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Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Pate: With Lamb review

Name: Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Pate: With Lamb
Brand: Pets at Home

38.6/100Average

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

38.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

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)60% (lamb 4%)Lamb named, the rest unnamed derivatives.
Minerals
Oils and fatsUnnamed. Fish oil is possible.
Various sugars
Derivatives of vegetable origin

Vitamin D3 at 140 IU and vitamin E at 30 mg, plus zinc, manganese, copper and iodine as sulphates and oxides.

Unnamed derivatives and fats mean this cannot be treated as a lamb-only recipe.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Named animal: Lamb, 4%; Chicken on its sibling; both on the case.
Energy: Estimated; Declared only on the case.

Lamb turns up less often on the shelf, so this is a reasonable one to try with a dog that has eaten plenty of chicken.

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

82.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

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

46%

Added water

16%

Carbs

15.9%

Oils

8.3%

Other

13.8%

Pricing & size