Calibra

Calibra Verve Puppy & Junior Cans review

Name: Calibra Verve Puppy & Junior Cans
Brand: Calibra

79.8/100Excellent

WetPuppyAdult

An Excellent band can for puppies that carries on into adulthood, with turkey at 44% and lamb at 26% doing nearly all the work. Calcium is printed and sits where a growing large breed needs it. Calories are declared too, so there is no working out to do.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies of every build, big breeds included, with calcium at 1.36% of dry matter
Owners who want the animal share written down: turkey at 44%, lamb at 26%
A puppy and an adult dog in one house. The same tin is made for both
Dogs kept off grain
Growing appetites. Energy is printed at 104 kcal per 100g against 97 for the typical adult wet food

Worth watching

Turkey, lamb and salmon oil put three animals in the can, so it won't work as an exclusion diet
Vegetable derivatives at 2.7%, the one entry that does not say what it is
Only the 400g size, so a small puppy leaves part-used cans to cover and chill

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

How this scores

How we score

79.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies and adults of every size, toy to giant. A growing puppy eats much more for its size than an adult, so go by the feeding guide and your pup's growth.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy, Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Calibra Verve Puppy & Junior Cans 79.8

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Built well rather than flashy, and it finishes comfortably clear of the middle of a strong wet shelf.

What's in it

Turkey44%Leads the can.
Lamb26%With the turkey, nearly all of the work. Protein reads 43.2% of dry matter.
Apple4%
Vegetable derivatives2.7%The one category entry, so the plant side can move between batches.
Salmon oil1.5%A third animal on the label.
Dried Ascophyllum nodosum1%A seaweed that brings iodine and trace minerals.
Dried rose hip, cranberries, sea buckthorn0.5% each
Dried oregano, dried thyme0.05% each

Taurine added at a dose printed on the panel, a short vitamin and mineral list with figures beside it, and carob gum to set the loaf.

Named ingredients

Turkey (44 %), lamb (26 %), apple (4 %), vegetable derivatives (2.7 %), salmon oil (1.5 %), dried Ascophyllum nodosum (1 %), dried rose hip (0.5 %), dried cranberries (0.5 %), dried sea buckthorn (0.5 %), dried oregano (0.05 %), dried thyme (0.05 %).

Against the range

One 400g can, turkey and lamb at the front and no cereal anywhere. Vegetable derivatives is the only entry written as a category; everything else is named with a percentage.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

104.2 kcal/100g

Protein

9.5%

Fat

6.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

43.2%

Fat

29.5%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

15.9%

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

76.7%

Added water

11.5%

Carbs

Veg

4.4%

Oils

1.6%

Other

2.8%

Pricing & size