Cesar

Cesar Classic Terrine Trays in Jelly: Lamb & Chicken in Jelly review

Name: Cesar Classic Terrine Trays in Jelly: Lamb & Chicken in Jelly
Brand: Cesar

46.3/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

Cesar Classic Terrine trays are single-serve jelly terrines for small dogs, and all six sit in our Average band. The analysis underneath is better than the wording suggests, with protein around half of dry matter and very little carbohydrate. What you cannot do is read the recipe, because the label keeps it to categories.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs. A sealed tray is a portion in itself, with no tin to cover and keep
Fussy eaters, who rarely turn down a jelly terrine
Older dogs with modest appetites, on light trays at 79 to 92 kcal per 100g
Owners after a lean wet food, with carbohydrate under the 15.8% typical
A home with a puppy too, thanks to the Junior Poultry tray

Worth watching

The named animal on the front is only 14% of the tray
Category terms throughout, so none of the six can support an elimination diet
Cassia gum at 2100 mg per kilo on most trays, for owners keeping a short additive list

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

How this scores

How we score

46.3/100Average

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, with one Junior tray for puppies. Wet food carries few calories per gram, so many owners serve a tray alongside a dry food and cut both portions.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Beef 46.8
Chicken 46.8
Lamb 46.3
Junior Poultry in Jelly 45.0
Rich in Chicken in Jelly 44.7
Beef 43.3

All six Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All six score close together, held back by how little the label declares and not by anything worrying in the tray.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (in the chunk)92%Lamb at 14% and chicken at 4%. The chunk is typically half the tray.
Cereals
Minerals
Derivatives of vegetable origin

Vitamin D3 at 270 IU and vitamin E at 15.1 mg per kilo with five trace minerals, pitched slightly differently from the rest, and cassia gum at 1655 mg.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal derivatives (in the Chunk*92%, including Lamb 14%, Chicken 4%), Cereals, Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable origin, *95% Natural, Chunk typically 50% of the product

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 53.9%; The highest in the range; 47.5% at the low end.
Named meat: Lamb 14%, chicken 4%; The only lamb tray.
Chunk: Described separately; No other label does this.

The richest in protein of the six, and the only red meat that is not beef.

Every tray is written in category language: meat and animal derivatives at 60% to 63%, then cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin and minerals. Any of these can change between batches while the label stays the same. The fixed points are the named animals, one at 14% and sometimes a second at 4%.

Protein converts to between 47.5% and 53.9% of dry matter and the carbohydrate estimate runs from 4.1% to 13.5%, under the wet-food norm throughout. Cassia gum sets the jelly. The Junior tray adds fish and fish derivatives.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

79 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

4.3%

Fibre

0.2%

Ash

1.6%

Moisture

83.3%

Dry weight

Protein

53.9%

Fat

25.7%

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

9.6%

Carbs

9.6%

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.

Other

100%

Pricing & size