What score does Jinx Grain-Free Chicken Pate get in this review?

On our published label rubric it scores 83 out of 100. The ingredient panel opens with Chicken, and the score table on this page shows each signal, the points it earned and the label fact behind the points. The guaranteed crude protein figure is 8 percent.

Is Jinx Grain-Free Chicken Pate suitable for puppies?

The label says yes: its adequacy statement covers all life stages, which includes growth. Amounts still change with age, and the feeding section on this page works through daily amounts by weight.

How many calories are in Jinx Grain-Free Chicken Pate?

Its label prints 1,063 kcal per kilogram and 393 kcal per can. Portion by calories, not by how full the bowl looks.

Has Jinx dog food been recalled?

Our November 2026 check of FDA recall records found no posted dog food recall events for Jinx. That records what we could verify, not a promise about the future.

Is Jinx Grain-Free Chicken Pate grain free?

Its published ingredient list contains no grain line, so this is a grain free recipe. The carbohydrate in it comes from the legumes, roots and other plants named in the panel above.

Jinx Grain-Free Chicken Pate review

Jinx · Grain-Free Chicken Pate · Wet food · All life stages

83 / 100Our label score

★★★★☆4 of 5 stars, from the score

8%Crude protein (min)

393kcal per can

0FDA recall events for the brand

On the facts printed on its own label, Jinx Grain-Free Chicken Pate scores 83 out of 100 on our rubric: a strong label by the standards of this database. The panel opens with Chicken, and the first ingredient signal earns 20 of its 20 points. At 8% crude protein it ranks 8 of the 13 Jinx recipes we scored for protein. Crude fat reads 5%.

Its adequacy claim rests on formulation: balanced on paper against the AAFCO nutrient profiles rather than fed to dogs in a trial. Our November 2026 check of FDA records found no posted dog food recall events for Jinx.

The panel runs to 18 ingredient lines. 2 of them are animal source lines and 5 are plant lines. Salt appears at line 12 of 18: ingredients listed after salt are present in small amounts, a standard reading aid for long panels. The vitamin and mineral pack begins around line 17; the 2 lines from there on are mostly supplements, preservatives and functional extras rather than staple foods.

Its closest relative in this brand is Grain-Free Salmon Pate, sold as Wet food: the two panels share most of their ingredients. In the first ten, this recipe has Dicalcium Phosphate, where its relative has Salmon. The full comparison is on the relative's own review page.

The label facts

Maker	Think Jinx, Inc.
Format	Wet food
Life stage	All life stages
Full ingredient list, in label order	Chicken Fish Broth Vegetable Broth Chicken Liver Dried Sweet Potatoes Carrots Dried Pumpkin Sunflower Oil Agar-Agar Dicalcium Phosphate Potassium Chloride Salt Dried Spinach Choline Chloride Inulin L-Threonine Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide) Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Folic Acid)
Guaranteed analysis	Crude protein (min) 8% · crude fat (min) 5% · crude fiber (max) 1% · moisture (max) 78%
Dry matter reading	With the water taken out, the same analysis reads 36.4% protein and 22.7% fat. Dry matter is how wet and dry foods can be compared fairly.
Calories	1,063 kcal/kg, 393 kcal per can, as labeled
AAFCO adequacy	Jinx Chicken & Sweet Potato Chopped Recipe is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for all life stages including growth of large size dogs (70 lb. or more as an adult).
Price	Not listed. We publish a price only when we have verified it from a dated listing, and we had not for this recipe when the label was read.

How the score breaks down

Signal	Points	What the label shows
First ingredient	20 / 20	Chicken, a named whole animal protein, opens the panel.
Animal protein depth, first 10 ingredients	7 / 15	2 of the first ten ingredients are named animal ingredients.
Protein level for the life stage	15 / 15	Crude protein reads 36.4% on a dry matter basis (water removed), read against the all life stages stage the label claims.
Fat level fit	3 / 10	Crude fat reads 22.7% on a dry matter basis (water removed).
Whole foods versus filler-flagged ingredients	10 / 10	None of the rubric's flagged ingredients appears in the first ten.
Artificial colors and preservatives	10 / 10	No artificial colors, color-retention chemicals or artificial preservatives appear in the panel.
AAFCO adequacy basis	8 / 10	Formulated to meet AAFCO profiles for all life stages, including growth of large size dogs.
FDA recall history	10 / 10	No FDA posted dog food recall events for this brand were found in our November 2026 check.
Price tier	Not scored	Not scored in this round. We publish a price only when we have verified it from a dated listing.
Total	83 / 100	Scaled from 83 of 100 available points. Stars are the score divided by 20, rounded to the nearest half. The method is published in full on the dog food hub.

Ingredient notes: the first ten, one by one

Definitions below are written from AAFCO's ingredient definitions in our own words. They describe what an ingredient is, never what a brand claims about it. Names that appear in our ingredient dictionary link to it; the dictionary counts how many scored recipes carry each ingredient.

Chicken. Chicken is the named meat in fresh form. Panel order is set by weight before cooking, and fresh meat is mostly water, so its share of the finished food is smaller than its place at the top suggests.
Fish Broth. Fish Broth is a cooking liquid from the named animal. It brings flavor and moisture, and in a wet food it is most of the weight in the can.
Vegetable Broth. Vegetable Broth is a cooking liquid from the named animal. It brings flavor and moisture, and in a wet food it is most of the weight in the can.
Chicken Liver. Chicken Liver is organ tissue from a named animal. Organs are dense in vitamins, minerals and amino acids, and they are a normal part of what a dog is built to eat.
Dried Sweet Potatoes. Dried Sweet Potatoes is a starchy root used to bind kibble and add energy, with useful fiber and beta carotene.
Carrots. Carrots is a fruit or vegetable inclusion. At panel positions like this the amounts are small; treat them as garnish with benefits, not a nutrient pillar.
Dried Pumpkin. Dried Pumpkin is a fiber rich vegetable makers add to steady digestion; it soaks up water in the gut.
Sunflower Oil. Sunflower Oil is a plant ingredient, bringing energy, fiber or plant protein to the panel.
Agar-Agar. Agar-Agar sits on the panel as a functional ingredient: a binder, supplement or processing aid rather than a nutrient base.
Dicalcium Phosphate. Dicalcium Phosphate belongs to the vitamin and mineral pack that brings the recipe up to a complete profile. Minerals named as proteinates are bound to protein, a form the gut absorbs more readily.

Who it suits

Homes that want one bag to cover a puppy and an adult dog together
Owners who want a named whole meat, not a meal or a plant, at the top of the panel
Picky eaters and older dogs: wet food smells stronger and is easier to chew

Who should skip it

Owners who specifically want a food proven in feeding trials rather than by formulation
Large dog homes on a budget: wet food takes several cans a day at big-dog calories

The brand's recall record

No FDA posted dog food recall events for this brand were found in our November 2026 check of FDA recall records. That is a statement about what we could verify, not proof of a perfect history.

See the full dog food recall tracker for recent events across all brands.

Other Jinx recipes we scored

Recipe	Score / 100	Protein	Format
Puppy Organic Chicken and Sweet Potato Kibble	95	30%	Dry food
Cage-Free Chicken Kibble	92	27%	Dry food
Atlantic Salmon and Sweet Potato Kibble	90	27%	Dry food
Grain-Free Atlantic Salmon Kibble	90	27%	Dry food
Beef Bone Broth Stew	88	8%	Wet food
Grain-Free Salmon Pate	86	8%	Wet food
Chicken Bone Broth Stew	86	8%	Wet food
Grain-Free Beef Pate	83	8%	Wet food
Beef and Chicken Homemades	82	9%	Wet food
Chicken and Tuna Homemades	82	9%	Wet food
Salmon Bone Broth Stew	79	8%	Wet food
Chicken Homemades	79	9%	Wet food

Feeding it

Switch foods gradually over about a week, mixing more of the new food into the old each day. Portion by calories, not by the look of the bowl: our feeding calculator works out a daily amount from your dog's weight, and this recipe's calorie line above is the number it needs.

What that means at the bowl, for a typical neutered adult (resting energy 70 times body weight to the power 0.75, times 1.6; treats come out of the same budget):

Dog's weight	Daily energy	Of this recipe, at 393 kcal a can
3 kg	about 255 kcal	about 0.6 cans
10 kg	about 630 kcal	about 1.6 cans
20 kg	about 1,059 kcal	about 2.7 cans
30 kg	about 1,436 kcal	about 3.7 cans

Puppies, pregnant dogs and very active dogs need more; older and weight watching dogs need less. The calculator linked above adjusts for those cases.

Jinx Grain-Free Chicken Pate: our recipe review