Tesco

Tesco Puppy Pouches Mixed Selection review

Name: Tesco Puppy Pouches Mixed Selection
Brand: Tesco

40.7/100Average

WetPuppy

A mixed box of four jelly pouches for puppies, each on meat and animal derivatives at 39% with one named meat at 4%. Calcium, the figure that matters most in a growth food, is declared and lands well inside the growth range. The rest of the label is written in categories, and the pouches sit in our Average band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who check the calcium line first: 1.58% of dry matter, inside the growth range
Fussy young eaters, with lamb, poultry, beef and chicken in one box
A wet food that portions itself, one pouch a serving
Pups who need water with their food, at 81.0% moisture

Worth watching

Only the named 4% can be tied to an animal, so a pup avoiding one meat cannot be kept clear of it
Various sugars on all four recipes, which a growing dog has no need of
At 96 kcal per 100g the daily pouch count climbs

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

How this scores

How we score

40.7/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, and the calcium holds up for a bigger breed. Portions follow the weight your pup is expected to reach, so read the chart again at every weigh-in.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Tesco Puppy Pouches Mixed Selection 40.7

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The weight of the problem falls on how the meat is described; the numbers themselves, calcium included, read better than the band suggests.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives39%Covers any warm blooded land animal and its by-products; the pack never says which.
Lamb, poultry, beef or chicken4%One named meat per recipe, inside the 39%. Poultry may be chicken, turkey or duck.
Cereals (uncooked rice)1.5%Equivalent to 4% cooked. Gentle, and adds little beyond a small amount of energy.
Oils and fats
Minerals
Derivatives of vegetable origin (chicory)0.08%An inulin source, more gesture than working dose at this level.
Various sugarsAdded for the same reason it goes in our food. A puppy has no requirement for it.

Only vitamin D3, vitamin E, iodine and zinc are printed, with no vitamin A, iron, copper or manganese, which is thin for a food carrying a dog through its first year.

Various sugars appear on all four recipes in the box.

Named ingredients

With Lamb & Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (39%, including 4% Lamb), Cereals (1.5% Uncooked Rice, equivalent to 4% Cooked Rice), Oils and Fats, Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Poultry & Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (39%, including 4% Poultry), Cereals (1.5% Uncooked Rice equivalent to 4% Cooked Rice), Oils and Fats, Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Beef & Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (39%, including 4% Beef), Cereals (1.5% Uncooked Rice, equivalent to 4% Cooked Rice), Oils and Fats, Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Chicken & Rice in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (39%, including 4% Chicken), Cereals (1.5% Uncooked Rice equivalent to 4% Cooked Rice), Oils and Fats, Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.08% Chicory), Various Sugars.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

96 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

42.1%

Fat

36.8%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

10.5%

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

75%

Added water

25%

Pricing & size