Lily's Kitchen Dog Totally Tropical Mango Jerky

A treat with no meat in it at all is unusual enough on a dog treat shelf that it is worth pointing out plainly, rather than letting it sit unremarked among treats that quietly assume every owner wants a meat-based option.

Lily's Kitchen build this jerky around Mango at 32%, with potato, pea protein, sweet potato at 6%, quinoa at 4%, cellulose fibre, fennel seeds and kale making up the rest of a meat-free, grain-free recipe. The analytical constituents are Crude Protein 10%, Crude Fat 2%, Crude Fibre 2.5%, Crude Ash 2% and Moisture 22%, at 283 kcal per 100g, in a 70g pouch for dogs from four months old.

• Mango 32%, the main named ingredient
• Meat-free and grain-free recipe
• Crude Protein 10%, Crude Fat 2%, Crude Fibre 2.5%, Crude Ash 2%, Moisture 22%
• 283 kcal per 100g
• Suitable for dogs from 4 months
• 70g pouch

On the protein content. At Crude Protein 10%, this jerky is noticeably lower in protein than Lily's Kitchen's meat-based treats, because it is built from fruit and vegetables rather than meat. That is not a fault in a treat meant for flavour and variety rather than as a protein top-up, but worth knowing if you are tracking a dog's protein intake closely.

Who it's for: owners looking for a meat-free treat option — whether for variety, an allergy, or a dog that has reacted to meat-based treats before — for adult dogs from four months old.