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Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Meaty Selection in Gravy Pouches review

Name: Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Meaty Selection in Gravy Pouches
Brand: Sainsbury's

44.8/100Average

WetAdult

Single-serve gravy pouches for small and medium dogs, one hundred grams each. Meat and animal derivatives make up 36.5%, with chicken the 4% named inside, so it is chicken flavoured more than chicken based. It lands in our Average band, though taurine is added at a real dose and the format keeps a small dog's portions honest.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and medium dogs, the sizes the maker points these at
Owners who dislike covering a part-used tin. Each pouch opens fresh
Dogs that clear the bowl faster with plenty of gravy
Homes with no fridge room for opened wet food
Dogs that take little water, at 84% moisture

Worth watching

Vegetable protein extracts supply part of the protein, so the 53.1% dry-matter figure flatters the meat
Only the 4% chicken is named, so there is no basis for an elimination diet
No calcium figure on the label

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

How this scores

How we score

44.8/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and medium adults. Check the pouch count against the label's guide: 900 to 1200 grams a day for a dog of 10 to 14kg.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small, Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Meaty Selection in Gravy Pouches 44.8

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A moist, palatable everyday pouch, scored down for how much of the animal side stays under a category term and how much protein comes from plants.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives36.5%A legal category covering the fleshy parts and by-products of warm-blooded land animals, without saying which.
Chicken (inside the meat and animal derivatives)4%The single named animal.
Derivatives of vegetable originProcessed plant material of almost any sort, with no amount printed.
Vegetable protein extractsA concentrated plant protein, commonly from soya, maize or wheat, added to lift the protein figure.
Minerals
Various sugarsNo amount given.

Taurine at a real dose, more than most everyday pouches bother with, plus vitamin E, vitamins B1 and B6, and dosed zinc, manganese, copper and iodine.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives (36.5%, including Chicken 4%), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Minerals, Various Sugars

Against the range

One gravy pouch on a five-line label: meat and animal derivatives with chicken the only animal named, then two plant entries, minerals and various sugars. Moisture is declared at 84%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

70.4 kcal/100g

Protein

8.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

84%

Dry weight

Protein

53.1%

Fat

25%

Fibre

Ash

9.4%

Carbs

7.5%

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

36.5%

Added water

19%

Carbs

40.5%

Other

Pricing & size