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Pets Pantry by HiLife Pouches in Gravy: Favourite Chunks review

Name: Pets Pantry by HiLife Pouches in Gravy: Favourite Chunks
Brand: HiLife

41.5/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

An everyday chunks-in-gravy pouch from HiLife that lands in our Average band. Each label pins one meat down at 4% and leaves the rest to category terms that can change between batches without the wording moving. The analysis itself is sound enough; it is how little the recipe says that holds the score back.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Multi-dog homes buying by the case, 48 pouches at a time
Dogs that like chunks in gravy over a smooth loaf
Adults with a healthy appetite. At 71 kcal per 100g the daily bowlful is a big one
A dog that copes badly with fatty food, as fat is declared at 2.5%
Keeping one recipe on the shelf: the boxes differ only in the named meat

Worth watching

Meat and animal derivatives leads every list, so beyond the named 4% the animals and their shares are unknown
Various sugars close both labels
Unnamed cereals, with estimated carbohydrate at 34.5% of dry matter against 15.8% for a typical adult wet food
Not one for an elimination diet: the named meat sits inside an undescribed animal mix

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

How this scores

How we score

41.5/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. Check the daily serve against your dog's size first, as these light pouches need a lot of them to make a day's food.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Favourite Chunks 41.5
Meaty Chunks 41.4

All two Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The two boxes score as one, held back by the umbrella terms on the label and by nothing worrying inside the pouch.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (including chicken or beef)4%The 4% is the named meat only; the wider entry can be any land animal in any proportion.
CerealsGrain unnamed.
Derivatives of vegetable originAlmost anything got from a plant.
Minerals
Oils and fatsSource not given.
Various sugarsThere for taste; nothing in it for the dog nutritionally.

Vitamins A and E with copper, iodine, iron, manganese and zinc, each dosed per kilo; a few printed units carry typing slips.

The box holds a chicken recipe and a beef recipe, so it suits a dog that goes for beef.

Named ingredients

Chunks with Chicken: Meat & animal derivatives (including chicken 4%) cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, oils & fats, various sugars. Chunks with Beef: Meat & animal derivatives (including beef 4%), cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, oils & fats, various sugars.

Against the range

Named meats: Chicken and beef; Meaty Chunks swaps the beef for lamb.
Analysis: Protein 38.9%, fat 13.9% of dry matter; Identical on Meaty Chunks.

The pick for a dog that has always gone for the beefier end of the shelf.

Both boxes hold two recipes each. Every label is built the same way: meat and animal derivatives with one named meat at 4%, then cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, oils and fats, and various sugars. Chicken runs through both boxes; Favourite Chunks adds beef and Meaty Chunks adds lamb. The analysis is identical across the range, protein at 38.9% and fat at 13.9% of dry matter, with estimated carbohydrate at 34.5%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

71 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

2.5%

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

38.9%

Fat

13.9%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

34.5%

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

43.1%

Added water

17%

Carbs

28%

Oils

4.4%

Other

7.4%

Pricing & size