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Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Pate: Variety Selection review

Name: Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Pate: Variety Selection
Brand: Pets at Home

39.7/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

The smoothest wet food this maker sells, in lamb, chicken or a case that alternates the two, and it sits in our Average band. The animal block is declared at 60%, a big number for a label written this simply, though only 4% of it is named. Protein converts to 47.4% of dry matter and carbohydrate comes in under the wet norm.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that struggle with chunks and do better on a smooth, soft pate
A meat-forward analysis: 47.4% protein and 26.3% fat in dry matter
Dogs that do better on less carbohydrate, estimated at 13.2% of dry matter against 15.8% typical
Toy breeds through to large dogs, all fed from the same recipe
Swapping between lamb and chicken while staying on one recipe

Worth watching

Only 4% tied to a named animal. The rest of the 60% is meat and animal derivatives
Oils and fats unnamed, so fish cannot be ruled out
Various sugars on every label, with no source given

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

How this scores

How we score

39.7/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs from toy to large. Portions run big, as with any wet food, so check the daily amount against your dog's size before ordering a case.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Variety Selection 39.7
With Chicken 38.6
With Lamb 38.6

All three Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A well built food described badly: the analysis is strong, and it is the thin naming on the animal side that holds every pack back.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (including lamb or chicken)60% (4% named)A big animal block. The term still covers any warm-blooded land animal, so the balance cannot be pinned down.
Minerals
Oils and fatsAny oil or fat from any plant or animal, so fish oil is possible on a label that never mentions fish.
Various sugarsFor palatability, no source given.
Derivatives of vegetable originLast, so a small amount.

A short, dosed panel: vitamin D3 at 140 IU and vitamin E at 30 mg, with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine each printed.

Twelve 150g packs alternating lamb and chicken, so a dog eating it gets both animals.

Named ingredients

LAMB: Meat and Animal Derivatives (60% including 4% Lamb), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Various Sugars, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin.CHICKEN: Meat and Animal Derivatives (60% including 4% Chicken), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Various Sugars, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin.

Against the range

Named animal: Lamb and chicken, alternating; The singles name one each.
Energy: 82 kcal per 100g, declared; The singles print none; 83 is our estimate.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.58%; Not declared on the singles.

The best documented pack in the range, and the only one with a calcium figure.

Every pack has the same five-line label: meat and animal derivatives at 60%, with 4% named as lamb or chicken, then minerals, oils and fats, various sugars and derivatives of vegetable origin. Neither the fats nor the sugars carry a source.

The analysis is identical across the range: protein 47.4% and fat 26.3% of dry matter, carbohydrate an estimated 13.2%. What varies is the named animal, the pack size, and whether the energy and calcium figures are printed. Only the variety case declares both.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

82 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

47.4%

Fat

26.3%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

10.5%

Carbs

13.2%

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.

Meat

49.1%

Added water

16%

Carbs

11.3%

Oils

8.8%

Other

14.7%

Pricing & size