Terra Canis

Terra Canis Classic: Wild boar with natural rice, fennel and raspberry review

Name: Terra Canis Classic: Wild boar with natural rice, fennel and raspberry
Brand: Terra Canis

56.1/100Good

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

56.1/100Good

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

Wild Boar

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

Wild boar47%The largest meat share in the range.
Broth22%
Courgette, natural rice5% each
Fennel, apple, melon, tomato, apricot3% each
Rapeseed oil2%
Raspberry1%
Lupin meal1%Only on this tin.
Minerals, dried thyme, marjoram, sage, savory, sesame seed1% minerals
Mineral clay, brewer's yeast, oyster shell, spirulina

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

Lupin meal at 1%, for anyone keeping lupin off the list.

Named ingredients

Wild boar 47%, broth 22%, courgette 5%, natural rice 5%, fennel 3%, apple 3%, melon 3%, tomato 3%, apricot 3%, rapeseed oil 2%, raspberry 1%, lupin meal 1%, minerals 1%*, thyme*, marjoram*, sage*, savory*, sesame seed*, mineral clay*, brewer's yeast*, oyster shell*, spirulina*, *dried, Ratio Meat : natural rice : vegetables/fruit/herbs : other raw ingredients = 69 % : 5 % : 24 % : 2 %

Against the range

Meat ratio: 69%; Highest on any label here.
Protein, dry matter: 45.5%; Strongest in the range; the duck is 35.9%.
Broth: 22%; 15% to 19% on the others.

The meatiest tin of the five, and a rare animal to go with 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

105.2 kcal/100g

Protein

11.6%

Fat

4.9%

Fibre

0.6%

Ash

1.1%

Moisture

74.5%

Dry weight

Protein

45.5%

Fat

19.2%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

4.3%

Carbs

28.6%

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

69%

Added water

13.1%

Carbs

Veg

8.3%

Oils

1.2%

Other

5.4%

Pricing & size