Terra Canis

Terra Canis Grain-Free Wet Food: Wild boar with beetroot, chestnut and chia seed review

Name: Terra Canis Grain-Free Wet Food: Wild boar with beetroot, chestnut and chia seed
Brand: Terra Canis

59.5/100Good

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

59.5/100Good

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

Wild Boar

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

Wild boar meat46%
Broth22%No animal named.
Carrot, celery8%, 5%
Beetroot, pear, peach, kiwi3% each
Rapeseed oil2%
Chestnut, lupin meal, minerals1% eachLupin meal is the one to check for a lupin avoider.
Lingonberry, brewer's yeast, chia seed0.2% (chia)
Chervil, rosemary, caraway, mineral clay, oyster shell, spirulina

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

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

Named ingredients

Wild boar meat 46%, broth 22%, carrot 8%, celery 5%, beetroot 3%*, pear 3%, peach 3%, kiwi 3%, rapeseed oil 2%, chestnut 1%, lupin meal 1%*, minerals 1%*, lingonberry, brewer's yeast*, chia seed 0.2%*, chervil*, rosemary*, caraway*, mineral clay*, oyster shell*, spirulina*, *dried, Ratio Meat : vegetables/fruit/herbs : other raw ingredients = 63% : 35% : 2%

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 51.4%; The highest on the shelf.
Broth: 22%; None on the four broth-free tins.
Lupin: Lupin meal, 1%; Sweet lupin on the lamb.

The highest protein reading here, and an animal few dogs have met.

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

95.6 kcal/100g

Protein

11.3%

Fat

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

1.1%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

51.4%

Fat

22.7%

Fibre

3.2%

Ash

Carbs

17.7%

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

67.6%

Added water

13.6%

Veg

11.8%

Oils

1.2%

Other

5.7%

Pricing & size