PitPat

PitPat Adult Dry review

Name: PitPat Adult Dry
Brand: PitPat

55.4/100Good

DryAdult

Good, and a well-built everyday kibble with a couple of shortcuts in the middle. It is unusually specific about which birds are in the dried protein. At 403.9 kcal per 100 grams, the dog it fits best is a busy one.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Active adults, on a recipe well above the 357 kcal typical of adult dry food
Owners who want to know which birds are in the bag
A dog that needs a hand with its joints, with dried green-lipped mussel on the list
Changeable digestion, helped by chicory root, beet fibre and psyllium husks
Adults from toy to giant

Worth watching

Fat at 19.0% is a lot of energy for a dog whose main exercise is the walk to the sofa
Dried salmon means fish is in the recipe
Poultry fat and hydrolysed poultry protein name no bird, so one species cannot be ruled out

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

How this scores

How we score

55.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The richer the food, the smaller the scoop, so weigh the portion and trust the scale over your eye.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

PitPat Adult Dry 55.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Species naming, dosed extras and a lower carbohydrate share pull it up, while rice in first place, an unnamed poultry fat and potato protein pull it back.

What's in it

RiceThe largest single part; easy to digest and rarely a bother.
Poultry protein (dried): chicken, duck21.0% and 4.0%Dried, so the label figure is close to what reaches the kibble.
Poultry fatThe main energy carrier. No bird named.
Potato proteinThere to raise the protein total; the entry we would rather see further down.
Salmon (dried)4.0%
Poultry protein (hydrolysed)For palatability, and again no bird named.
Beet fibre, plant fibre, carob
Minerals, yeast
Chicory root, psyllium husksInulin for the gut and soluble fibre.
New Zealand green-lipped mussel (dried)The shellfish dog food reaches for when joints are the concern.

Taurine at 1000 mg/kg, L-carnitine at 250 mg/kg, vitamin C at 200 mg/kg and vitamin E at 220 mg/kg, with zinc and copper as glycine chelates.

No moisture figure, so the dry matter here assumes the 8% a kibble normally holds.

Named ingredients

Rice, poultry protein (dried) (chicken 21.0%, duck 4.0%), poultry fat, potato protein, salmon (dried) 4.0%, poultry protein (hydrolysed), beet fibre, plant fibre, carob (crushed), minerals, yeast, chicory root (ground) (natural source of inulin), psyllium husks, New Zealand green-lipped mussel meat (Perna canaliculus) (dried).

Against the range

A rice-led kibble whose dried poultry protein is split into chicken at 21.0% and duck at 4.0%, with dried salmon at 4.0% behind. Fat is high at 19.0%, and the tail carries chicory root, psyllium and green-lipped mussel.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

403.9 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

19%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

5.6%

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

20.7%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

6.1%

Carbs

43.4%

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

36.3%

Carbs

49.4%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

8.2%

Other

5.8%

Pricing & size