Morrisons

Morrisons Complete Chunks in Gravy: With Beef & Veg review

Name: Morrisons Complete Chunks in Gravy: With Beef & Veg
Brand: Morrisons

41.2/100Average

WetAdult

A plain tin of soft chunks in gravy that lands in our Average band. Beef is named at 4% inside meat and animal derivatives, and the rest of the list is cereals, minerals and sugars. That placing reflects a label written in category terms more than anything amiss in the bowl.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that eat well from a simple tin and have never needed anything more careful
Beef lovers, as beef is the flavour the recipe is built around
Multi-dog homes, with the same tin served to toy breeds and giants alike
Dogs that need help with water intake: moisture is four fifths of the tin

Worth watching

Beef at 4%, with everything else under meat and animal derivatives, so it is neither the bulk nor avoidable
No vegetable on the list despite the name
Various sugars for taste, and unnamed cereals that can change between batches

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

How this scores

How we score

41.2/100Average

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. At an estimated 77 kcal per 100g the daily amount looks enormous beside dry food, so feed to the maker's chart.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

With Beef 41.2

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A working list of category terms and a high carbohydrate estimate do most of the work here, and neither is a warning about the food.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesA legal category for land-animal parts and processing products; it lets the animals vary.
Beef4%The named share, inside the entry above.
CerealsAny grain or blend, so a named grain cannot be avoided.
Minerals
Various sugarsSmall, after the minerals, and there for taste.

Vitamins A and D3 with iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, each with a printed dose.

The veg of the product name has no matching entry on the ingredient list.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One large tin of soft chunks with a four-entry list: meat and animal derivatives with beef named at 4%, cereals, minerals and various sugars. No vegetable is named despite the veg on the tin, and the added panel prints a dose for every entry.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

77 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

6.5%

Fat

3.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

32.5%

Fat

17.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

12.5%

Carbs

35%

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

42.6%

Added water

15%

Carbs

34.7%

Other

7.7%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £1.67 (RRP)
Pack: approx. 1.2 kg (not stated in the product name; this total weight is derived from Morrisons' own price-per-kg)
A 15kg dog eats: 900 to 1200 g a day, 1050 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £1.75

Wet food is light on calories, so the maker's 900 to 1200 grams a day is normal here.

Budget end of the market for a wet food, though still a little ahead of what the analysis shows.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.