Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Pate Multipack review

Name: Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Pate Multipack
Brand: Sainsbury's

39/100Average

WetAdult

A smooth loaf in small portions, and a step up on the rest of the brand's wet shelf. Animal content is declared at 60%, a good deal more than the jellied and gravy tins carry, and nutritional balance reads Outstanding. It still finishes in our Average band, because chicken at 4% is the only animal the label names.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Modest appetites, at 150g a portion
Older dogs or sore mouths. Nothing here asks anything of the teeth
Hand feeding or hiding tablets, which a smooth loaf takes far better than a chunky tin
More meat in the bowl, with animal content declared at 60%
No part used tin sitting in the fridge between meals

Worth watching

Only chicken is named in the 60% animal block, so it cannot support an elimination diet
Oils and fats have no stated source, and fish is one possibility
Various sugars on the list with no amount printed

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

How this scores

How we score

39/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. A 15kg dog needs several portions a day, so the multipack fits a smaller dog's routine more neatly.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Pate Multipack 39.0

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A meatier recipe than the brand's tins, held down by an animal block that names almost nothing inside it.

What's in it

Meat and Animal Derivatives60%A real quantity for supermarket wet food. Chicken at 4% is the only animal named; the rest of the block is unspecified.
Minerals
Oils and FatsNo source given. Animal fat, plant oil or fish are all possible.
Various SugarsFor palatability, declared without a figure.
Derivatives of Vegetable OriginThe vaguest entry: processed plant material of almost any kind, which can shift between batches.

A short, dosed panel of vitamin D3, vitamin E, zinc, copper, manganese and iodine; calcium converts to 1.58% of dry matter, comfortable for adult maintenance.

Oils and fats are unsourced, so a household avoiding fish cannot lean on this one.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One smooth pate in 150g portions. Animal content is declared at 60%, with chicken at 4% the only animal named, and moisture at 81%. Oils and fats, various sugars and derivatives of vegetable origin make up the rest of a five-entry list.

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