Calibra

Calibra Premium Line Adult Cans: Chicken & Liver and Carrot review

Name: Calibra Premium Line Adult Cans: Chicken & Liver and Carrot
Brand: Calibra

49.4/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

Big 1240g adult cans in four meat pairings, all in our Average band. The meat explains it: two animals get a name and a number, and everything else in the chunk mix gets a category. The analysis behind that is respectable for a wet food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Several dogs fed at once. One can goes a long way
A change of meat without a change of recipe, across four pairings on one base
Dogs that eat by volume, as these cans are light in energy for their weight
Dogs already settled on classic chunk-style tins and doing well on them
Adult dogs of any size

Worth watching

Meat and animal derivatives makes up most of the chunk mix, so none of the four can support an elimination diet
Cereals unnamed, so the grain behind the word can change between batches
Various sugars on all four lists

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

How this scores

How we score

49.4/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The label declares no calorie figure, so the 74 kcal per 100g we work from is our estimate: weigh the first few days' portions and watch the waistline.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 63.0
Chicken 49.4
Chicken 44.1
Lamb 44.1
Veal 44.1

Five recipes across Good and Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis holds up well; the scores sit low because most of the meat is left as a category, and the liver and carrot can edges ahead on transparency.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives, in chunks62%The category term covers everything beyond the two named parts.
Chicken8%
Liver8%Dense, nutrient rich and very palatable. The species is not given.
CerealsGrain type unnamed.
Dried carrots0.45%Declared as the equivalent of 4% fresh carrots.
Minerals
Various sugarsFor taste, not nutrition.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with copper, zinc, manganese and iodine, dosed and identical across the range.

The only can of the four to declare a vegetable.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives (62 % in chunks*, of which 8 % chicken, 8 % liver), cereals, vegetables (0.45 % dried carrots, equivalent to 4 % fresh carrots), minerals, various sugars. *Chunks typically ± 50 % in finished product

Against the range

Named parts: Chicken and liver, 8% each; The others pair chicken with beef, lamb or veal.
Vegetables: Dried carrots, 0.45%; None on the other three.
Transparency: Excellent; Good on the other three.

If a dog turns down the other three, this is the can to try.

All four cans share one base and one analysis panel: a chunk mix declared as meat and animal derivatives at 62%, two named animals at 8% each inside it, then cereals, minerals and various sugars. The pairings are flavour changes, not separate recipes. Only the chicken with liver can adds a vegetable, dried carrots. Protein converts to 43.2% of dry matter and fat to 21.6% on every can, and no calcium figure is printed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

74.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

81.5%

Dry weight

Protein

43.2%

Fat

21.6%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

13.5%

Carbs

19%

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

10.4%

Added water

30%

Carbs

56.2%

Veg

2.2%

Other

1.1%

Pricing & size