour, linseed, inulin, seaweed meal, parsley.

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 59%, halibut 4%, tuna; The Beef with Salmon splits beef and chicken.
Protein, dry matter: 50.0%; 47.5% on the Beef with Salmon.
Energy: 94 kcal per 100g; 103 on the other.
Salmon oil: None; Only the Beef with Salmon adds it.

The more single-minded of the two on the land side, and the higher protein reading.

Both recipes lead on named animals with percentages against the headline meats, and each carries a named broth that makes the pate spreadable. The plant side is slight: pumpkin and pea flour, then linseed, inulin, seaweed meal and parsley.

Chicken flavour and a fish sit in both. Moisture reads 80.0% and 81.0%, and carbohydrate converts to 2.5% and 2.6% of dry matter, about as low as a wet recipe goes.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

94 kcal/100g

Protein

9.5%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

31.6%

Fibre

5.3%

Ash

10.5%

Carbs

2.6%

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

70.1%

Added water

22.2%

Carbs

1.4%

Veg

1.5%

Other

4.7%

Pricing & size