Terra Canis

Terra Canis Grain-Free Wet Food: Lamb with pumpkin, parsnip and passion flower review

Name: Terra Canis Grain-Free Wet Food: Lamb with pumpkin, parsnip and passion flower
Brand: Terra Canis

81.7/100Outstanding

WetAdultSenior

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

81.7/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

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, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

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

Lamb heart42%
Lamb lung12%
Carrot, pumpkin12% (pumpkin)
Apple, parsnip, peach8% (parsnip)
Linseed oil, coconut flour
Sweet lupinA legume protein and binder, midway down.
Brewer's yeast, oyster shell
Passion flower, basil, dandelion, sage0.4%, 0.2% (sage)
Mineral clay, Andean salt, chives, pollen, seaweed, minerals

Vitamins A, D3 and E with copper, iodine and zinc, each dosed.

Sweet lupin is on the list, worth a look if lupin is on your avoid list.

Named ingredients

Lamb Heart (42%), Lamb Lung (12%), Carrot, Pumpkin (12%), Apple, Parsnip (8%), Peach, Linseed Oil, Coconut Flour, Sweet Lupin, Brewerâ€™s Yeast, Oyster Shell, Passion Flower (0.4%), Basil, Dandelion, Sage (0.2%), Mineral Clay, Andean Salt, Chives, Pollen, Seaweed, Minerals.

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 28.6%; Second only to the beef.
Protein, dry matter: 40.2%; The lowest reading; the wild boar is 51.4%.
Lupin: Sweet lupin; Lupin meal on the wild boar too.

A rich single-animal tin, and the one lamb option on the shelf.

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

89.1 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

5.7%

Fibre

1.3%

Ash

1.3%

Moisture

80.1%

Dry weight

Protein

40.2%

Fat

28.6%

Fibre

6.5%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

18.2%

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

54%

Added water

15.2%

Carbs

0.9%

Veg

26.7%

Oils

0.7%

Other

2.5%