Paddock Farm Luxury Buffalo Pate

A puppy's first stomach upset often gets blamed on 'a food' when the real cause is how many different things are in it at once, which is the case for keeping a treat down to a single protein while a young digestive system is still settling in.

Paddock Farm's Luxury Buffalo Pâté is 94% buffalo, with sweet potato (4%), seaweed (1%) and added vitamins and minerals (1%) making up the rest. It's grain and gluten-free, and suitable for puppies from 8 weeks old. The analysis is protein 17%, fat 7.2%, ash 2.4%, fibre 0.4%, moisture 62.4%. It's flexible in how it's used — spread on a lick mat, cut into cubes for training, grated over a meal or sliced as a treat on its own.

• 94% buffalo, single main protein
• Sweet potato 4%, seaweed 1%
• Protein 17%, fat 7.2%, ash 2.4%, moisture 62.4%
• Grain and gluten-free
• Suitable for puppies from 8 weeks
• Not a meal replacement

What the pack says plainly. Paddock Farm are explicit that this isn't a meal replacement, that shape and colour may vary as a natural product, and that once opened it needs refrigerating and using within 5 days. It's also not for human consumption, despite the "luxury" framing.

Who it's for: owners of a puppy from 8 weeks wanting a single-protein pâté for training or topping meals, or any dog that does better on a limited-ingredient treat.