Terra Canis

Terra Canis Grain-Free Wet Food: Duck with pumpkin, Strawberry and Elderflower review

Name: Terra Canis Grain-Free Wet Food: Duck with pumpkin, Strawberry and Elderflower
Brand: Terra Canis

58.2/100Good

WetAdult

Flavour

Seven grain-free tins built to one pattern: named organ meat first, then pumpkin, roots and fruit. Beef, chicken and lamb reach our Outstanding band and the turkey our Excellent band, while the duck, veal and wild boar sit in Good. The gap follows the label style, broth or no broth.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Grain-avoiding households: no cereal on any of the seven
Elimination trials on the beef, chicken, lamb or turkey, which name only their own animal
Modest carbohydrate, from 10.2% to 23.0% of dry matter across the range
Rotation feeding, a swap changing the meat and little else
Dogs meeting a new animal: wild boar, veal and duck are all here

Worth watching

An unnamed broth on the duck, veal and wild boar
High fat on the beef and lamb for a dog that has to stay lean
Lupin on the lamb and the wild boar
Four tins leave calories undeclared, so those energy figures are our estimates

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

How this scores

How we score

58.2/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

All seven are listed for adults of every size, and the beef, chicken, lamb and turkey for seniors too. Check whether the tin you want carries a broth before building an avoidance plan around it.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Beef 82.7
Lamb 81.7
Chicken 81.5
Turkey 78.8
Veal 61.5
Wild boar 59.5
Duck 58.2

Seven recipes across Outstanding and Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The four broth-free tins hold clear above a strong wet field, and the three built on a broth sit well behind them.

What's in it

Duck: duck heart, duck liver46% (43%, 3%)Nearly all heart.
Broth18%No animal named.
Pumpkin, carrot10%, 8%
Courgette, celery4% each
Apple, melon, strawberry3%, 3%, 1%A little sweetness.
Sweet chestnut, minerals, rapeseed oil1% (minerals)
Brewer's yeast, elderflower, psyllium husks, oyster shell0.2% (elderflower)
Chervil, dandelion, basil, mineral clay, parsley, Andean salt, spirulina

Vitamin A with copper, iodine, zinc and manganese, each dosed.

The broth names no animal, which leaves a gap in a strict avoidance plan.

Named ingredients

Duck 46% (duck heart 43%, duck liver 3%), broth 18%, pumpkin 10%, carrot 8%, courgette 4%, celery 4%, apple 3%, melon 3%, sweet chestnut, strawberry 1%, minerals 1%*, rapeseed oil, brewer's yeast*, elderflower 0.2%*, psyllium husks*, oyster shell*, chervil*, dandelion*, basil*, mineral clay*, parsley*, andean salt, spirulina*, *dried, Ratio Meat : vegetables/fruit/herbs : other raw ingredients = 56 % : 40 % : 4 %

Against the range

Energy: 62 kcal per 100g; The lightest tin; up to 107 on the beef.
Broth: 18%; None on the beef, chicken, lamb or turkey.
Protein and processing: Average; Outstanding on the four broth-free tins.

The lightest tin in the range, so daily amounts run largest on this one.

Seven animals, no cereal in any tin. Each leads with named heart or organ meat, and pumpkin, carrot, parsnip, celeriac and courgette do the plant work with fruit around them. Coconut flour and pumpkin seed flour bind, and brewer's yeast, oyster shell, seaweed and mineral clay form the house tail.

Two label styles share the shelf. Beef, chicken, lamb and turkey list percentaged organs with no broth; duck, veal and wild boar give a meat headline, an unnamed broth and a printed ratio. Fat runs from 17.7% of dry matter on the turkey to 35.9% on the beef.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

62.1 kcal/100g

Protein

7.5%

Fat

3.4%

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

1.2%

Moisture

83.7%

Dry weight

Protein

46%

Fat

20.9%

Fibre

4.9%

Ash

7.4%

Carbs

20.8%

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

66.1%

Added water

11.7%

Veg

18.8%

Other

3.4%

Pricing & size