Calibra

Calibra Dog Verve GF Adult Chicken & Duck 6x400g review

Name: Calibra Dog Verve GF Adult Chicken & Duck 6x400g
Brand: Calibra

87.1/100Outstanding

WetAdult

An Outstanding tin that puts its animal content out in the open: chicken at 44%, duck at 26%, both named. The plant side is unusually light and there is no cereal anywhere on the label. Protein and processing reads Outstanding with it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want a number against each meat
Grain-free homes. Not one cereal on this label
Dogs that get on better with poultry than with red meat
Adults of every build, toy breeds to giants
Dogs that could use more water in the day, with moisture at 78%

Worth watching

Both birds are in, so a dog off chicken or off duck cannot use it
Salmon oil at 1.5% means fish is on the label
Vegetable derivatives at 2.7% never says what it is

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

How this scores

How we score

87.1/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A 15kg dog would get through about 800 grams a day at 104 kcal per 100g, so count the tins that means.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Calibra Dog Verve GF Adult Chicken & Duck 6x400g 87.1

All one Outstanding. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A full band clear of a strong wet field, earned mostly by two named birds carrying the recipe.

What's in it

Chicken44%Named, with its percentage.
Duck26%
Apple4%A little natural sweetness.
Jerusalem artichoke4%Inulin, the soluble fibre gut bacteria live on.
Vegetable derivatives2.7%The only vague entry in the recipe.
Salmon oil1.5%A working dose, and the reason the label carries fish.
Dried rose hip, dried sea buckthorn0.5% each
Dried chicory0.3%
Dried rosemary, thyme, oregano0.05% eachRosemary most likely there to keep the fats from turning.

Taurine at 1,000 mg per kilo for the heart, carob gum to hold the loaf, and vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, iodine and copper, each dosed.

Named ingredients

Chicken (44 %), duck (26 %), apple (4 %), jerusalem artichoke (4 %), vegetable derivatives (2.7 %), salmon oil (1.5 %), dried rose hip (0.5 %), dried sea buckthorn (0.5 %), dried chicory (0.3 %), dried rosemary (0.05 %), dried thyme (0.05 %), dried oregano (0.05 %).

Against the range

One grain-free tin built on two named birds, chicken at 44% and duck at 26%. Apple and jerusalem artichoke lead a light plant side, salmon oil adds a working dose of marine oil, and a short row of dried botanicals finishes the list.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

103.8 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

40.9%

Fat

22.7%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

25%

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

75.5%

Added water

9.8%

Carbs

2.9%

Veg

4.6%

Oils

1.6%

Other

5.6%