PitPat

PitPat Light Dry review

Name: PitPat Light Dry
Brand: PitPat

47.8/100Average

DryAdult

A weight-watching kibble that opens on 30.0% dried poultry protein and then leans hard on fibre. It sits in our Average band, a judgement on the unnamed poultry and the pea flour, not on the diet logic. Fat is 7.5%, L-carnitine is dosed and the bowl carries less energy for a dog that could stand to lose a bit.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog with a bit to lose, at 315.5 kcal per 100 grams against 357 for the typical adult dry food
Lower fat without dropping protein, which is declared at 29.0% to protect muscle
Hungry dogs on a reduced ration. Fibre at 7.0% makes the bowl feel like more
Adults from toy to giant on the one recipe
Joints carrying extra weight, with dried green-lipped mussel in the mix

Worth watching

Poultry with no species named, so a known chicken problem cannot be ruled out
Pea flour second on the list, propping up the protein total
Shellfish from the mussel, for a dog kept off everything marine

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

How this scores

How we score

47.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. On a reducing plan, feed to your vet's target, not the maintenance figure.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

PitPat Light Dry 47.8

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The ingredients side holds it down, with an unnamed bird and pea flour in second place, while the analysis is pointed squarely at weight loss.

What's in it

Poultry protein (dried)30.0%Dried, so close to what reaches the kibble. The bird could be chicken, turkey, duck or goose.
Pea flourPlant protein, less digestible and less complete than meat.
Wholegrain barleyA decent grain with fibre of its own. It brings gluten.
Plant fibre, beet fibreThe engine of a light food: fills a dog up without much energy.
Poultry protein (hydrolysed), poultry fatAgain no bird named.
Carob (crushed)
Yeast (partially hydrolysed), minerals
Psyllium husksThe soluble kind of fibre.
New Zealand green-lipped mussel (dried)Shellfish, put in with joints in mind.

L-carnitine at 500 mg/kg to move fat towards the cells that burn it, taurine at 1500 mg/kg, and zinc and copper as glycine chelates.

No moisture figure is declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Poultry protein (dried) 30.0%, pea flour, wholegrain barley, plant fibre, beet fibre, poultry protein (hydrolysed), poultry fat, carob (crushed), yeast (partially hydrolysed), minerals, psyllium husks, New Zealand green-lipped mussel meat (Perna canaliculus) (dried).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

315.5 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

Ash

6.7%

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

7.6%

Ash

7.3%

Carbs

45.4%

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

35.7%

Carbs

49.4%

Oils

1.7%

Other

13.1%

Pricing & size