Pedigree

Pedigree Pouches in Jelly: Chicken 3 x 100g review

Name: Pedigree Pouches in Jelly: Chicken 3 x 100g
Brand: Pedigree

48.5/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

An everyday jelly pouch where the chunk makes up a bigger share than usual, and both packs land in our Average band. The analysis flatters the list: protein converts to 50.0% of dry matter, yet much of the animal content goes unnamed and some of that protein began as a plant.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that come down firmly on the side of jelly
One meal from one pouch, 100g at a time
Holding a steady weight, at 77 kcal per 100g against 97 for typical adult wet food
Lighter on starch: estimated carbohydrate is 12.3% of dry matter
A dog who never quite drinks enough, with moisture at 83.0%

Worth watching

Most of the animal content listed only as meat and animal derivatives
Vegetable protein extracts high on the list
Pork liver in every recipe, so no pouch suits a dog kept off pork
Unnamed cereals, out of reach for a grain elimination plan

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

How this scores

How we score

48.5/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The label asks 700 grams a day for a 10kg dog, so count the pouches before buying a box.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 3 x 100g 48.5
Mixed Selection 80/40/12 x 100g 46.3

All two Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis is genuinely lean and low in starch; what holds both packs back is that neither says where most of its animal content comes from.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesA category term; what sits inside can be good material or plain.
Chicken, in the chunk14%The one named meat.
Pork liver, in the chunk9%Vitamin A, copper and B vitamins.
CerealsUnnamed.
Vegetable protein extractsCounts towards the protein figure, but nutritionally weaker for a dog than meat protein.
MineralsWhy ash reaches 10.6% of dry matter.
Dried beet pulp0.5%Helps firm up a stool.
Yeast (mannan-oligosaccharides)0.1%A real prebiotic at a token level.

A panel dosed to the milligram: vitamins D3 and E with copper, iodine, iron, manganese and zinc, plus cassia gum to set the jelly.

Cassia gum at 2100 mg per kilo sets the jelly, an additive some owners choose to avoid.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including Chicken 14% and Pork Liver 9% in the Chunk), Cereals, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (Dried Beet Pulp 0.5%), Yeast (Mannan-Oligosaccharides 0.1%), *95% Natural, Chunk typically 48% of the product

Against the range

Recipes: Chicken only; Four recipes in the mixed pack.
Named meat: Chicken 14%; Beef 6%, chicken and poultry 14%, whitefish 6%.
Pack: Three pouches; 12, 40 and 80 pouch boxes.

A small enough pack to find out whether your dog likes jelly before you commit to a box.

Every pouch sets a chunk, typically 48% of the pouch, in jelly. The chunk is built on meat and animal derivatives, with the named meat pinned down inside it and pork liver at 9% in every recipe. Cereals and vegetable protein extracts follow, both umbrella terms free to shift between batches.

Dried beet pulp at 0.5% and mannan-oligosaccharides at 0.1% are the named extras, and cassia gum at 2100 mg per kilo sets the jelly. The same analysis is printed on every pack.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

77 kcal/100g

Protein

8.5%

Fat

4.2%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

1.8%

Moisture

83%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

24.7%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

10.6%

Carbs

12.3%

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.

Other

100%

Pricing & size