Pets at Home

Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Light Adult Dry review

Name: Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Light Adult Dry
Brand: Pets at Home

29.9/100Poor

DryAdult

The retailer's own weight-control kibble, and it does the job the classic way: fat held to 5.5%, fibre raised to 4.5%, 322 kcal per 100g. It sits in our Poor band on protein and processing, not on anything risky in the bowl. Cereals lead without naming the grains, and only 4% of the meat is pinned to an animal.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs carrying extra weight
Dogs that grumble through a diet, as the fibre helps a smaller ration feel like a meal
Homes with dogs from toy size up to large on one label
Owners who pick up dog food where they already shop

Worth watching

Cereals lead without naming the grains
Chicken at 4%, with the rest of the 26% unnamed derivatives, so no basis for an elimination plan
Category terms let the ingredients vary between batches

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

How this scores

How we score

29.9/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs from toy to large. On a weight plan, portion to the target weight your vet agrees, not the current one.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Light Adult Dry 29.9

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

A trust question, not a safety one: the food does its light job, but the category label asks you to take more of the bowl on faith.

What's in it

CerealsA category; the grains doing most of the work go unnamed.
Meat and animal derivatives, including chicken26%, chicken 4%Derivatives cover nutritious parts that are not fillet, but the sourcing stays private.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Dried peas1.3%Equal to 4% fresh. The only named vegetable.
Oils and fatsHeld low; this is where the calories come out.
Minerals

A fully dosed panel from vitamin A down to selenium, with methionine topped up at 1,500mg where the base recipe would run short.

Antioxidants are listed with no names given.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives (26% including 4% Chicken), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Vegetables (1.3% Dried Peas, equivalent to 4% Peas), Oils and Fats, Minerals.

Against the range

One light recipe. Fat converts to just 6.0% of dry matter and protein to 26.4%, while estimated carbohydrate reaches 53.9%, the usual shape of a light food that swaps fat for carbohydrate and fibre.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

322 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

Fibre

4.9%

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

53.9%

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

27.3%

Carbs

59.7%

Veg

6.9%

Oils

3.7%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size