Butchers

Butchers Lean & Tasty Can: With Chicken, Rice & Veg review

Name: Butchers Lean & Tasty Can: With Chicken, Rice & Veg
Brand: Butchers

78.2/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

The light tin in the Butchers wet line, and the analysis actually backs the name up. Fat stops at 16.7% of dry matter while protein reaches 50.0%, so a dog gets a full bowl for few calories. All three recipes share our Excellent band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on a weight watch
Big eaters who would cheerfully finish twice what they need
Keeping protein up while the fat comes down
A little gentle grain, from cooked wholegrain rice with vegetables behind it
Owners who want the meat named and measured on every label

Worth watching

Rice in all three, which rules them out of a grain-free home
Beef in every tin, including those sold on chicken and turkey
L-carnitine helps, but the portion you serve still does the real work

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

How this scores

How we score

78.2/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. These light tins take large daily portions, so many owners serve them beside a measured dry food.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

With Chicken 78.2
With Beef 75.6
With Turkey 75.6

All three Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Lean fat with high protein is the route all three take to their scores, and the chicken tin edges ahead on protein and processing.

What's in it

Chicken35.5%The highest single meat share in the range.
Beef14.5%
Broth (water, dried seaweed)41%The seaweed brings iodine and trace minerals. With the meat's own water it takes the tin to 82% moisture.
Cooked wholegrain rice3.5%The only grain, gentle on the stomach, thickening the tin.
Carrots, peas2.3% and 1.7%
Minerals
Parsley, chicory root, rosehip, mintChicory root supplies prebiotic inulin.

L-carnitine at 200 mg per kilo to help the body burn fat, plus vitamins A, D3 and E, manganese, zinc and iodine.

Named ingredients

British and Irish Farmed Meats (Chicken 35.5%, Beef 14.5%), Broth 41% (Including Water and Dried Seaweed), Cooked Wholegrain Rice 3.5%, Carrots 2.3%, Peas 1.7%, Minerals, Parsley, Chicory Root, Rosehip, Mint.

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 35.5%, beef 14.5%; Chicken is 27% in the other two.
Protein and processing: Outstanding; Excellent on the beef and turkey tins.
Vegetables: Carrots and peas; Green beans in the beef tin, carrots alone in the turkey.

The strongest of the three, and the one to start with.

Chicken and beef lead all three tins, declared as British and Irish farmed with a percentage each, and both are in every tin whatever the label sells. A broth of water and dried seaweed runs to 41%, cooked wholegrain rice sits at 3.5%, and L-carnitine is dosed at 200 mg per kilo throughout.

The analysis is the same on every tin: fat at 16.7% of dry matter, protein at 50.0% and 75 kcal in every 100g. What varies is the meat split, the vegetables, and a smaller vitamin D3 figure with added copper in the turkey.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

74.7 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.2%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

50%

Fat

16.7%

Fibre

1.1%

Ash

13.9%

Carbs

18.3%

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.

Meat

29.8%

Added water

41%

Carbs

5.2%

Veg

8.5%

Other

15.5%

Pricing & size