Orygo

Orygo Senior Pate review

Name: Orygo Senior Pate
Brand: Orygo

82.2/100Outstanding

WetAdultSenior

An Outstanding senior can where fresh chicken, white fish and chicken liver make up 90% of the recipe, each itemised. Protein reaches 49.0% of dry matter, the strongest across the Orygo pâtés. A full trace mineral declaration is on the label, which most wet food skips.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Seniors that still enjoy their food, on protein worth chewing
A slowed digestion. Lentils and beet fibre lift crude fibre to 8.1% of dry matter
Owners who want every trace mineral printed, iron at 87 mg/kg through to iodine
Holding weight on smaller meals, at 127 kcal per 100g against 97 for a typical wet food
Dogs whose drinking has tailed off; moisture is 75.3%
Fish in the bowl without a fish-only recipe

Worth watching

The white fish has no species, so a strict avoidance list cannot tick it off
Chicken leads and the liver is chicken too, so not for a chicken-intolerant dog
Fish appears twice, once as white fish and again as trout oil
Calcium at 1.21% of dry matter, generous for an older dog on a mineral-restricted plan

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

How this scores

How we score

82.2/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. A 15kg dog needs well over a can a day, so check the portion against your dog's weight before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Orygo Senior Pate 82.2

All one Outstanding. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Goes past the wet-food middle on ordinary, honest grounds: nine tenths named animal, each with a share, and protein at 49.0% of dry matter.

What's in it

Fresh chicken55%The backbone; in wet food this takes in organ and connective tissue too.
Fresh white fish30%A real second pillar, lighter protein and marine oils. Species not given.
Chicken liver5%Vitamin A, copper and B vitamins.
Lentils4%Fibre and plant protein, slower to release starch; they help a senior feel full.
TapiocaA binder, and plainly not much of it.
Beet fibre
Orygoformula: yeast products, turmeric, olive oil, inulin, chicory pulp, quinoa2.6%Proper prebiotics, though not a dose to rely on.
Herbs, fruit extracts, milk thistle, aloe vera, egg membrane
Trout oil500 mg/kgFish a second time.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, zinc, manganese, copper and iodine, every one with a figure.

Estimated carbohydrate comes out at zero: little room is left for starch, though the can is not literally starch-free.

Named ingredients

90% Fresh Meat and Fish (55% Fresh Chicken, 30% Fresh White Fish, 5% Chicken Liver), Lentils 4%, Tapioca, Beet Fibre, Orygoformula 2.6% (Products Resulting from Yeast Fermentation, S. Cerevisiae, Turmeric Longa, Olive Oil, Inulin, Chicory Pulp, Sage, Quinoa, Mint, Fennel, Yucca Mojave, Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, Valerian, Cranberry Extract, Pomegranate Extract, Milk Thistle, Liquorice, Aloe Vera Without Aloin, Extract Artichoke, Prooil, Egg Membrane, Trout Oil 500 mg/kg).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

127.3 kcal/100g

Protein

12.1%

Fat

8.9%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

75.3%

Dry weight

Protein

49%

Fat

36%

Fibre

8.1%

Ash

8.1%

Carbs

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

92.6%

Added water

Carbs

Other

0.3%

Pricing & size