Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Senior Cans in Jelly review

Name: Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Senior Cans in Jelly
Brand: Sainsbury's

40.1/100Average

WetAdultSenior

The older dog's version of the brand's jellied tin, a little lighter and with a nod towards stiff joints. Glucosamine and chondroitin are printed with percentages, though at token levels. What an older dog really gets is a soft, moist dinner with fat at 20.6% of dry matter. It sits in our Average band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs that find a soft jellied tin easier than kibble
A dog carrying a little extra weight, with fat lighter than the adult tin
Joint ingredients declared with a figure, not just claimed
Poor drinkers, at 83% moisture
A home with one dog on the adult tins and an older one moving up

Worth watching

Glucosamine at 0.005% and chondroitin at 0.002%, far below a vet's joint dose
Chicken at 4% the only animal named
Unnamed cereals and unquantified sugars, with carbohydrate a shade above the wet norm

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

How this scores

How we score

40.1/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. For a dog with diagnosed joint trouble, treat this as the dinner under the vet's treatment, not a stand-in for it.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Senior Cans in Jelly 40.1

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Category terms and a single animal at 4% leave the scoring little to hold on to, and the senior extras are too small to move it.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (chicken)36% (chicken 4%)A legal category; only the chicken is named.
CerealsNo grain named.
Minerals
Various sugarsFor palatability, with no amount printed.
Glucosamine0.005%Token level.
Chondroitin0.002%

Vitamins D3 and E with iron, zinc, manganese, iodine and copper, all dosed: the precise part of the label.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives (36%, including 4% Chicken), Cereals, Minerals, Various Sugars, Glucosamine (0.005%), Chondroitin (0.002%).

Against the range

One recipe: the brand's jellied tin with two joint additions on the end. Meat and animal derivatives lead at 36%, with chicken the only animal named, at 4%. Cereals, minerals and various sugars follow, all unquantified, then glucosamine and chondroitin with token percentages. The analysis is lighter on fat than the standard adult tin, and moisture is declared at 83%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

72 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

3.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

83%

Dry weight

Protein

47.1%

Fat

20.6%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

11.8%

Carbs

17.6%

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

18%

Carbs

37.7%

Other

8.3%

Pricing & size