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Calibra Dog Life Can Sensitive Salmon & Rice 6x400g review

Name: Calibra Dog Life Can Sensitive Salmon & Rice 6x400g
Brand: Calibra

81.3/100Outstanding

WetAdult

A 400g tin of salmon and rice with one fish at 70% and nothing else from the animal side. Rice, pea flour and a plant fibre fill out the rest, and salmon oil plus a marine algae top up the omega 3. For a dog that has to stay on one fish, it is about as plain a complete tin as you will find.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept to one animal. Salmon at 70% is the only creature on the list
Sensitive stomachs, the dogs Calibra built this recipe around
Owners who want the fish named to species
Dogs that do well on extra omega 3, from salmon oil and a dried algae as well as the fish
Medium and large dogs, where a 400g can makes meals easy to plan

Worth watching

Rice and pea flour both in the can, so it is neither grain free nor legume free
Lignocellulose, a purified plant fibre there for bulk
Estimated carbohydrate of 21.4% of dry matter, above the wet food norm of 15.8%

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

How this scores

How we score

81.3/100Outstanding

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. If you would rather calcium came with the meat, note that it is added here as calcium carbonate.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Calibra Dog Life Can Sensitive Salmon & Rice 6x400g 81.3

All one Outstanding. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The salmon carries this tin a step clear of the typical wet food, with protein and processing the one pillar held back in Good.

What's in it

Salmon70%The only animal in the can, named to species. Protein converts to 45.5% of dry matter.
Rice4%The gentle grain sensitive recipes have leaned on for decades.
Pea flourMilled roasted peas: fibre, minerals and some plant protein.
LignocellulosePurified plant fibre, close to indigestible by design. Adds bulk without calories.
Salmon oil1%
Calcium carbonateLifts calcium to 1.36% of dry matter and keeps ash low.
Dried algae (Schizochytrium limacinum)0.2%Grown for the same long-chain omega 3 a fish oil supplies.

A broad panel for a wet food: vitamins A, D3, E, B1 and biotin, with zinc, manganese, iodine, copper and iron.

Carbohydrate is estimated at 21.4% of dry matter, above the 15.8% wet food norm, from the rice, pea flour and fibre.

Named ingredients

Salmon (70 %), rice (4 %), pea flour, lignocellulose, salmon oil (1 %), calcium carbonate, dried algae (0.2 %, Schizochytrium limacinum).

Against the range

One recipe: salmon at 70% and no other animal on the list, with rice at 4%, pea flour and lignocellulose making up most of the rest. Salmon oil at 1% and a marine algae at 0.2% add omega 3 on top of the fish. Calcium comes from added calcium carbonate, and the vitamin and mineral panel is fully dosed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

103.5 kcal/100g

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

45.5%

Fat

22.7%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

6.8%

Carbs

21.4%

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

70%

Added water

14.9%

Carbs

10.7%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size