Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Puppy Meat Selection in Jelly review

Name: Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Puppy Meat Selection in Jelly
Brand: Sainsbury's

43.3/100Average

WetPuppy

A chunks-in-jelly growth food that sits in our Average band because almost nothing on its label is named. Meat and animal derivatives make up 38%, with chicken at 4% the only species given. The analysis is better than the wording: protein converts to 44.4% of dry matter and calcium is declared at 1.67%.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies who take to chunks in jelly more readily than a smooth loaf
A pup that needs the water a wet food brings, at 82.0% declared moisture
Small and medium breed pups, with calcium declared and sitting comfortably for them
Pups who do not need a rich tin. It runs at 83 kcal per 100g against a puppy wet typical of 106

Worth watching

Beyond the 4% chicken, the tin does not say which animals are in it
Various sugars at the end of the list, for palatability
A big-breed pup: large-breed growth plans aim a little below 1.67% calcium in dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

43.3/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. The daily amount changes month by month, so go by the chart on the pack and the week your pup is in.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Puppy Meat Selection in Jelly 43.3

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis is serviceable for a wet food; what holds the score down is how little on the label is named.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives38%A legal category covering a wide quality range, with no species given. A pup with a suspected intolerance cannot be steered around anything here.
Chicken (inside the meat and animal derivatives)4%The only animal named.
CerealsRice is the only one identified, so a grain-sensitive pup has little to go on.
Dried rice (inside the cereals)1.6%, equal to 4% rice
MineralsCalcium converts to 1.67% of dry matter, and having it printed at all is worth something on a wet food.
Various sugarsA small amount at the end, there for taste. It does no nutritional work for a growing dog.

Vitamin D3, vitamin E and five trace minerals as sulphates and iodate.

No vitamin A on the additive panel, an unusual gap on a food written for growth.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives (38%, including 4% Chicken), Cereals (including 1.6% Dried Rice equivalent to 4% Rice), Minerals, Various Sugars.

Against the range

One chunks-in-jelly puppy tin with a four-line label: meat and animal derivatives, cereals, minerals and various sugars. Chicken is the only animal named.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

83 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

44.4%

Fat

27.8%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

13.9%

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

38%

Added water

17%

Carbs

36.9%

Other

8.1%

Pricing & size