A short ingredient list is only reassuring if the ingredients on it are the ones actually doing the work, rather than a headline count that leaves something off to make the number look tidier.

Harringtons' Just 6 Lamb is built on freshly prepared lamb at 70%, with peas (6%), sweet potato (4.2%), potato (4%), salmon oil (0.2%) and vegetable stock (0.2%) — six named foods, plus a vitamin and mineral premix that sits alongside them rather than counting toward the six. It is grain free and comes out at protein 9%, fat content 6%, crude ash 3%, crude fibre 0.8% and moisture 77%.

• Freshly prepared lamb 70%
• Peas 6%, sweet potato 4.2%, potato 4%
• Salmon oil 0.2%, vegetable stock 0.2%
• Grain free, complete
• Protein 9%, fat content 6%, moisture 77%
• 380G tray

On the name: "Just 6" refers to the six named foods — lamb, peas, sweet potato, potato, salmon oil and vegetable stock — and doesn't count the vitamin and mineral premix that any complete food needs alongside them. Worth knowing so the count isn't mistaken for meaning nothing else at all is added.

Who it's for: owners wanting a lamb-first, grain-free wet food with a short, named ingredient list, for a dog they'd rather not feed a long list of derivatives to.