Terra Canis

Terra Canis Low Mineral 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 sells this one through its veterinary line as the Low Mineral Diet. It is built on a pared back mineral load, for dogs whose mineral intake is being held down under veterinary direction.

WetAdult

Flavour

Terra Canis sells this through its veterinary line for dogs whose mineral intake is being held down under a vet's direction. We do not put a score on it. Each flavour uses one named meat, and ash and calcium both read lower than a general purpose wet food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs whose vet has asked for a restricted mineral diet
Dogs where other proteins have been ruled out, with one meat per flavour and no other named
A dog that has never met horse, in the horse recipe
Owners who want every added vitamin and trace mineral dosed in print

Worth watching

Ground oyster shell on both lists, a calcium source on a recipe sold for restricted minerals
Portion size, which on a restricted diet normally comes from the surgery that prescribed it

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The label's table is the maker's starting point, so confirm the daily amount with your vet before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

What's in it

Horse muscle meat52%All muscle, no organ. Few dogs have ever met horse, one reason it turns up in diets like this.
Broth22%
Potato, pumpkin, carrot4% each
Fennel, celery3% and 2%
Rapeseed oil, broccoli2% eachRapeseed is the only added oil.
Minerals1%
Lingonberry, parsnip, artichoke leaf, sage, marigold, dandelion, nettle, basil, coconut flour, spirulinaAll dried and under the 1% line, so they weigh very little.
Oyster shellA calcium source, not a herb, which is worth knowing on a restricted mineral recipe.

Vitamins A and D3 with iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, each carrying a dose in print.

Named ingredients

Horse muscle meat 52%, broth 22%, potato 4%, pumpkin 4%, carrot 4%, fennel 3%, celery 2%, rapeseed oil 2%, broccoli 2%, minerals 1%*, lingonberry, parsnip*, coconut flour*, artichoke leaf*, sage*, marigold*, dandelion*, stinging nettle*, basil*, oyster shell*, spirulina* *dried

Against the range

Meat: Horse muscle meat, 52%; Chicken, mostly stomach and heart, on the other
Vegetables: Potato, pumpkin and carrot at 4% each; Carrot and pumpkin at 6% each in the chicken
Feeding table: Runs to 1500 to 1800 grams for 30 to 40kg; The chicken stops at 1500 grams

The one to reach for where common proteins have already been ruled out.

Both flavours follow one plan: a single named meat, broth second, then potato, fennel, celery and rapeseed oil at 2%, with minerals at 1% and a tail of dried plants and oyster shell. Both print the same analysis.

Crude ash reads 1.4%, or 6.0% of dry matter, and calcium lands at 0.86% of dry matter, both lower than a general purpose wet food would print, which is deliberate here. The meat is what changes: chicken, mostly offal, or horse muscle.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

90.8 kcal/100g

Protein

9.1%

Fat

3.9%

Fibre

1.1%

Ash

1.4%

Moisture

76.7%

Dry weight

Protein

39.1%

Fat

16.7%

Fibre

4.7%

Ash

Carbs

33.5%

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

52%

Added water

22%

Carbs

Veg

13.1%

Oils

Other

5.9%

Pricing & size