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Nulo Small Breed Wet Food: Chicken with Shrimp review

Name: Nulo Small Breed Wet Food: Chicken with Shrimp
Brand: Nulo

76.8/100Excellent

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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

76.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

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 meat60%The higher of the two meat figures.
Chicken broth
Shrimp4%Shellfish, an unusual note in a wet food.
Chicken liver3%Earns its place in a small quantity.
Sweet potato, carrots, pumpkin
Salmon oilHigher up this list than in the salmon recipe, so fish is here too.
Chicken flavourNo source given.
Minerals, pea starch0.5% pea starch
Apples, spinach, linseed
Inulin, seaweed meal, dried parsley

Vitamins A and E with five trace elements, each printed, copper at 4 mg/kg.

Shrimp is the second animal, so this is the one to skip for a dog with a shellfish reaction.

Named ingredients

Chicken meat (60%), chicken broth, shrimp (4%), chicken liver (3%), sweet potato, carrots, pumpkin, salmon oil, chicken flavour, minerals, pea starch (0.5%), apples, spinach, linseed, inulin, seaweed meal, dried parsley.

Against the range

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

Worth a try for a dog that has lost interest in the more familiar second proteins.

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

73.5%

Added water

19.5%

Carbs

4.1%

Veg

2.3%

Oils

0.4%

Other

0.2%