Pedigree

Pedigree Tins in Gravy: Mixed Selection 6 x 400g review

Name: Pedigree Tins in Gravy: Mixed Selection 6 x 400g
Brand: Pedigree

36.1/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

The tin most people picture when someone says dog food: soft, gravy covered, in beef, chicken or lamb. The whole range sits in our Average band because the label says so little, with category terms doing almost all the work. Nothing in the tin itself is troubling.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs already eating it happily, with no reason on the label to disturb the routine
A tin you can replace anywhere, corner shop to supermarket
Fussy eaters who go for soft food in gravy
Dogs that leave the water bowl alone: moisture is 80.8% of every tin
Switching between beef, chicken and lamb on the same recipe

Worth watching

Only a small share of the tin is named, with the rest written as meat and animal derivatives
Unnamed cereals and vegetable protein extracts, which rules these tins out of a grain or soya elimination diet
Carbohydrate at an estimated 28.6% of dry matter against 15.8% for the typical adult wet food
Light tins at 84 kcal per 100g, so a bigger dog gets through them fast

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

How this scores

How we score

36.1/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Work out the daily tin count for your dog before ordering a case, since these are lighter than most wet food.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

With Chicken 45.9
Mixed Selection 6 x 400g / 12 x 400g 45.5
With Beef 45.5
Mixed Selection 6 x 400g 36.1

All four Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A label written almost entirely in legal category terms leaves our scoring little to reward on the meat; the score measures how much the label shows, not whether the tin is safe.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesAny warm blooded land animal; the named part is chicken at 4%, or beef or lamb at 2%, each with liver at 4%.
Liver4%Worth having: few things a dog eats carry more nutrition.
CerealsNo grain named. They carry more of the tin than a wet recipe usually asks.
Vegetables, dried carrots0.5%Dried carrots stand in for 4% fresh.
Bakery products, pasta1.1%In the beef tin only, standing in for 4% cooked pasta.
Minerals
Vegetable protein extractsPlant protein pulled out and added back, so part of the protein figure is plant.
Derivatives of vegetable originIncludes dried beet pulp at 0.5%.

Vitamin D3, vitamin E and five trace minerals, each with a printed dose per kilo.

Three recipes in one pack, so chicken, beef and lamb are all in the case.

Named ingredients

With Chicken and Carrots: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including Chicken 4% and Liver 4%), Cereals, Vegetables (including Dried Carrots 0.5%, equivalent to Carrots 4%), Minerals, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (including Dried Beet Pulp 0.5%) *95% Natural, With Beef and Liver Mix, Carrots and Pasta: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including a Mix of Beef 2% and Liver 4%), Cereals, Bakery Products (including Pasta 1.1%, equivalent to Cooked Pasta 4%), Vegetables (including Dried Carrots 0.5%, equivalent to Carrots 4%), Minerals, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (including Dried Beet Pulp 0.5%) *95% Natural, With Lamb and Liver Mix and Carrots: Meat and Animal Derivatives* (including a Mix of Lamb 2% and Liver 4%), Cereals, Vegetables (including Dried Carrots 0.5%, equivalent to Carrots 4%), Minerals, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (including Dried Beet Pulp 0.5%) *95% Natural

Against the range

Recipes: Chicken, beef and liver, lamb and liver; The plain selection has the same three; the singles one each
Extras: Dried carrots in all three, pasta in the beef; No carrots or pasta anywhere else
Protein and processing: Poor; Good on the other three

The most decorated selection, and the lowest scoring of the four.

Every tin runs on the same short list: meat and animal derivatives, cereals, minerals, vegetable protein extracts and derivatives of vegetable origin. The named animal is small, chicken at 4% or beef or lamb at 2%, with liver at 4% behind it. The analysis is identical across the range.

What varies is the animal and the packaging. The decorated selection adds dried carrots and, in the beef tin, a little pasta; the plain selection and the two singles carry neither.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

84 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

4.2%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

80.8%

Dry weight

Protein

36.5%

Fat

21.9%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

10.4%

Carbs

28.6%

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.

Carbs

100%

Pricing & size