Caboodle

Caboodle Wet Food: Free run chicken stew with chunky vegetables review

Name: Caboodle Wet Food: Free run chicken stew with chunky vegetables
Brand: Caboodle

77.4/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Five 150g trays of stew, each built on one named animal at 60%, all in our Excellent band. Nothing on these lists needs decoding. Chicken, lamb, pork, beef and turkey are covered.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs eating one meat at a time
A less common protein: pork and turkey are both here
Dogs who eat with their eyes, since these are chunky stews
Households that mix things up, with a mixed case of 28 trays
Cereal-free feeding on the pork, beef and turkey trays

Worth watching

Broth tied to no animal on any label
Salmon oil and kelp put fish in every tray
Rice in the chicken and lamb
Energy declared on some labels and estimated on others

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

How this scores

How we score

77.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Energy varies between trays, so adjust portions by eye over the first fortnight.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Succulent Beef 79.7
Turkey Goulash 78.6
Free run chicken stew 77.4
Lamb Casserole 77.0
Scrummy sausage hotpot 76.9

All five Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Five trays within a whisker of one another, so the real choice is which animal suits your dog.

What's in it

Free run chicken60%
BrothNo label says which animal it was made from.
Rice3%The grain that sets this tray apart from the pork, beef and turkey.
Pumpkin, carrot, peas2% down to 1%
Blueberries
Minerals
Salmon oilLong-chain omega 3, and fish in every tray.
KelpIodine and trace minerals.

Vitamin D3, zinc, manganese, copper and iodine, each with a dose.

The declared 148 kcal per 100g reads high against the analysis, so weigh the first week of meals.

Named ingredients

Chicken (60%), Broth, Rice (3%), Pumpkin (2%), Carrot (1%), Peas (1%), Blueberries, Minerals, Salmon Oil, Kelp.

Against the range

Grain: Rice 3%; Rice in the lamb too; none in the other three
Energy: 148 kcal per 100g, declared; 93 to 119 in the others
Vegetables: Pumpkin, carrot, peas, blueberries; Sweet potato, beans, peppers on three

The most vegetable-led tray in the range.

Every tray opens with one named animal at 60%, then broth, a short row of vegetables, minerals, salmon oil and kelp. The chicken and lamb sit on rice, pumpkin, carrot, peas and blueberries; the pork, beef and turkey on sweet potato, beans, carrot and peppers, with no grain.

Calcium lands between 0.81% and 1.15% of dry matter. The added panels differ from tray to tray, and energy runs from 93 to 148 kcal per 100g.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

148 kcal/100g

Protein

10.2%

Fat

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

46.4%

Fat

22.7%

Fibre

3.2%

Ash

11.4%

Carbs

16.3%

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

60%

Added water

27.7%

Carbs

Veg

3.6%

Oils

0.9%

Other

3.8%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £11.33 (RRP)
Pack: Pack of 10 × 150 g trays (also sold as a 28 × 150 g mixed variety pack - see appendix)
A 15kg dog eats (our estimate): 505 to 615 g a day, 560 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £6.34

Premium end of the market for a wet food, and fair value for the quality on offer.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.