Terra Canis

Terra Canis Low Protein Diet: Chicken 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 puts this range out as its Low Protein Diet, three wet recipes the maker aims at dogs whose protein intake is being restricted, with the energy shifted across onto fat instead.

WetAdult

Flavour

Terra Canis sells these three wet recipes as its Low Protein Diet, for dogs whose protein intake is being restricted on a vet's advice. We do not put a score on them. The energy is moved across onto fat, with protein held to between 22.0% and 26.8% of dry matter.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs whose vet has asked for a protein-restricted diet
A choice of chicken, game or veal over the same plant base
Owners who want the meat split printed, part by part
Vitamins and trace minerals dosed line by line on every label

Worth watching

Veal is the same animal as beef for a dog steering around beef
Oyster shell is a mineral inclusion tucked among the dried botanicals
How much of any of it your dog has is the vet's call

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Check the portion with the vet managing the case, since the guides run from 570 grams a day upwards depending on flavour and weight.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

What's in it

Chicken: skin, stomach, muscle meat26%Skin at 11% is the largest part, stomach 10%, muscle meat 5%.
Broth23%
Carrot, potato14%, 11%Starch from the potato helps carry the calories.
Pumpkin, courgette8%, 6%
Melon, apple3% each
Rapeseed oil2%
Minerals1%
Coconut flour, dandelion, cumin, parsley, basil, chia seed, marigold, stinging nettleAll dried. Cumin is in this one and the veal.
Oyster shell, spirulinaOyster shell is a mineral source.

Vitamin A and vitamin D3, with iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, each printed with its dose.

Named ingredients

Chicken 26% (chicken skin 11%, chicken stomach 10%, chicken muscle meat 5% ), broth 23%, carrot 14%, potato 11%, pumpkin 8%, courgette 6%, melon 3%, apple 3%, rapeseed oil 2%, minerals 1% *, coconut flour *, dandelion *, cumin *, parsley *, basil *, chia seed *, marigold *, stinging nettle *, oyster shell *, spirulina *, *dried

Against the range

Meat: 26%: skin, stomach, muscle meat; 26% game, 27% veal.
Protein, dry matter: 26.8%; The highest of the three; game is 22.0%.
Fat, dry matter: 45.4%; Veal 48.2%, game 40.8%.
Energy: 100.4 kcal per 100g; The lightest; game 114.7.

The least restricted protein of the three and the lightest on energy.

All three share one plant frame, in the same order every time. Broth at 23%, carrot at 14%, potato at 11%, pumpkin at 8%, courgette at 6%, apple and melon at 3% apiece, rapeseed oil at 2% and minerals at 1%. Only the animal at the top changes, a little over a quarter of each pack, and much of that quarter is fat or skin.

Fat is declared at roughly twice the protein or more on every label. Energy is not pulled down with the protein, so the portion does the restricting. A dried tail of coconut flour, herbs, chia seed, oyster shell and spirulina closes each list, with one herb swapped between flavours.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

100.4 kcal/100g

Protein

4.9%

Fat

8.3%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

0.8%

Moisture

81.7%

Dry weight

Protein

26.8%

Fat

45.4%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

4.4%

Carbs

19.6%

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

26%

Added water

23%

Carbs

12.7%

Veg

31.6%

Oils

Other

4.7%

Pricing & size