Tesco

Tesco Tender Pate Trays review

Name: Tesco Tender Pate Trays
Brand: Tesco

38.4/100Average

WetAdult

Smooth pate in 300g trays, and it finishes in our Average band. Meat and animal derivatives make up 60% of the tray, a high animal share, and protein converts to a strong 50.0% of dry matter. Only chicken at 4% is named, so most of the meat is taken on trust.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Worn or missing teeth. There is nothing here to chew
Dogs that pick out the chunks and leave the rest
Shopping on a declared animal share, 60% on the front of the pack
Dogs that need more water, at 82.0% moisture
A spoonful mixed into a dry bowl

Worth watching

Chicken at 4% is the only named species; no use for an elimination diet
Oils and fats with no source, free to change between batches
Vitamin D3 the only added vitamin

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

How this scores

How we score

38.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, toy to giant. At 82 kcal per 100g a large dog gets through several trays a day, so count trays against your dog's weight before buying.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Tesco Tender Pate Trays 38.4

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis is genuinely decent; what holds the tray back is the meat side of the label, where only 4% of a 60% animal share is tied to a species.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (including chicken)60% (chicken 4%)Any warm-blooded land animal, any part. The protein figure suggests real meat behind it.
Minerals
Various sugarsFor palatability.
Derivatives of vegetable origin (chicory)0.1% chicoryInulin, a prebiotic fibre.
Oils and fatsAnimal or seed, the label never says.

Vitamin D3 at 140 IU with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine, each dosed in print.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives (60% including Chicken 4%), Minerals, Various Sugars, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.1% Chicory), Oils and Fats.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

82 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

4.5%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

25%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

11.7%

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

42.8%

Added water

17%

Carbs

24.6%

Oils

2.8%

Other

12.8%

Pricing & size