Cesar

Cesar Fresh Bowl: Duck in Gravy review

Name: Cesar Fresh Bowl: Duck in Gravy
Brand: Cesar

73.1/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

This is the Cesar label that names the cut: chicken fillet at 24% and chicken breast at 11% head every bowl. The vegetables come with percentages too, which is rare at this end of the shelf. The recipes are lean, and the catch is the derivatives heading the chicken sits inside.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want the cut named on the label
Dogs that need a leaner dinner, with fat at 14.6% of dry matter
Loose digestion. Fibre converts to 7.3% of dry matter
A small dog, where one 85g bowl with its own lid is a serving
Anyone who likes the vegetables spelled out, from fresh pumpkin and green beans to carrots and sweet potatoes

Worth watching

Chicken leads every bowl, the duck one included, so a dog avoiding chicken has no option in this range
Unidentified animal content under the meat and animal derivatives heading, and oils and fats with no source
A medium or large dog needs a stack of bowls a day at 79 kcal per 100g

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

How this scores

How we score

73.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Work out how many bowls your dog would need each day before you order, since these are light.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Chicken in Gravy 79.0
Chicken 75.0
Duck in Gravy 73.1

All three Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Three bowls with one analysis finish close together, so the choice comes down to which vegetables and grain suit your dog.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives: chicken fillet, chicken breast20%, 11%Chicken is the base of this bowl, despite the name.
Duck fillet4%The flavour.
Fresh carrots11%
Fresh purple potatoes5%
Red rice5%A small named grain.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Oils and fatsNo source given.
Minerals

Vitamin D3 with copper, iodine, iron, manganese and zinc, mostly as sulphates.

Chicken outweighs the duck many times over. Not one for a dog avoiding chicken.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives* (Chicken Fillet 20%, Chicken Breast 11% and Duck Fillet 4%), Vegetables* (Fresh Carrots 11% and Fresh Purple Potatoes 5%), Cereals* (Red Rice 5%), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats, Minerals, *Natural Ingredients

Against the range

Meat: Chicken fillet 20%, breast 11%, duck fillet 4%; Chicken fillet 24% and breast 11% on the others.
Vegetables: Carrots 11%, purple potatoes 5%; Pumpkin, green beans and sweet potato elsewhere.
Grain: Red rice 5%; Barley on one pack, none on Chicken in Gravy.

A chicken bowl with duck for flavour, so pick it for taste and not for a protein swap.

Every bowl declares chicken fillet and chicken breast inside a meat and animal derivatives entry, so the named cuts are pinned down but the rest of that heading is not. The vegetables carry their own percentages, and the grain, where there is one, is red rice or barley in small named amounts.

All three share one declared analysis: protein converts to 48.8% of dry matter and fat to 14.6%. Oils and fats appears on every label without a source. What changes from bowl to bowl is the vegetables, the grain and, on the duck recipe, a small share of duck fillet.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

79 kcal/100g

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

1.3%

Moisture

79.5%

Dry weight

Protein

48.8%

Fat

14.6%

Fibre

7.3%

Ash

6.3%

Carbs

23%

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

41.4%

Added water

14.5%

Carbs

23.9%

Veg

14.9%

Oils

2.7%

Other

2.6%