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Butchers Recipes In Gravy Can: With Beef & Garden Veg review

Name: Butchers Recipes In Gravy Can: With Beef & Garden Veg
Brand: Butchers

69.2/100Good

WetAdult

Flavour

The brand's everyday tin, and all three recipes sit in our Good band. The meat is named and measured, chicken at 42% or more with a second animal and liver behind it, and there is no cereal anywhere. What holds the tins back is what the label leaves undescribed: the gravy, the plant fibres, the liver's species.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs steered clear of cereal. Not one of the three labels lists a grain
Owners who want percentages beside the animals
Dogs that take most of their fluid from food, with moisture declared at 82%
Fussier eaters who walk away from a dry bowl but clear a saucy one
Adults of any size, from the smallest breeds to the largest

Worth watching

Chicken at 42% or more in every tin, including the beef and turkey, so none suits a dog reacting to chicken
Salmon oil on every label, so fish is in the tin however the front is worded
Unnamed liver and plant fibres, and a gravy with no entry of its own

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

How this scores

How we score

69.2/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A 15kg dog eats about two 400g cans a day, so plan the case size around that.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

With Beef 69.2
With Chicken 69.2
With Turkey 67.7

All three Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The three tins sit so close together that the only real decision is which animal you want on the front.

What's in it

Chicken42%British and Irish farmed, fresh by its plain name. Also the meat most often behind a sensitivity.
Beef4%
Liver4%Rich in B vitamins, copper and iron. Species not given.
Parsnip, peas3%, 1%Seasoning at these amounts.
Salmon oilFish in a beef tin.
Plant fibresWhich plants is not said.
Vitamins and minerals
Chicory root, MOSPrebiotics for the gut bacteria.

A brief panel with every dose printed: vitamins A, D3 and E, zinc at 20 mg, manganese at 2.5 mg and iodine at 0.5 mg.

Chicken is the main meat at 42%, so this beef tin does not suit a dog reacting to chicken.

Named ingredients

British and Irish Farmed Meats (Chicken 42%, Beef 4%, Liver 4%), Parsnip 3%, Peas 1%, Salmon Oil, Plant Fibres, Vitamins and Minerals, Chicory Root, MOS.

Against the range

Second meat: Beef 4%; Turkey in one tin, none in the chicken.
Chicken: 42%; Same in the turkey tin, 46% in the chicken.
Veg: Parsnip 3%, peas 1%; The only tin with this pairing.

The pick for a dog that wants a red meat on the label, as long as chicken suits it.

Chicken is the backbone of all three tins, 42% in the beef and turkey and 46% in the chicken, all British and Irish farmed, with liver at 4% from an unnamed animal. No cereal appears on any label. Salmon oil, plant fibres, chicory root and MOS close every list, and the analysis panel is identical across the three.

What varies is the second meat (beef, turkey or none) and the small amount of garden veg: parsnip, sweet potato, carrots or peas at 3% and 1%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

86 kcal/100g

Protein

7.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.2%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

41.7%

Fat

27.8%

Fibre

1.1%

Ash

11.1%

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

46.3%

Added water

17%

Carbs

Veg

6.6%

Oils

13.9%

Other

15.1%

Pricing & size