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Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Puppy Meaty Selection in Jelly review

Name: Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Puppy Meaty Selection in Jelly
Brand: Pets at Home

42.6/100Average

WetPuppy

A puppy selection in jelly that sits in our Average band, while the typical wet puppy tray reaches Excellent. Once the 82.0% moisture is taken out, protein reads a fair 44.4% of dry matter. The trouble is the label: four broad headings, added sugar and a gum to set the jelly.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies who leave a gravy tray but clear a jelly one
Chicken, turkey and beef in a single box
Young dogs that drink too little, with moisture at 82.0%
Toy and small pups, whose growth calcium at 1.67% of dry matter suits

Worth watching

Cassia gum at 2700mg per kilogram, a thickener we would rather not see in a young dog's daily food
Various sugars in every recipe
Only 4% of the 38% animal share named, and no grain named behind the cereal heading

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

How this scores

How we score

42.6/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies from toy to large. Calcium at 1.67% of dry matter runs beyond what large-breed rearing plans around, so check that against the size your pup will finish at.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Pets at Home Complete Nutrition Puppy Meaty Selection in Jelly 42.6

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The dry matter figures behind the water are perfectly decent; a label of four headings, with sugar and gum, is what holds it down.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives38%Only 4% is named: chicken, turkey or beef, by tray. The rest is a legal category with nothing to say what is in it.
CerealsIncludes 1.6% dried rice, equal to 4% rice. The rest of the grain goes unnamed.
Minerals
Various sugarsThere to tempt, which a puppy rarely needs.

Vitamin D3 and E with iron, zinc, manganese, iodine and copper, plus cassia gum at 2700mg per kilogram to set the jelly.

Cassia gum sets the jelly in a food a pup eats twice a day.

Three meats in one box, so no help with an exclusion diet.

Named ingredients

With Chicken and Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (38%, including 4% Chicken), Cereals (including 1.6% Dried Rice equivalent to 4% Rice), Minerals, Various Sugars. With Turkey and Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (38%, including 4% Turkey), Cereals (including 1.6% Dried Rice equivalent to 4% Rice), Minerals, Various Sugars. With Beef and Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (38%, including 4% Beef), Cereals (including 1.6% Dried Rice equivalent to 4% Rice), Minerals, Various Sugars.

Against the range

One box, three trays, one formula: meat and animal derivatives at 38% with 4% named as chicken, turkey or beef, then a cereal heading with a little rice, minerals and various sugars. Cassia gum sets the jelly. The named meat is the only thing that changes.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

75 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

44.4%

Fat

27.8%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

13.9%

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

100%

Pricing & size