Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Puppy Smooth Pate review

Name: Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Puppy Smooth Pate
Brand: Sainsbury's

38.6/100Average

WetPuppy

A smooth puppy pâté with a meat-led analysis and a label that names almost nothing, and it sits in our Average band. Meat and animal derivatives make up 60%, with 4% chicken the one species inside. Calcium converts to 1.5% of dry matter, inside the growth range for a pup of any size.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Growing pups of any expected adult size, on the calcium figure
Pups who manage a smooth loaf more easily than chunks
A meat-forward bowl: protein converts to 50.0% of dry matter
Owners avoiding cereal, as none of the five lines is a grain

Worth watching

Oils and fats and derivatives of vegetable origin are categories, so no help for an exclusion diet
Various sugars, there for palatability
No vitamin A in print

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

How this scores

How we score

38.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies. A pup's needs shift every few weeks, so weigh the first few days against the chart on the pack and adjust to your dog's shape.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Puppy Smooth Pate 38.6

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The pillars split: a genuinely meat-led analysis on one side, and four of five lines left as categories an owner cannot check on the other.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (including 4% chicken)60%A high animal share, but the species and parts are not given beyond the chicken.
MineralsCalcium comes to 1.5% of dry matter.
Oils and fatsAny fat from any plant or animal.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Various sugarsFor palatability, not growth.

Vitamin D3 at 140IU and vitamin E at 30 mg, with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine dosed; no vitamin A is printed.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

97 kcal/100g

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

30%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Carbs

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

46.6%

Added water

15%

Carbs

16.1%

Oils

8.4%

Other

14%

Pricing & size