Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's Nature's Goodness Cans: Turkey in Gravy (6 x 400g) review

Name: Sainsbury's Nature's Goodness Cans: Turkey in Gravy (6 x 400g)
Brand: Sainsbury's

63.5/100Good

WetAdult

Flavour

Half of every tin is named meat and the jelly or gravy carries the rest. The smaller turkey tin reaches our Excellent band, while the beef and chicken tin and the larger turkey tin read Good. All three are grain free, and the animal share is printed on each label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that eat better with something to lick around the meat
Owners who want the animal share quantified on the tin
A lighter bowl: these carry fewer calories per 100g than the typical adult wet food
Dogs kept away from cereal. No grain on any of the three labels
Bigger dogs and hearty eaters, with full 390g and 400g tins
Dogs that never drink quite enough, as about four fifths of every tin is moisture

Worth watching

Salmon oil on all three lists, so the turkey tins are not fish free
Caramelised sugar and D-Xylose on the larger turkey tin only
The 8% fruit and vegetables is rebuilt from 0.93% dried, so the visible veg is smaller than the headline

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

How this scores

How we score

63.5/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A 15kg dog needs two to three tins a day, so check how many fit your week before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Turkey in Gravy 70.9
Beef 68.7
Turkey in Gravy (6 x 400g) 63.5

Three recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Competent everyday tins held back by construction: half named meat, with much of the rest water, jelly or gravy.

What's in it

Turkey50%
Potato starchTakes on some of the carrying behind the meat.
Minerals
Dried vegetables, dried fruit0.6% and 0.35% driedEqual to 5.8% carrots and green beans and 2.1% cranberries.
Sunflower oil, salmon oil, flaxseed oil0.13%, 0.08%, 0.06%Salmon oil again, so not fish free.
Dried kelp, dried parsley, dried chicory root, plant and citrus extracts
Caramelised sugar, D-XyloseBoth sugars, tiny amounts, and the part of the label the recipe could do without.
Yucca powder

Calcium, vitamins A, D3 and E, zinc, iron and manganese, with copper added on this tin only.

Caramelised sugar and D-Xylose appear on this tin and not on the 390g ones.

Named ingredients

*Turkey 50%, *Potato Starch, Minerals, *Dried Vegetables 0.6% (Equivalent to 5.8% Carrots and Green Beans), *Dried Fruit 0.35% (Equivalent to 2.1% Cranberries), *Sunflower Oil 0.13%, *Dried Kelp, *Salmon Oil 0.08%, *Flaxseed Oil 0.06%, *Dried Parsley, *Caramelised Sugar, D-Xylose, *Dried Chicory Root 0.02%, *Plant and Citrus Extracts 0.01%, *Yucca Powder, A Complete Pet Food Made with *Selected Natural Ingredients for Adult Dogs

Against the range

Meat: Turkey 50%; Same share as the smaller turkey tin.
Carrier: Potato starch; Not on the 390g tins.
Sugars: Caramelised sugar, D-Xylose; None on the others.
Copper: Added; Not on the other panels.

Same turkey as the smaller tin on a busier list, and it scores a step lower for it.

Every tin is half named meat: beef at 26% with chicken at 24% in one, turkey at 50% in the other two. No grain appears on any label, and salmon oil sits on all three. Fruit and vegetables are rebuilt from small dried amounts, so they are a flourish more than a working share.

The larger turkey tin runs a different list behind the meat, with potato starch as a carrier and caramelised sugar, D-Xylose and yucca powder at the tail. Copper joins its added minerals.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

89 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

3.8%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

45%

Fat

30%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

19%

Carbs

3.5%

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

50%

Added water

29.2%

Carbs

12%

Veg

3.3%

Oils

0.3%

Other

5.2%