Rocco

Rocco Real Hearts: Beef with whole Chicken Hearts review

WetAdult

Flavour

Whole chicken hearts left whole in the tin, so dinner has something to chew. Starch is remarkably low in both, an estimated 14.0% and 6.5% of dry matter against 15.8% for the typical adult wet food. What holds these pages back is that neither label prints its recipe.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Fussy eaters bored of smooth wet food. Whole hearts give the bowl something to work at
Dogs kept on very little starch
Protein at the front: 42.0% of dry matter in the beef, 52.0% in the chicken
A dense meal, with the beef tin at an estimated 121 kcal per 100g
Homes that alternate the animal but keep the same format

Worth watching

No ingredient list on either tin, so an elimination diet cannot be built on them
Energy is our estimate on both, so treat portions as a starting point
The beef tin is rich, at 34.0% fat in dry matter

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. Both tins have water-heavy daily amounts for a 15kg dog, so weigh the first few meals and adjust by the waistline.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Neither tin carries a score here, and the missing piece is the recipe. Rocco declares the analysis and the added vitamins and minerals but not the ingredients, and reading a food properly means reading its list first. The energy figures are ours rather than the maker's too, so even the portion arithmetic begins from an estimate. What the analysis does show is genuinely promising, with protein high and starch very low in both tins, and if the lists are ever published we will read them and place the range gladly.

What's in it

Vitamin D3, vitamin E and biotin with zinc, manganese and iodine, all dosed per kilo; no copper on the label.

No ingredient list is published for this tin, so we cannot set out what is in it.

Against the range

Second meat: Beef; Chicken in the other tin, keeping it to one bird.
Fat, dry matter: 34.0%; 26.0% in the chicken.
Energy (estimated): 121 kcal per 100g; 85 in the chicken.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 14.0%; 6.5% in the chicken.

The richer tin, for a dog that needs its calories in a smaller serving or a working dog in a busy season.

Both tins are built around whole chicken hearts, named on the front, and both print the analysis and a dosed panel of added vitamins and trace elements. Neither publishes an ingredient list, so the share of hearts and whatever sits beside them is not printed anywhere. Starch is low in both, and the energy on each is our estimate. What varies is the second meat and how rich the tin is once the water comes out.

Nutritional analysis