Gelert

Gelert Sporting Dog Variety Tins review

Name: Gelert Sporting Dog Variety Tins
Brand: Gelert

51.6/100Good

WetAdult

A mixed case of tins for active dogs and busy kennels, sitting in our Good band. Protein converts to 40.0% of dry matter, a strong number for a tin. The placing comes down to how little the label names.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and sporting dogs in a busy kennel
A bowl that changes day to day while the recipe stays put
Dogs that find rich tins heavy, with fat a moderate 25.0% of dry matter
Dogs casual about the water bowl, at 80.0% moisture
Spooning over a smaller dry portion

Worth watching

Only the four meats at 4% are named, so no elimination diet can rest on it
No cereal is named either
Light for a hard-working dog at 92 kcal per 100g, so daily volumes run large
No additives panel; minerals are one line in the composition

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

How this scores

How we score

51.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A working dog needs a good volume of a tin this wet, so many owners use it over a dry base.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Gelert Sporting Dog Variety Tins 51.6

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The analysis is respectable for a tin; transparency is what stops it, with most of the recipe written in category terms.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesA legal umbrella for the flesh and by-products of land animals; the label gives no way to judge the quality.
Chicken, beef, lamb, turkey4% eachThe named slice of the tin.
CerealsUnnamed, and doing a fair share of the work.
MineralsDoses and forms not given.
Derivatives of vegetable origin

No separate additives panel is published.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives (Chicken 4%), (Beef 4%), (Lamb 4%), (Turkey 4%), Cereals, Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin.

Against the range

One composition for a mixed case. Chicken, beef, lamb and turkey are each named at 4% inside meat and animal derivatives, and cereals and derivatives of vegetable origin fill in behind. Minerals appear as a single line, with no additives panel.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

92 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

40%

Fat

25%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

12.5%

Carbs

20%

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

77.4%

Added water

15%

Carbs

6.3%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size