Gelert

Gelert Working Dog Variety Tins review

Name: Gelert Working Dog Variety Tins
Brand: Gelert

50.3/100Good

WetAdult

A working dog tin built for the kennel that gets through it by the case, and it sits in our Good band. Four meats are named and numbered, which few tins at this end of the shelf manage. The analysis is strong for a tin, with protein at 45.5% of dry matter.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working dogs fed in numbers, one recipe for the whole run
Owners who want some of the animals named
Dogs that hold condition better on a richer bowl: fat is 27.3% of dry matter
Lighter on starch, with carbohydrate an estimated 11.8% of dry matter
Dogs that do better with plenty of moisture in their food

Worth watching

No moisture on the label, so the dry matter column assumes 78%
Category terms past the four meats, so it cannot carry an elimination diet
Energy is our estimate, so portions are a starting point

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

How this scores

How we score

50.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyPoor

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A working dog will get through several tins a week, so plan the case size around that.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Gelert Working Dog Variety Tins 50.3

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Solid on the figures; the step up is a naming one, since past the four meats the tin is described only in category terms.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesThe legal umbrella for fleshy parts and by-products; it covers excellent and ordinary material alike.
Chicken, beef, lamb, turkey4% eachNamed and numbered.
Derivatives of vegetable originBroad enough to include grain without naming it.
MineralsDoses not printed.

No moisture declared, so the dry matter figures assume 78% and move if the real figure differs.

No additives panel, so which vitamins and minerals went in, and at what dose, is not printed.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One recipe in a mixed case: meat and animal derivatives with chicken, beef, lamb and turkey named at 4% each, then derivatives of vegetable origin and minerals. No cereal is named, and no moisture is declared.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

95.1 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

45.5%

Fat

27.3%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

13.6%

Carbs

11.8%

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

82.1%

Added water

13%

Carbs

4.9%

Pricing & size