Tails.com

Tails.com Grain-Free Pate review

Name: Tails.com Grain-Free Pate
Brand: Tails.com

47.5/100Average

WetAdult

A smooth, spoonable grain-free tray with a strongly meat-forward analysis, protein converting to 55.6% of dry matter. It sits in our Average band because the label never says which animals make up most of it. Nothing in the analysis holds it back.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that prefer a smooth spoonful to chunks or jelly
Cereal-free households. Not one entry is a grain
Older dogs and tender mouths, which manage a soft texture more easily
Owners reading the analysis for meat, with carbohydrate at an estimated 2.7% of dry matter
A dog shy of the water bowl, at 82.0% moisture

Worth watching

The animals making up most of the tray go unnamed
Salmon at 4% sits inside a wider fish entry, not firm enough ground for an elimination diet
No calorie figure on the label, so portions start from an estimate

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

How this scores

How we score

47.5/100Average

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The energy figure is our estimate and comes out low, so expect a bigger serving than the tray size suggests.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Tails.com Grain-Free Pate 47.5

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Almost entirely a transparency story: the analysis is strong, but the largest component is named as a category and not as an animal.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesA category covering any warm-blooded land animal, from prime cuts to offcuts. The animal is not written down.
Potato4%Mainly for body.
Peas4%Some fibre and minerals with the starch.
Fish and fish derivativesSalmon named at 4% inside it. A small real flourish.
Minerals

A short panel with a dose against every entry: vitamin D3, zinc, manganese, copper and iodine.

Energy is not declared on the label; the figure shown is estimated from the analysis.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives, Vegetables* (4% Potato, 4% Peas), Fish and Fish derivatives* (4% salmon), Minerals. *Natural Ingredients

Against the range

A four-entry label with no cereal on it. Meat and animal derivatives lead, with potato and peas at 4% each and salmon at 4% inside a fish entry. Very little of the tray is starch.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

79.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

55.6%

Fat

27.8%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

2.7%

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

61.8%

Added water

17%

Veg

16.3%

Other

4.9%

Pricing & size