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Butchers Tripe Mix (blue label) review

Name: Butchers Tripe Mix (blue label)
Brand: Butchers

74.8/100Excellent

WetAdult

A plain-spoken tin built around tripe, and it lands in our Excellent band. Two named animals fill almost all of the can. For a dog that has gone off its food, tripe is the classic answer.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that have gone off their food
Owners who count percentages: beef 42%, chicken 41.5%
Grain-free feeding, with no cereal on the list
Medium and large dogs, with the can sold singly or in packs of 6 or 18
Offal declared properly, liver printed at 3%

Worth watching

Beef and chicken both in the can, plus fish from the salmon oil
No calcium figure, so ash is the only guide to mineral load
The smell of tripe lingers, so keep a lid for the fridge

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

How this scores

How we score

74.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The can's chart puts a dog of 10 to 20 kg on 600 to 1000 grams a day, so a 15kg dog eats two cans.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Butchers Tripe Mix (blue label) 74.8

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The meat line explains most of the result: both animals printed in parts, and little behind them.

What's in it

Beef tripe and tripe broth39%Stomach lining from a grazing animal, rich and close to irresistible. Not described as green, so read it as cooked.
Beef liver3%A dense source of trace nutrients; a little goes a long way.
Chicken41.5%Lighter meat to balance the red.
Salmon oilNo percentage, so a helpful addition more than a measured dose.
Plant fibresUnnamed.
Vitamins and minerals
Chicory root, MOSInulin and a yeast prebiotic, at the trace end.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, manganese and iodine, each with a dose per kilo.

Named ingredients

British and Irish Farmed Beef 42% (Tripe & Tripe Broth 39%, Liver 3%), British and Irish Farmed Chicken 41.5%, Salmon Oil, Plant Fibres, Vitamins and Minerals, Chicory Root, MOS.

Against the range

One 400g can, two animals. Beef at 42% is mostly tripe and tripe broth with a little liver, and chicken follows at 41.5%. Behind them sit only salmon oil, plant fibres, a vitamin and mineral mix, chicory root and MOS, with no cereal.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

98 kcal/100g

Protein

8.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.2%

Ash

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

42.5%

Fat

30%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Carbs

16.5%

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

44.5%

Added water

39%

Veg

1.8%

Oils

Other

7.7%

Pricing & size