Pedigree

Pedigree Pouches in Gravy: Poultry Selection 12 x 100g review

Name: Pedigree Pouches in Gravy: Poultry Selection 12 x 100g
Brand: Pedigree

49.4/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

Pedigree's 100g gravy pouches, sold as a single pack and three selection boxes, across our Average and Good bands. The pouches are light, soft and easy to portion. The added panel is dosed precisely while the food itself is described in legal categories, so a reaction cannot be traced back to an ingredient.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Fussy eaters: a gravy pouch tempts a dog who turns away from a plain loaf
Dogs that need to stay light, at 75 kcal per 100g where typical adult wet food runs at 97
No waste. A pouch is opened and finished in one go
Dogs that drink too little, with moisture at 83.0%
A dog who likes change, since the boxes rotate four recipes on one build

Worth watching

Meat and animal derivatives plus vegetable protein extracts, so not all the protein is pinned to a named animal
Unnamed cereals that rule out a grain elimination plan
Carbohydrate at 24.0% of dry matter, well above the 15.8% typical for adult wet food

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

How this scores

How we score

49.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Adult dogs of all sizes. The label runs 700 to 800 grams a day for a 10kg dog, so count how many pouches a day that means before buying the box.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Farmers Selection 40 x 100g 54.2
Mixed Selection 80/40/12 x 100g 54.2
Poultry Selection 12 x 100g 49.4
Beef 47.4

Four recipes across Good and Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

One analysis across four packs, separated only by protein and processing: the farmers and mixed boxes a step ahead of the poultry box and the single beef pack.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives, in a chunk typically 42% of the pouch: chicken, duck, turkey or poultry14% eachA legal category. The poultry pouch leaves the species open.
Pork liver, in the chunk9.6%Nailed down, and useful for vitamin A, B12 and copper.
CerealsUnnamed, so no use for a grain elimination plan.
Vegetable protein extractsPlant protein of unstated origin, weaker for a dog than animal protein.
Dried beet pulp0.5%The one named fibre.
Minerals
Yeast (mannan-oligosaccharides)0.1%A real prebiotic, at a share that is a nod.
Apple powder0.01%There for the list more than the dog.
Sweet potato powder0.01%

Vitamin D3 and E with copper, iodine, iron, manganese and zinc, properly dosed per kilo.

One of the four pouches names only poultry, so a household avoiding one bird still has a gap.

Named ingredients

With Chicken and Vegetables: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including Chicken 14% and Pork Liver 9.6% in the Chunk), Cereals, Vegetables (including Dried Carrot and Pea Mix 0.8%, Equivalent to Carrot and Pea Mix 4%, Sweet Potato Powder 0.01%), Vegetable Protein Extracts, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (Dried Beet Pulp 0.5%), Minerals, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), Fruit (Apple Powder 0.01%) *96% Natural Chunk typically 42% of the product, With Duck: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including Duck 14% and Pork Liver 9.6% in the Chunk), Cereals, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (Dried Beet Pulp 0.5%), Minerals, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), Fruit (Apple Powder 0.01%), Vegetables (Sweet Potato Powder 0.01%) *96% Natural Chunk typically 42% of the product, With Poultry: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including Poultry 14% and Pork Liver 9.6% in the Chunk), Cereals, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (Dried Beet Pulp 0.5%), Minerals, Yeast (Mannan Oligosaccharides 0.1%), Fruit (Apple Powder 0.01%), Vegetables (Sweet Potato Powder 0.01%) *96% Natural Chunk typically 42% of the product, With Turkey and Carrots: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including Turkey 14% and Pork Liver 9.6% in the Chunk*"), Cereals, Vegetables (including Dried Carrots 0.6%, Equivalent to Carrots 4%, Sweet Potato Powder 0.01%), Vegetable Protein Extracts, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (Dried Beet Pulp 0.5%), Minerals, Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), Fruit (Apple Powder 0.01%) *96% Natural Chunk typically 42% of the product

Against the range

Named meat: A bird at 14% in every pouch; Mixes at 6% or 7% in the other packs
Protein and processing: Poor; Good on the farmers and mixed selections
Transparency: Outstanding; Good on the two larger boxes

The most consistent label of the four, though it scores level with the beef and liver pack.

Every pouch is built the same way. The chunk, typically 42% of the pouch, is meat and animal derivatives with pork liver at 9.6%. One or two animals are named inside it: 14% where a recipe names one meat, 6% or 7% where it names a mix. Unnamed cereals, vegetable protein extracts and gravy make up the rest.

All four packs share one analysis: protein at 41.2% of dry matter, fat at 22.4% and estimated carbohydrate at 24.0%, with moisture at 83.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

75 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

3.8%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

1.7%

Moisture

83%

Dry weight

Protein

41.2%

Fat

22.4%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

10%

Carbs

24%

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.

Veg

100%

Pricing & size