Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Meaty Selection in Gravy Cans review

Name: Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Meaty Selection in Gravy Cans
Brand: Sainsbury's

39.9/100Average

WetAdult

Sainsbury's standing wet recipe under a gravy, twelve tins to the box, and it finishes in our Average band. The unnamed animal side of a four-entry list is the whole of that story. At 82% moisture the tin pours about as much as it spoons.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that eat far better with a sauce
A spoonful over a dry bowl to bring a hesitant dog to it
Dogs that would rather not chew
Chicken eaters. It is the one animal given a name and a number
Feeding the same thing every evening from a box at a time

Worth watching

No breakdown of the gravy, so its thickening and sweetening stay off the label
Chicken at 4%, with the rest of the meat under a term that could cover any land animal
Estimated carbohydrate at 25.0% of dry matter against 15.8% typical
Only 78 kcal per 100g, so a big dog needs several tins a day

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

How this scores

How we score

39.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Ignore the printed feeding row, which does not stand up; a 15kg dog needs roughly 1077 grams a day, close to three tins.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Meaty Selection in Gravy Cans 39.9

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The distance from the typical wet tin comes almost entirely from disclosure; the declared analysis behind it is even tempered.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives36%Legal shorthand for meat and by-products of any warm-blooded land animal. The animals can change between batches without the print changing.
Chicken4%Named inside the meat block, and the fixed point in it.
CerealsUnnamed, and carrying a real share of the tin.
Minerals
Various sugarsNo quantity given; part of what gives the gravy its body.

Properly dosed, with vitamin D3 at 150 IU/kg, vitamin E at 15 mg/kg and printed figures for iron, zinc, manganese, iodine and copper.

The printed feeding row gives 5000 grams a day for a dog up to 5kg, which does not stand up.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One tin with four entries on the label: meat and animal derivatives at 36% with chicken the 4% named inside, then cereals, minerals and various sugars. Nothing in the gravy is itemised.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

78 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

38.9%

Fat

22.2%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

25%

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

17%

Carbs

38.5%

Other

8.5%

Pricing & size