Terra Canis

Terra Canis Diabetic Diet: Horse review

We don't put a score on this food. It is a veterinary diet, formulated for a diagnosed condition and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not, so a number from us could only pull you towards their advice or away from it, and neither of those is ours to do. What follows is what the label declares, what the analysis works out at, and where to buy it, with no judgement attached to any of it.

Terra Canis offers this one in its Diet line as Diabetic, a horse based tin the maker positions for dogs whose blood sugar is being managed under veterinary care.

WetAdultSenior

A horse based tin in the Terra Canis Diet line, positioned for dogs whose blood sugar is being managed under veterinary care. We do not score it: your vet has seen your dog and we have not. Fat is held to 3.1% as fed, and horse is the only meat.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs on this diet at their vet's advice
A dog that needs one meat species, with horse as the sole animal
Owners who want the carbohydrate sources marked on the label
A dog that has never eaten horse before

Worth watching

The same asterisk marks carbohydrate sources and dried ingredients, so the footnote is not always clear
None of the botanical tail carries a percentage

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size, to be fed on a vet's advice. The label guide puts a dog of 10 to 20kg on 700 to 1200 grams a day; your vet sets the amount within the treatment.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

What's in it

Horse muscle meat46%One species, with nothing behind it.
Broth20%
Carrot, courgette6% eachMarked as carbohydrate sources.
Potato, fennel, broccoli4%, 3%, 3%
Celery, beetroot, lupin meal2% each
Blueberry, minerals1% each
Rapeseed oil, coconut flour
Artichoke leaf, sage, fenugreek, cumin, thymeDried botanicals, no percentages.
Oyster shell, spirulinaOyster shell is a mineral source.

Vitamin A at 7631 IU and vitamin D3 at 340 IU per kilo, with zinc, manganese, copper and a smaller iodine dose.

Protein converts to 55.6% of dry matter and fat to 15.1%; whether that matches the treatment is the vet's call.

Named ingredients

Horse muscle meat 46%, broth 20%, carrot 6% *, courgette 6% *, potato 4% *, fennel 3% *, broccoli 3% *, celery 2% *, beetroot 2% *, lupin meal 2% */*, blueberry 1% *, minerals 1% *, rapeseed oil, coconut flour *, artichoke leaf *, sage *, fenugreek *, cumin *, thyme *, oyster shell *, spirulina * *Sources of carbohydrate, *dried

Against the range

Horse muscle meat at 46% is the only animal ingredient, with broth at 20% behind it. Vegetables follow with a percentage each, carrot and courgette at 6% down to blueberry at 1%. The label marks which entries it counts as carbohydrate sources, though it uses the same asterisk for its dried ingredients.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

117.1 kcal/100g

Protein

11.4%

Fat

3.1%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

1.3%

Moisture

79.5%

Dry weight

Protein

55.6%

Fat

15.1%

Fibre

3.4%

Ash

6.3%

Carbs

19.6%

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

46%

Added water

20%

Carbs

5.6%

Veg

19%

Oils

1.3%

Other

8.1%