Morrisons

Morrisons Chief Puppy Meaty Chunks: With Turkey & Rice review

Name: Morrisons Chief Puppy Meaty Chunks: With Turkey & Rice
Brand: Morrisons

39.2/100Average

WetPuppy

Flavour

Supermarket wet food for puppies in three flavours, all in our Average band. The analysis reads better than the list: protein converts to 35.1% of dry matter and calcium is declared. What holds it back is the meat block, where only 4% of the 36% is named.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A familiar tin picked up with the weekly shop
Rotating flavours, with beef, chicken and turkey built to the same recipe
A pup that does better on a wet dinner
Pups headed for a small or medium adult size, given calcium at 1.62% of dry matter
Pairing with a puppy kibble to add water and appetite

Worth watching

Most of the meat is unnamed, so the animals behind it cannot be identified
Various sugars on the list
Calcium sits a touch high for a pup headed for a big frame

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

How this scores

How we score

39.2/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, though the calcium level suits small and medium growth best. The pack guide runs from 300g a day to 1200g, so set the portion from your pup's weight today and move it as they grow.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

With Beef 39.2
With Chicken 39.2
With Turkey 39.2

All three Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The declared analysis is broadly sensible for a growing dog; what holds all three well behind the typical wet puppy food is how little of the meat block is pinned to a species.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives36%, including 4% TurkeyOnly the 4% turkey is named. The rest could be any farmed land animal at any grade.
Cerealsincluding 1.6% dried riceEquivalent to 4% rehydrated rice. The rest of the grain goes unnamed, which makes an exclusion diet hard.
Minerals
Various sugarsAdded for appeal. Nothing a growing puppy needs.

Calcium converts to 1.62% of dry matter, a touch above where large-breed growth usually sits, so talk to the vet before rearing a big pup on it.

Named ingredients

With Beef And Rice - Meat and Animal Derivatives (36%, including 4% Beef), Cereals (including 1.6% Dried Rice Equivalent to 4% Rehydrated Rice), Minerals, Various Sugars, With Chicken and Rice - Meat and Animal Derivatives (36%, including 4% Chicken), Cereals (including 1.6% Dried Rice Equivalent to 4% Rehydrated Rice), Minerals, Various Sugars, With Turkey And RIce - Meat and Animal Derivatives (36%, including 4% Turkey), Cereals (including 1.6% Dried Rice Equivalent to 4% Rehydrated Rice), Minerals, Various Sugars

Against the range

Named meat: 4% turkey; Beef and chicken fill the same slot in the others.
Rest of the recipe: Cereals, minerals, various sugars; Identical across all three.

The leaner of the two birds, kinder to a pup that finds richer meats a bit much.

All three tins are built to one pattern. Meat and animal derivatives make up 36%, of which only 4% is the meat named on the front, followed by cereals with 1.6% dried rice named, minerals and various sugars. The analysis is the same on each. Once the 81.5% moisture is taken out, protein converts to 35.1% and fat to 29.7% of dry matter, a properly meaty shape. No vitamin or trace element panel is published, so the added micronutrients are taken on trust.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

83.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

6.5%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

81.5%

Dry weight

Protein

35.1%

Fat

29.7%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

10.8%

Carbs

21.7%

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

100%

Pricing & size