Benevo

Benevo Grain-Free Feast review

Name: Benevo Grain-Free Feast
Brand: Benevo

41.5/100Average

WetAdult

A plant-only, grain-free can built on lentils and chick peas, and it takes that narrow brief seriously. The label quantifies its vegetables in dried and fresh weight and names all five herbs in the herb mix. It reads Average on our scoring because named animal content carries real weight and this can has none.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Vegan homes that want grain out of the bowl as well
Dogs steering around the usual trigger foods: no meat, dairy, egg or cereal on the list
Owners who like a figure beside an ingredient
Smaller dogs and dainty eaters, as the can is dense
Plant-diet extras dosed on the panel, with taurine at 200mg and added methionine

Worth watching

Protein at 19.7% of dry matter, all from pulses
Carbohydrate estimated at 46.9% of dry matter, against 15.8% for the typical wet food
Less help with water intake than a wetter can
No calcium figure published

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

41.5/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A plant diet leans on its added panel, so read the taurine, carnitine and methionine figures before building the week around it.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Benevo Grain-Free Feast 41.5

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

With no named animal by design and protein on the low side, it reads Poor on the meat and balance pillars and Outstanding on transparency.

What's in it

LentilsFibre, protein, B vitamins and minerals. Pulse protein does not concentrate the way meat protein does.
Chick peas
Rapeseed oilNamed outright, and the main reason fat converts to 18.2% of dry matter.
Dried peas5%Equal to 15% fresh peas.
Dried carrots2%Equal to 18% fresh carrots.
Potato flakes, tomatotomato 1%
MineralsThe only unspecific entry on the list.
Mixed herbs: rosemary, parsley, oregano, marjoram, mint0.75%All five named. Rosemary also keeps the fats from turning.
Sunchoke, seaweed0.5%, 0.2%Inulin for the gut bacteria; iodine and trace minerals.

Taurine at 200mg, L-carnitine and DL-methionine for what a plant diet runs short on, vitamins A, D3 and E, and zinc, iron, copper, manganese, iodine and selenium as sodium selenite.

Named ingredients

Lentils, Chick Peas, Rapeseed Oil, Dried Peas (5%, equivalent to 15% Peas), Dried Carrots (2%, equivalent to 18% Carrots), Potato Flakes, Tomato (1%), Minerals, Mixed Herbs (0.75%, Rosemary, Parsley, Oregano, Marjoram, Mint), Sunchoke (0.5%), Seaweed (0.2%).

Against the range

A single plant-only can. Moisture is 67%, lower than most wet food, and energy is a declared 130 kcal per 100g, so the daily portion is smaller than the wet shelf usually asks for.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

129.6 kcal/100g

Protein

6.5%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

67%

Dry weight

Protein

19.7%

Fat

18.2%

Fibre

6.1%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

46.9%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Added water

Carbs

83%

Veg

3.2%

Oils

7.7%

Other

Pricing & size