Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's Adult Farmhouse Kitchen Smooth Pate: with Beef review

Name: Sainsbury's Adult Farmhouse Kitchen Smooth Pate: with Beef
Brand: Sainsbury's

39.7/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

An Average smooth pâté whose numbers are better than its ingredients list. Protein converts to 47.4% of dry matter and estimated carbohydrate to 13.2%. The list, though, names only 4% of the pack, and the rest is in legal categories.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs with tired teeth, as a smooth pate asks nothing of them
Dogs that do well on a meat-led analysis
A change of flavour without a change of recipe
Any adult build, from toy breeds to giants
Dogs that need feeding without piling on weight, at 87 kcal per 100g

Worth watching

Only 4% of the animal block is named, so neither flavour can anchor an elimination diet
Various sugars with no declared level
Oils and fats tied to no source

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

How this scores

How we score

39.7/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Portions run large on wet food, and plenty of owners serve a pate like this alongside a dry food.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

with Beef 39.7
with Chicken 39.7

All two Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis is much the stronger half of this label; what holds the total down is a recipe described in category terms.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (including 4% Beef)60%A big animal share for wet food, but only the beef is named; the rest can move batch to batch.
Minerals
Oils and fatsNo source given, animal or plant.
Various sugarsFor palatability, with no level attached.
Derivatives of vegetable originThe only starch, used with a light hand.

Vitamin D3 and E with zinc, copper, manganese and iodine, a short panel with a dose on every line.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Named meat: 4% beef; 4% chicken in the other pack.
Analysis: 9.0% protein, 87 kcal per 100g; Exactly the same on the chicken.

The pick for a household avoiding poultry, as far as the named part of the label goes.

One recipe in two flavours. Meat and animal derivatives make up 60%, of which 4% is the named animal, beef or chicken. Minerals, oils and fats, various sugars and derivatives of vegetable origin fill out the rest, and the analysis is identical across both packs.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

87 kcal/100g

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