Terra Canis

Terra Canis Grain-Free Wet Food: Turkey with celery, pumpkin and watercress review

Name: Terra Canis Grain-Free Wet Food: Turkey with celery, pumpkin and watercress
Brand: Terra Canis

78.8/100Excellent

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

78.8/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

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

Turkey

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

Turkey heart58%The biggest single meat entry in the range.
Celeriac9%
Carrot, pumpkin8% (pumpkin)
Turkey muscle meat6%
Cucumber
Coconut flour, linseed oil, pumpkin seed flour
Oyster shell, brewer's yeast, psyllium
Basil, watercress, camomile, rose hip powder0.4% (watercress)
Mineral clay, seaweed, minerals

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

Named ingredients

Turkey Heart (58%), Celeriac (9%), Carrot, Pumpkin (8%), Turkey Muscle Meat (6%), Cucumber, Coconut Flour, Linseed Oil, Pumpkin Seed Flour, Oyster Shell, Brewerâ€™s Yeast, Basil, Psyllium, Watercress (0.4%), Camomile, Mineral Clay, Rose Hip Powder, Seaweed, Minerals.

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 17.7%; The leanest; the beef is 35.9%.
Ash, dry matter: 12.0%; The highest figure here.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 23.0%; The top of the range.

The lean choice of the seven, for a dog who has to watch its weight.

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

80.1 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

9.1%

Fat

3.7%

Fibre

0.8%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

79.1%

Dry weight

Protein

43.5%

Fat

17.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

12%

Carbs

23%

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%

Added water

11.2%

Carbs

2.3%

Veg

10.8%

Oils

0.5%

Other

11.2%