Pedigree

Pedigree Junior Puppy Pouches in Jelly review

Name: Pedigree Junior Puppy Pouches in Jelly
Brand: Pedigree

44.5/100Average

WetPuppy

The supermarket staple of puppy wet food lands in our Average band, and the analysis is stronger than the label wording suggests. Protein converts to 45.9% of dry matter and carbohydrate to only 9.2%, a meaty shape for a pouch. Most of the recipe, though, is written in legal categories, with only the chunk inclusions named.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Fussy pups or pups off their food. Jelly chunks are an easy sell
Rotation across four flavours in the same box
A meat-led bowl, with carbohydrate at 9.2% of dry matter
Portions ready measured in 100g pouches
Pups new to pork, since pork liver at 8% is in every recipe

Worth watching

Most of the meat is a category, so an exclusion plan cannot run on these pouches
Calcium at 1.95% of dry matter, above where large-breed growth plans normally sit
Energy at 89 kcal per 100g against 106 typical, so bowls need to be fuller
Cassia gum at 1900mg per kilo as the jelly thickener

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

How this scores

How we score

44.5/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a pup heading to a big frame, the calcium figure is the one to weigh up before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Pedigree Junior Puppy Pouches in Jelly 44.5

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The gap to the top of the puppy wet field is about naming, and the nutrition itself does well for its class.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesThe chunk holds beef or lamb at 6%, or chicken or poultry at 14%, with pork liver at 8%. The rest is unnamed.
Cereals, including rice flour1.1%Equivalent to 4% cooked rice; the other cereals are not named.
Minerals
Fish and fish derivativesNo species given.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Oils and fats
Vegetable protein extractsPlant protein does less for a dog than animal protein, and the source is not given.
YeastSupplies mannan-oligosaccharides at 0.1% for the gut flora.

Vitamin D3, vitamin E and five trace minerals as sulphates and iodate, with cassia gum at 1900mg per kilo setting the jelly.

In the beef and lamb pouches, pork liver at 8% outweighs the meat named on the front.

Calcium converts to 1.95% of dry matter, higher than large-breed growth plans normally run.

Named ingredients

With Beef and Liver Mix and Rice: Meat and Animal Derivatives^ (including a Mix of Beef 6% and Pork Liver 8% in the Chunk), Cereals (including Rice Flour 1.1%, Equivalent to Cooked Rice 4%), Minerals, Fish and Fish Derivatives, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), With Chicken and Rice: Meat and Animal Derivatives^ (including Chicken 14% and Pork Liver 8% in The Chunk), Cereals (including Rice Flour 1.1%, Equivalent to Cooked Rice 4%), Minerals, Fish and Fish Derivatives, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), With Lamb and Liver Mix and Rice: Meat and Animal Derivatives^ (including a Mix of Lamb 6% and Pork Liver 8% in the Chunk), Cereals (including Rice Flour 1.1%, Equivalent to Cooked Rice 4%), Minerals, Fish and Fish Derivatives, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), With Poultry and Rice: Meat and Animal Derivatives^ (including Poultry 14% and Pork Liver 8% in The Chunk), Cereals (including Rice Flour 1.1% Equivalent to Cooked Rice 4%), Minerals, Fish and Fish Derivatives, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), ^91% Natural, Chunk typically 54% of the product, With Beef and Liver Mix and Rice: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including a Mix of Beef 6% and Pork Liver 8% in the Chunk), Cereals (including Rice Flour 1.1%, Equivalent to Cooked Rice 4%), Minerals, Fish and Fish Derivatives, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), With Chicken and Rice: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including Chicken 14% and Pork Liver 8% in the Chunk), Cereals (including Rice Flour 1.1%, Equivalent to Cooked Rice 4%), Minerals, Fish and Fish Derivatives, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), With Lamb and Liver Mix and Rice: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including a Mix of Lamb 6% and Pork Liver 8% in the Chunk), Cereals (including Rice Flour 1.1%, Equivalent to Cooked Rice 4%), Minerals, Fish and Fish Derivatives, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), With Poultry and Rice: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including Poultry 14% and Pork Liver 8% in the Chunk), Cereals (including Rice Flour 1.1%, Equivalent to Cooked Rice 4%), Minerals, Fish and Fish Derivatives, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), *91% Natural, Chunk typically 54% of the product

Against the range

One listing covering four flavours in a box: beef, chicken, lamb and poultry, each in jelly with rice. The construction is identical across them. Only the named meat inside the chunk changes, at 6% for beef and lamb or 14% for chicken and poultry, always alongside pork liver at 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

89 kcal/100g

Protein

8.5%

Fat

5.7%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

2.2%

Moisture

81.5%

Dry weight

Protein

45.9%

Fat

30.8%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

11.9%

Carbs

9.2%

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.

Other

100%

Pricing & size