Denes

Denes Adult Chicken With Vegetables Tins review

Name: Denes Adult Chicken With Vegetables Tins
Brand: Denes

63.2/100Good

WetAdult

An old-fashioned tin in the best sense: fresh chicken and chicken liver, 46% between them, and nothing else animal. The vegetables are broken down by name and so are the herbs. Rice is the one entry left without a figure.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept to one animal, as chicken and chicken liver are the only meats
Dogs that eat better when dinner smells of real chicken; liver is about as palatable as a can gets
Owners who like the vegetables named: carrot, green beans and white potato inside the 4%
Dogs that find rich food heavy going, with fat at a moderate 22.7% of dry matter
Poor drinkers. Moisture is declared at 78.0%

Worth watching

Rice sits third with no percentage, so its share of the tin is unknown
Estimated carbohydrate of 25.0% of dry matter, above the 15.8% typical for adult wet food
Garlic in the herb blend, which some households keep out of the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

63.2/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, toy to giant, from the same tin. The printed feeding table does not read sensibly, so start from our estimate and adjust by condition.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Denes Adult Chicken With Vegetables Tins 63.2

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The single-animal meat share earns its place in a strong field, and the unquantified rice is what keeps it from leading it.

What's in it

Fresh chicken38%
Chicken liver8%A proper amount: vitamin A, B vitamins, copper and iron, and very palatable.
RiceThe one share the label withholds. Easy on most digestions.
Vegetables: carrot, green beans, white potato4%Itemised, which most tins at this end of the shelf skip. The potato is starch, like the rice.
Minerals
Herbs: garlic, parsley, kelpKelp for iodine. Garlic in small culinary amounts, long a signature of this brand.

Vitamins A, D3 and E and every trace element carry a figure, selenium down to a fraction of a milligram per kilo.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken 38%, chicken liver 8%, rice, vegetables 4% (carrot, green beans, white potato), minerals, herbs (garlic, parsley, kelp).

Against the range

One chicken tin. Fresh chicken at 38% and chicken liver at 8% are the only animal entries, then rice with no percentage, vegetables at 4% itemised, and a named herb blend. Protein converts to 36.4% of dry matter, fat to 22.7% and estimated carbohydrate to 25.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

89.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

36.4%

Fat

22.7%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

11.4%

Carbs

25%

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

46%

Added water

30%

Carbs

13.5%

Veg

Other

6.5%

Pricing & size