Terra Canis

Terra Canis Classic: Beef with carrot, apple and natural rice review

Name: Terra Canis Classic: Beef with carrot, apple and natural rice
Brand: Terra Canis

58.5/100Good

WetAdult

Flavour

Five tins built the way a butcher thinks, on named organ meat, with the whole recipe ratio printed on every label. Heart leads most of them. Each carries a small measured grain and more fruit and vegetables than starch.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that thrive on organ meat; heart, liver and lung carry their own percentages on four labels
Owners who want the whole recipe accounted for, ratio and all
Rotation feeders, as beef, duck, horse, turkey and wild boar follow one pattern
Dogs that have worked through the everyday meats. Horse and wild boar are rarely met in a bowl
A dinner that is mostly food, with the meat ratio at 57% or more on every tin

Worth watching

A grain in every recipe, so not one for a grain-free household
Carbohydrate between 27.6% and 36.9% of dry matter, against 15.8% for the typical adult wet food
Broth with no species named, a gap for a strict elimination trial

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

How this scores

How we score

58.5/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The label asks 550 to 900 grams a day for a dog of 10kg to 20kg, so weigh out the first few days.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 58.5
Horse 56.7
Turkey 56.2
Wild boar 56.1
Duck 53.7

All five Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Wet food is a strong field, so a Good reading here describes how the tins are built more than it warns; the horse simply describes itself in less detail.

What's in it

Beef: heart 27%, lung 9%, liver 6%, muscle meat 4%46%Each cut with its own figure. Heart and liver beat almost anything for nutrition per mouthful.
Broth15%Named honestly, though no species is given.
Carrot, courgette11% each
Apple8%
Natural rice5%A named, measured grain.
Apricot3%
Minerals, rapeseed oil1% minerals
Dried parsley, basil, fennel seed, rose hip peelSeasoning more than anything.
Mineral clay, brewer's yeast, oyster shell, spirulinaYeast for B vitamins, oyster shell for calcium.

Vitamin D3 with copper, iodine, zinc and manganese, all dosed per kilo; the organ meat brings much of its own vitamin A and B group.

Named ingredients

Beef 46% (beef heart 27%, beef liver 6%, beef lung 9%, beef muscle meat 4%), broth 15%, carrot 11%, courgette 11%, apple 8%, natural rice 5%, apricot 3%, minerals 1%*, rapeseed oil, parsley*, basil*, fennel seed*, rose hip peel*, mineral clay*, brewer's yeast*, oyster shell*, spirulina*, *dried, Ratio Meat : vegetables/fruit/herbs : natural rice : other raw ingredients = 57 % : 35 % : 5 % : 3 %

Against the range

Meat: 46%, four cuts named; 42% to 47% across the range.
Energy: 105.2 kcal per 100g; Joint richest with the wild boar; the duck is 83.7.
Fat, dry matter: 24.3%; Highest of the five; the duck is 17.2%.

The richest of the five, heart-heavy and the most traditional.

Every tin leads on one named animal at 42% to 47%, opened out into heart, liver and other cuts with their own figures on four of the five. Broth follows at 15% to 22%, never pinned to a species. Vegetables and fruit lead the plant side, and a named grain (natural rice, millet or amaranth) is printed at 5% to 7%.

Each label also prints the whole recipe ratio, with meat at 57% or above. The trace list of dried herbs, mineral clay, brewer's yeast, oyster shell and spirulina is the house style, and the added panel stays short and dosed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

105.2 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

5.7%

Fibre

0.6%

Ash

1.2%

Moisture

76.5%

Dry weight

Protein

38.3%

Fat

24.3%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

5.1%

Carbs

29.7%

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

65.6%

Added water

9.6%

Carbs

3.2%

Veg

21%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size