Terra Canis

Terra Canis Classic: Horse with amaranth, peach and beetroot review

Name: Terra Canis Classic: Horse with amaranth, peach and beetroot
Brand: Terra Canis

56.7/100Good

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

56.7/100Good

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

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

Horse meat42%One figure, no cuts named.
Broth18%
Carrot, celery7% each
Amaranth7%The grain here.
Fennel, apple, peach5%, 5%, 4%
Beetroot2%
Minerals, rapeseed oil, dried thyme, Andean salt1% minerals
Mineral clay, brewer's yeast, oyster shell, spirulina

Vitamins A and D3 with copper, iodine, zinc and manganese, all dosed.

Named ingredients

Horse meat 42%, broth 18%, carrot 7%, celery 7%, amaranth 7%, fennel 5%, apple 5%, peach 4%, beetroot 2%, minerals 1%*, rapeseed oil, thyme*, Andean salt*, mineral clay*, brewer's yeast*, oyster shell*, spirulina*, *dried, Ratio Meat : cereals : vegetables/fruit/herbs : other raw ingredients = 60 % : 7 % : 30 % : 3%

Against the range

Meat: Horse, 42%, single figure; Organ cuts itemised on the other four.
Grain: Amaranth; Natural rice on three, millet on the turkey.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 27.6%; Lowest of the five.

Horse is a real rarity in a British bowl; the shorter list is the trade for it.

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

100.4 kcal/100g

Protein

10.1%

Fat

4.9%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

1.3%

Moisture

76.5%

Dry weight

Protein

43%

Fat

20.9%

Fibre

Ash

5.5%

Carbs

27.6%

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

64.6%

Added water

11.4%

Veg

13.3%

Other

10.8%

Pricing & size