Hero by Asda

Hero by Asda Adult Dog Cans in Gravy: With Beef review

Name: Hero by Asda Adult Dog Cans in Gravy: With Beef
Brand: Hero by Asda

35.9/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

Asda's own tinned dinner in gravy, a plain recipe that has kept a great many dogs in good order. The animal on the front is only 4% of the tin; the rest of the meat sits under a catch-all term. Nothing inside it is troubling.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Enthusiastic eaters who take to soft food under gravy
Dogs that never drink quite enough: moisture is 81.5% of every tin
Owners who pick dog food up on the weekly shop
More than one dog, as beef, chicken and turkey share a recipe and swap freely
Adult dogs from toy to giant

Worth watching

The named animal is 4%, and the rest hides under meat and animal derivatives, so none can anchor an elimination diet
Cereals with no grain named, which matters if one grain is already off the menu
Various sugars on all three labels
Carbohydrate near 37.9% of dry matter, where the typical adult wet food runs at 15.8%

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

How this scores

How we score

35.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A 15kg dog needs close to three tins a day, so check the daily amount against your shopping.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

With Beef 35.9
With Chicken 35.9
With Turkey 35.9

All three Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The three read the same, so the flavour makes no difference, and the gap to the typical wet food is almost all on the meat side.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives, including beef36%, beef 4%A legal catch-all for land-animal parts; it commits the maker to nothing in particular.
CerealsNo grain named, and it can change between runs.
Minerals
Various sugarsLast on the list, so the quantity is modest.

Vitamin D3 at 150 IU and vitamin E at 15 mg, with iron, iodine, manganese, zinc and copper as sulphates, each dosed.

Beef carries more purines than poultry; the copy suggests a word with your vet if there is a history of urinary stones.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives (36%, including 4% Beef), Cereals, Minerals, Various Sugars

Against the range

Animal block: 36%; 35% on chicken and turkey.
Named animal: Beef, 4%; Chicken or turkey, 4%.

The red-meat tin, and the only one with a point more in the animal block.

Every tin is the same four-line recipe: meat and animal derivatives at 35% or 36%, with the named animal pinned at 4%, then cereals, minerals and various sugars. The analysis is identical across all three, protein at 32.4% of dry matter and fat at 16.2%. Only the 4% animal changes.

No calcium figure is declared anywhere, and the added panel is short but fully dosed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

75 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

81.5%

Dry weight

Protein

32.4%

Fat

16.2%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

10.8%

Carbs

37.9%

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

36%

Added water

16.5%

Carbs

38.9%

Other

8.6%

Pricing & size