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Nulo Small Breed Wet Food: Chicken with Salmon & Pumpkin review

Name: Nulo Small Breed Wet Food: Chicken with Salmon & Pumpkin
Brand: Nulo

77.3/100Excellent

WetPuppyAdult

Flavour

Small-breed wet food in 79 g pots, both recipes in our Excellent band. Chicken meat makes up 59% or 60% of the recipe, with salmon or shrimp at 4% as the second animal. The analysis is meat heavy and starch light, built so that every gram in a small bowl counts.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs, the size the range is built for
Owners checking how much animal is in there, with chicken meat printed
Dogs that do badly on starch
Puppies, adults and seniors in one home
Picky eaters with modest appetites. At 116 kcal per 100g a small serving goes further

Worth watching

Chicken and fish run through both lists, so neither works as an elimination diet
Chicken flavour never says what it is made from
A larger dog would work through several pots at one meal

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

How this scores

How we score

77.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small dogs at every life stage. The label's guide asks 156 grams a day for a 2kg dog, so work out how many pots that is before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 77.3
Chicken 76.8

All two Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The two sit so close on our scoring that quality does not separate them, so pick on your dog's taste.

What's in it

Chicken meat59%
Chicken brothSecond on the list, so still chicken.
Salmon, pumpkin4% eachDeclared near the top, not trailing the list.
Chicken liverAbout as nutrient dense as animal food gets.
Sweet potato, carrots
Chicken flavourThe one entry that never says what it is drawn from.
Minerals, pea starch0.5% pea starch
Apples, spinach
Salmon oil, linseedThe omega 3 sources.
Inulin, seaweed meal, dried parsleyInulin feeds gut bacteria; seaweed brings iodine.

Vitamins A and E with five trace elements, each printed, copper at 2 mg/kg.

Named ingredients

Chicken meat (59%), chicken broth, salmon (4%), pumpkin (4%), chicken liver, sweet potato, carrots, chicken flavour, minerals, pea starch (0.5%), apples, spinach, salmon oil, linseed, inulin, seaweed meal, dried parsley.

Against the range

Chicken meat: 59%; 60% in the shrimp recipe.
Second animal: Salmon 4%; Shrimp 4% in the other.
Copper: 2 mg/kg; 4 mg/kg in the shrimp recipe.

The one for a dog that likes an oily fish note in the bowl.

Chicken meat leads both pots, at 59% and 60%, with chicken broth second, so most of each serving is chicken in one form or another. Chicken liver, salmon oil, linseed, inulin and seaweed meal appear on both lists. The plant side is slight: sweet potato, carrots, pumpkin, apples and spinach in small amounts, with pea starch capped at 0.5%. The analysis is identical, protein converting to 47.7% of dry matter and carbohydrate to an estimated 2.3%. The second animal is what varies, salmon in one and shrimp in the other.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

116 kcal/100g

Protein

10.5%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

47.7%

Fat

36.4%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

2.3%

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

72.7%

Added water

19.5%

Carbs

2.5%

Veg

Other

0.3%

Pricing & size