Calibra

Calibra Verve Adult Cans: Pork & Venison review

Name: Calibra Verve Adult Cans: Pork & Venison
Brand: Calibra

80.6/100Outstanding

WetAdult

Flavour

Two named animals in every tin, the lead at 44% and its partner at 26%, then a short, grain-free list that is mostly recognisable. All three tins clear the typical wet food by a band, and each reads Outstanding on every pillar. For a dog weary of chicken, the venison and wild boar are the draw.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that want something other than the everyday meats
A percentage beside every meat, for owners who check
Grain-avoiding households
Hard-working dogs and those that struggle to hold condition
Rotation feeding: one build, three different dinners

Worth watching

Salmon oil in every tin, so fish is on all three labels
Two animals per tin, which rules the range out of a strict one-meat trial
A lot of energy in a small tin. Measure it for a dog that gains weight easily

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

How this scores

How we score

80.6/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size, with calcium at a sound adult level. Weigh the bowl for a less active dog, as all three tins run rich.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Pork

The score, in context

Salmon 82.0
Pork 80.6
Wild Boar 80.2
Chicken 70.7

Four recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Two named animals with printed percentages do almost all the work, and carbohydrate stays well under the typical wet food on every tin.

What's in it

Pork44%
Venison26%A meat few dogs will have met often.
Potato, Carrots4% each
Vegetable derivatives2.7%The only entry on the label that never says what it is.
Salmon oil1.5%A real dose of marine omega 3, and fish on the label.
Dried rose hip, dried sea buckthorn0.5% eachVitamin C.
Dried chicory0.3%Inulin, a prebiotic fibre.
Dried rosemary, dried thyme0.05% each

Vitamins A, D3 and E, zinc, iron, manganese, iodide and copper, with taurine added on purpose and carob gum to hold the loaf.

Named ingredients

Pork (44 %), venison (26 %), potato (4 %), carrots (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 %).

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 40.9%; Highest; 37.6% and 38.6% on the others.
Fat, dry matter: 37.3%; 36.4% on the Wild Boar, 44.8% on the Salmon.
Energy: 114 kcal per 100g; 110 to 115 across the range.

The tin to reach for when the familiar proteins have stopped working.

Every tin is built the same way: a lead meat at 44%, a second animal at 26%, then two plants at 4% each. Nothing else reaches 3%. Salmon oil at 1.5% is on all three labels, and vegetable derivatives at 2.7% is the one vague entry.

No cereal appears anywhere. Once the moisture is out the tins are rich: protein runs from 37.6% to 40.9% of dry matter and fat from 36.4% to 44.8%. Calcium is declared on all three.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

114.1 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

40.9%

Fat

37.3%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

10.4%

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

75.5%

Added water

9.8%

Carbs

7.2%

Veg

4.6%

Oils

1.6%

Other

1.2%