Calibra

Calibra Verve Adult Small Cans: Beef & Chicken review

Name: Calibra Verve Adult Small Cans: Beef & Chicken
Brand: Calibra

79.3/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Two small 200g cans for a dog that eats a modest amount at a sitting, each leading with one meat at 43% and backing it with a second at 27%. The plant side is short and mostly named. Both sit in our Excellent band, with three pillars reading Outstanding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs, the size the can is made for
One little dog and no half-tin under a lid in the fridge
Fussy eaters, as the cans swap the meat and hold the recipe steady
Grain-avoiding homes: neither label carries a cereal
Dogs that do well on organ meat, with the duck declared as meat and organs

Worth watching

Two animals in each can, so neither suits a strict single-meat trial
Salmon oil at 1.5%, so fish is on both labels
A 200g can does not stretch far for a bigger dog

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

How this scores

How we score

79.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult dogs. A dog that size eats a good deal less than the 15kg figure, so portion from the can's guide.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Duck 79.5
Beef 79.3

All two Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Nothing to choose between them on score, so pick the meats your dog prefers.

What's in it

Chicken43%
Beef27%The second animal, with its own figure.
Pumpkin, carrots4% eachGentle and digestible, a little fibre.
Vegetable derivatives2.7%Unnamed.
Salmon oil1.5%The omega 3, and the reason fish is on the label.
Dried rose hip, dried sea buckthorn0.5% eachVitamin C.
Dried rosemary, dried chicory0.1% each

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, iodine and copper, plus taurine for the heart and carob gum to hold the loaf together.

Named ingredients

Chicken (43 %), beef (27 %), pumpkin (4 %), carrots (4 %), vegetable derivatives, (2.7 %), salmon oil (1.5 %), dried rose hip (0.5 %), dried sea buckthorn (0.5 %), dried rosemary (0.1 %), dried chicory (0.1 %).

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 43%, beef 27%; Turkey and duck in the other.
Fat, dry matter: 28.3%; 36.4% in the duck and turkey.
Protein, dry matter: 41.3%; 38.6% in the duck and turkey.
Plants: Pumpkin and carrots; Carrots and apple in the other.

The more familiar pairing and the leaner of the two.

Both cans open with two animals and a printed percentage each, 43% and 27%, a high declared meat share for wet food. Two plant entries follow at 4% each, then vegetable derivatives at 2.7% (unnamed), salmon oil at 1.5% and dried rose hip, sea buckthorn, rosemary and chicory at half a percent and below.

No cereal on either label. What varies is the pairing: chicken with beef over pumpkin and carrots, or turkey with duck over carrots and apple. Calcium is declared on both and comfortable for an adult.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

106.2 kcal/100g

Protein

9.5%

Fat

6.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

77%

Dry weight

Protein

41.3%

Fat

28.3%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

10.9%

Carbs

17.3%

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

70%

Added water

10%

Carbs

6.6%

Veg

8.1%

Oils

1.5%

Other

3.8%