Pets at Home dog food review
Pets
at Home have been selling their own brand of dog and cat food for some time
now, and we've tried it and like it a lot. The Pets at Home premium brand
(in the silver bag) complements their Wainwright's brand but has a much bigger
range, including cat food.
What we like about PAH is that they are very open and honest in their ingredient declaration - no 'vitamins and minerals' but listing what's in there, along with the fact that they use a natural antioxident.
It is also considerably cheaper than many well known brands that offer similar products at the premium end of the market. Why? you might ask...
It's mainly down to the number of people taking a cut of the retail price! Pats at Home buy their food from a manufacturer and sell it to you. Other companies have to buy the food, then distribute it via wholesalers and retailers, each of whom wants their 30-40% markup. Common sense therefore tells you that PAH should be able to offer a good deal!
In fact you can save a lot. At just over £30 for a 15kg sack of dog food this food compares well with natural, premium foods costing £42+ a bag. Tray foods offer less of a saving, but production costs on these are proportionally higher so there's not so much room for generosity here.
Our long term trial with PAH foods would indicate that you get good results with coat, skin and digestion - although as with all such foods it is important not to overfeed, so stick to the guidlines. The Pets at Home food is slightly higher in protein and oil than Burns, so there's less likelihood of an underweight dog or cat ... but we also have to be careful not to end up with an overweight one - feed at the lower end of the feeding range and then adjust upwards if you need to, rather than the other way around!!
So what's in Pets at Home food? Let's have a look at one recipe for example:
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Chicken & Rice 2kg and 12kg Ingredients:Fresh Chicken Min. 24%), Poultry Meat Meal, Maize, Rice, Barley, Maize Gluten Meal, Animal Fat, Sugar Beet Pulp, Poultry Digest, Brewers Yeast, Egg Powder, Flaxseed, Potato Protein, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Methionine, Marigold Extract, Yucca Extract, L-Carnitine, Rosemary Extract, With Antioxidant EC Additives (Vitamin E and Vitamin C) Contains Tocopherol Rich Extracts Of Natural Origin Vitamin E and Vitamin C As EC Permitted Antioxidant, No Added Colourants, Flavourings Or Preservatives. Total Chicken min. 37%.
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Pets at Home Complete Puppy Food with Lamb
Typical Analysis:Moisture 8%, Protein 29%, Oils and Fats 18%, Fibre 3%, Ash 7% Calcium 1.25%, Phosphorous 0.88%, DHA 0.15%, Vitamin A 12,000iu/kg, Vitamin D3 1,200iu/kg, Vitamin E (A-Tocopherol) 600iu/kg, Copper (Cupric Sulphate) 12.5mg/kg. Contains Tocopherol Rich Extracts of Natural Origin. No added colourants, flavourings or preservatives.
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Pets at Home Large Breed Senior Complete Dog Food with Chicken (2kg and 12kg) is a complete balanced dog food, carefully formulated for a large breed mature dog's unique nutritional needs. Made with high quality ingredients, vitamins and minerals, including a minimum of 31% Chicken to provide your large breed dog with optimum nutrition and supports the key systems of your dog including digestive, immune and urinary tract.
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Guide price £17.39/12
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Pets at Home do a range of tinned foods, good quality ingredients again -typical ingredients below: Pets at Home Adult Complete Dog Food with Chicken Tins 395gm
12 Pack
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Guide price £2.51/6
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Pets at Home Adult Dog Food Tray with Poultry Chunks in Pate 150gm 6 Pack is a complete nutritious wet dog food to provide a balanced diet to help your dog to live a long and healthy life.
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