Morrisons

Morrisons Chief Meaty Chunks in Jelly: Adult (12 x 400g) review

Name: Morrisons Chief Meaty Chunks in Jelly: Adult (12 x 400g)
Brand: Morrisons

33/100Average

WetAdult

Flavour

The jelly half of Morrisons' own-label chunk shelf, three packs all in our Average band. Setting the chunks in jelly keeps the meal together in the bowl, which suits a dog that noses gravy aside. What holds the range back is how its animal content is declared.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that prefer chunks set in jelly to gravy
Two dogs of different ages, as the adult and senior tins are built the same way
Dog food on the same trip as the rest of the shopping
Rotation, with beef, chicken, turkey and poultry across the range
Dogs that take on little water elsewhere

Worth watching

Only the 4% species is pinned down, so no pack will carry an exclusion diet
Various sugars on every label, added for appeal
Unnamed cereals on the 400g tins, and fish oil in the 100g format
No energy declared, so the calorie figures are estimates

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

How this scores

How we score

33/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, with a senior tin. Portions look big because wet food is mostly water, and plenty of owners pair it with a dry meal.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Adult (40 x 100g) 41.9
Adult (12 x 400g) 33.0
Senior (6 x 400g) 32.6

All three Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The gap from a typical adult wet food opens on the umbrella terms for the animal content, and a great many dogs have still eaten well out of tins like these.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives33%, including 4% of the named speciesA legal umbrella term. Only the 4% is fixed; the rest can change with supply.
CerealsThe grain is never named.
Minerals
Various sugarsThere to tempt, with no quantity given. The entry that most deserves a figure.

Named ingredients

With Beef - Meat and Animal Derivatives (33%, including 4% Beef), Cereals, Minerals, Various Sugars, With Chicken - Meat and Animal Derivatives (33%, including 4% Chicken), Cereals, Minerals, Various Sugars, With Turkey - Meat and Animal Derivatives (33%, including 4% Turkey), Cereals, Minerals, Various Sugars

Against the range

Cereals: Yes, unnamed; None in the 100g format
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 37.9%; 38.9% on the senior, 11.1% on the 100g
Protein, dry matter: 32.4%; 44.4% on the 100g format
Calcium, dry matter: 1.62%; 1.67% on the senior; undeclared on the 100g

The everyday adult tin, and the cheapest per kilo of the three.

Every pack is built on meat and animal derivatives, with only the named species fixed at 4% inside it. That single figure is what separates one flavour from the next. Various sugars are on all three labels with no quantity.

The 400g tins carry unnamed cereals and estimated carbohydrate well above the wet norm; the 100g format drops cereals and names chicory and fish oil. Protein converts to 32.4% to 44.4% of dry matter. Energy is not declared on any pack.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

71 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

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

99%

Added water

0.6%

Carbs

0.3%

Other

0.1%

Pricing & size