Denes

Denes Senior Tins: With Chicken, Lamb & Rice review

Name: Denes Senior Tins: With Chicken, Lamb & Rice
Brand: Denes

61.5/100Good

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

Two Good senior tins on the same mild frame, and the labels print percentages where many senior tins retreat into category terms. Rice and barley take carbohydrate to 40.9% of dry matter, well above a typical wet food. A milder analysis is often the point of a senior recipe.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs, and settled adults heading that way
Dogs that find a rich dinner too much; fat is 18.2% of dry matter
Owners who want percentages printed against meats and cereals
Any build, toy breeds to giants
A change of garnish meat on the same base

Worth watching

Chicken and pork in both, so neither suits an elimination diet
Carbohydrate at 40.9% of dry matter against 15.8% typical
Protein at 27.3% of dry matter, when ageing muscle often does better on more

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

How this scores

How we score

61.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size. The tins' own feeding table does not read sensibly as captured, so start from the estimate and weigh the dog.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

With Turkey 61.8
With Chicken 61.5

All two Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The grain accounts for most of the distance to a typical wet food, while the printed percentages are a real strength.

What's in it

Chicken16%The largest single meat entry across both tins.
Pork10%Palatable, easy to digest and still novel to many older dogs.
Rice10%A gentle grain for an older gut.
Lamb4%The garnish the tin is named for.
Barley3%Fibre and micronutrients.
Minerals
Herbs: peppermint, parsley, cuminNamed, and no garlic.
SeaweedIodine and trace minerals beside a brief additive table.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with copper as cupric sulphate; no figures for zinc, iodine, manganese or selenium.

Named ingredients

Chicken 16%, pork 10%, rice 10%, lamb 4%, barley 3%, minerals, herbs (peppermint, parsley and cumin), seaweed.

Against the range

Chicken: 16%; 12% on the turkey and rabbit tin.
Garnish: Lamb, 4%; Turkey and rabbit, 4% each.
Barley: 3%, printed; No figure on the other tin.

Lamb is the richer flavour, which can tip a fading appetite back towards the bowl.

Both tins share one gentle frame: chicken first, pork at 10%, rice at 10% and barley, then a garnish meat or two at 4% each, minerals, a named herb blend and seaweed. Every meaningful entry carries a percentage.

The analysis is identical across the pair, with protein at 27.3% and fat at 18.2% of dry matter. What changes is the chicken share and the garnish: lamb in one, turkey and rabbit in the other.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

86.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

27.3%

Fat

18.2%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

40.9%

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

30%

Added water

34.2%

Carbs

13%

Veg

4.8%

Other

18%

Pricing & size