Earls

Earls Moist & Meaty: Meaty Chunks With Chicken review

Name: Earls Moist & Meaty: Meaty Chunks With Chicken
Brand: Earls

26.5/100Poor

WetAdult

Flavour

A soft chunk food that pours from the bag like kibble and is far kinder to the teeth. That texture is the reason to buy it. The recipe is wheat first, with only 4% named meat, so both flavours land in our Poor band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with worn or missing teeth
Dry-food convenience without the crunch: no fridge, no warming
Bigger dogs, with a 3kg bag that scoops and portions easily
Adults of any build, toy to giant
A lighter fat intake, with fat at 7.0% and energy at 294 kcal per 100g

Worth watching

Legal categories in place of names, so contents can move between batches
Various sugars on both labels without a figure
Wheat leads at 29%, which matters if your dog has reacted to it
Carbohydrate is estimated at 54.4% of dry matter

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

How this scores

How we score

26.5/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A dog with a wheat history or on an elimination plan cannot steer by this label, so check that first.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Meaty Chunks 26.5
Meaty Chunks 26.5

All two Poor. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Both score Poor together on the cereal share and the small meat fraction, and nothing in the bag is unsafe; a dog holding condition on it is doing perfectly well.

What's in it

Cereals (wholegrain wheat)29%The lead ingredient and one of only two firm anchors on the label.
Meat and animal derivatives19%, including 4% ChickenA legal umbrella. Only the chicken is named, so other species cannot be ruled out.
Various sugarsHigh on the list. Sugar holds water in the chunk and keeps it soft; no figure is given.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Oils and fatsUnnamed, as is the source.
Minerals
Hydrolysed yeast and chicory extract0.1%Chicory brings inulin, a prebiotic fibre.
Antioxidants, preservatives

Vitamins A, D3 and E with doses printed, then zinc, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium as sodium selenite, the commoner of the two permitted forms.

Only 4% chicken is named, so beef could be in this bag too. No meat is fed more widely, and it is also the one dogs react to most often.

Named ingredients

Cereals (Wholegrain Wheat 29%), Meat and Animal Derivatives 19% (Including 4% Chicken), Various Sugars, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats, Minerals, Hydrolysed Yeast and Chicory Extract (0.1%), Antioxidants, Preservatives.

Against the range

Named meat: 4% chicken; 4% beef on the other flavour.
Everything else: 29% wholegrain wheat, same analysis; Identical on both.

For a dog that simply prefers poultry.

Both flavours share one recipe line for line: wholegrain wheat at 29% leads, then meat and animal derivatives at 19% with 4% named meat inside it, then various sugars that keep the chunks soft. Most of the rest is written as legal categories, so the exact animals, vegetables and fats can move between batches. Moisture is declared at 19%, which is what makes the format pour like kibble and chew soft.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

294 kcal/100g

Protein

18%

Fat

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

9.5%

Moisture

19%

Dry weight

Protein

22.2%

Fat

8.6%

Fibre

3.1%

Ash

11.7%

Carbs

54.4%

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

19%

Carbs

70%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

4.6%

Other

6.2%

Pricing & size