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Sainsbury's Nature's Goodness Small Breed Variety Pack review

Name: Sainsbury's Nature's Goodness Small Breed Variety Pack
Brand: Sainsbury's

74.4/100Excellent

WetAdult

A chicken recipe sized for small dogs, landing in our Excellent band. Chicken is declared at 60%, the only animal on the label, with no category terms anywhere. For a dog being taken through one animal at a time, that matters more than anything else on the list.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs, the size the pack is put together for
One named animal and nothing else
Protein up and starch down: 50.0% protein and 7.5% carbohydrate in dry matter
Grain-free homes, with potato at 2% the only starch
Choosy eaters, as each serving is finished at a sitting

Worth watching

One recipe across all six servings, whatever the box name suggests
No fish oil or added plant oil, so the omega 3 is only what the chicken carries
No vitamin A or iron on the added panel

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

How this scores

How we score

74.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adults. A 150g serving suits a small dog, so a bigger dog would work through the box quickly.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Sainsbury's Nature's Goodness Small Breed Variety Pack 74.4

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A recipe this short leaves almost nothing to query, which carries it level with the middle of the wet shelf.

What's in it

Chicken60%The one animal named, with nothing folded into a category term.
Carrot3%Brings the pigment a dog turns into vitamin A.
Potato2%Mostly there for texture.
Minerals
Chicory root0.08%Inulin for the gut bacteria.
Spinach, cranberry, parsley
Rosemary powderAlso the natural antioxidant keeping the fat fresh.
Blueberry powder

Vitamin D3 and E with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine, each dosed; much of the rest comes in with the meat.

Sold as a variety pack, but every serving is the same chicken recipe.

Named ingredients

Chicken* (60%), Carrot* (3%), Potato* (2%), Minerals, Chicory Root* (0.08%), Spinach Powder*, Cranberry Powder*, Dried Parsley*, Rosemary Powder*, Blueberry Powder*. *Natural ingredients

Against the range

One chicken recipe in six 150g servings, despite the variety-pack name. Chicken is the only animal, with two vegetables given figures and a tail of powders at trace level.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

92 kcal/100g

Protein

10%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

27.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

12.5%

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

60%

Added water

21%

Carbs

Veg

7.1%

Other

10%

Pricing & size