Pet Munchies Chicken & Sweet Potato Dog Treats – 90g

Pet Munchies Chicken & Sweet Potato Dental Sticks – 90g

An extruded dental stick rather than a strip of meat, built from chicken at 65.1% and sweet potato at 17.5% and sold 90g to the pouch. The sweet potato is what gives the stick its body and its fibre; at 2% crude fibre this is twice the figure of the plain roasted chicken products.

One number is worth reading before you buy. Pet Munchies declare fat at 13% here, against 1.7% in their Chicken Strips — the sweet potato sticks are by a distance the fattiest thing in this range. That is fine for a working dog and a poor idea for one already carrying weight.

Performance & Benefits

• Chicken 65.1% with sweet potato 17.5%, extruded into a firm dental stick.
• Crude fibre 2%, from the sweet potato rather than added cellulose.
• Supplies beta-carotene at 2.5mg/kg and vitamin E at 10mg/kg.
• Chewing at a firm stick helps lift soft plaque before it mineralises.
• Wheat and gluten free, bound with tapioca starch.
• 90g pouch, enough for a fortnight at one stick a day for most dogs.

Suitable For

• Dogs that need a daily chew as part of a tooth-cleaning routine.
• Active and working dogs that can carry the calories.
• Suitable from four months, on Pet Munchies' own guidance.
• Dogs avoiding wheat and gluten.
• Not the treat for an overweight dog, or one with a history of pancreatitis, at 13% fat — the Pet Munchies Chicken with Carrot Sticks 80g are a dental stick at 1% fat.

Feeding

• Complementary treat — feed alongside a complete, balanced diet.
• Suitable for puppies of four months and over.
• One stick at a time, with fresh drinking water available.
• Because of the fat level, reduce the day's meal accordingly if you feed one daily.
• Pet Munchies publish general feeding guidance only for this treat, not a gram allowance by bodyweight, so none is stated here.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: chicken 65.1%, sweet potato 17.5%, tapioca starch, coconut glycerin, vegetable protein, sorbitol, salt.
• Crude protein 28%. Fat content 13%. Crude fibre 2%. Crude ash 4%. Moisture 20%.
• Vitamin A 0.4mg/kg, vitamin E 10mg/kg, copper (copper sulphate) 2mg/kg, beta-carotene 2.5mg/kg.
• 90g pouch.
• Pet Munchies describe this stick as wheat and gluten free rather than grain free; some retail listings, including our own previous copy, said grain free. Their wording is used here.

Care & Caution

• At 13% fat this is the richest treat in the Pet Munchies range. Keep it away from dogs prone to pancreatitis and count it against the day's food.
• Take the last short piece away rather than letting a dog swallow the end of a stick whole.
• Supervise chewing and keep fresh drinking water available.
• Complementary treat only, not a substitute for a balanced diet.