Symply

Symply Little Fresh: Chicken & Cod review

Name: Symply Little Fresh: Chicken & Cod
Brand: Symply

76.6/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Small packs for small dogs, each one built the same way: 65% named meat and very little else. That consistency across seven labels is unusual and makes the range easy to rotate. All seven sit in our Excellent band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs, with 100g packs that finish in a sitting
Owners who like fresh fruit and vegetables named, apple and blueberries among them
Dogs kept to one meat, on the beef, chicken, lamb or turkey packs
Older small dogs, given glucosamine at 100mg/kg in every recipe
Grain-free homes. None of the seven carries a cereal

Worth watching

Salmon oil in all seven, so none is free of fish
Three recipes pair two animals, so read the name if you keep to one meat
A light everyday glucosamine dose, well below a vet's joint plan
A bigger dog would get through a great many packs a day

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

How this scores

How we score

76.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Made for small breed adults. Our estimate for a 5 kg dog runs from 261.3 grams a day on the turkey to 443.6 grams on the lamb, so check the recipe before you order.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Turkey 77.4
Chicken 76.9
Chicken 76.9
Chicken 76.8
Chicken 76.6
Lamb 76.5
Beef 74.2

All seven Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All seven land together, so choosing between them is a matter of dinner and not of quality.

What's in it

Chicken49%
Cod16%The only fish named to a species in the range.
Sweet potato4%
Fresh cranberries4%
Minerals (glucosamine sulphate)
Salmon oil
Prebiotic (inulin)0.4%

Vitamins D3 and E, biotin, zinc, manganese, copper and iodine, each dosed; no vitamin A is printed.

Named ingredients

Chicken (49%), Cod (16%), Sweet Potato (4%), Fresh Cranberries (4%), Minerals (Glucosamine Sulphate 100mg/kg), Salmon Oil, Prebiotic (Inulin 0.4%).

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 49%, cod 16%; Beef or lamb partner the chicken elsewhere.
Fat, dry matter: 28.9%; Mid-range.
Carbohydrate: 11.9% of dry matter; 4.8% to 13.8% across the seven.

This is the pack for a white fish eater.

Every 100g pack opens with 65% named meat, one animal or a printed pair. A fruit or vegetable or two follow at 4% or below, then salmon oil, inulin at 0.4% and glucosamine sulphate at 100mg/kg inside the minerals. No recipe carries a grain. Carbohydrate converts to between 4.8% and 13.8% of dry matter and protein to between 41.2% and 52.4%.

The additive panel is the same on all seven and fully dosed, though vitamin A does not appear on it. Energy on every label is our estimate.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

101.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10.5%

Fat

6.5%

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

Moisture

77.5%

Dry weight

Protein

46.7%

Fat

28.9%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

8.9%

Carbs

11.9%

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

65%

Added water

16.2%

Carbs

Oils

3.3%

Other

11.5%

Pricing & size