Terra Canis

Terra Canis Puppy Wet Food: Lamb with zucchini, fennel and low-fat yogurt review

Name: Terra Canis Puppy Wet Food: Lamb with zucchini, fennel and low-fat yogurt
Brand: Terra Canis

75.9/100Excellent

WetPuppy

Flavour

Puppy cans put together the way a butcher would, with organ meat doing much of the work alongside muscle. Three sit in our Excellent band and the beef reaches Outstanding. The minerals come from oyster shell, seaweed and mineral clay, with a short synthetic panel.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Pups on a single species diet: each can names one animal and stays with it
Rotating through the week, with antelope, beef, chicken and lamb all built to one pattern
Pups that take well to organ meat
Owners who want real vegetables in the can, carrot and courgette named on the label
Any size of puppy, with three can sizes to adjust the amount

Worth watching

Calcium from oyster shell with no figure printed, which leaves a large or giant breed growth plan with nothing to check
Millet or brown rice in three of the four, so only the antelope is grain free
Carbohydrate estimates above the typical puppy wet food, from the produce

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

How this scores

How we score

75.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Set the daily amount from the growth chart and your pup's ribs, and recheck every couple of weeks; for a large breed, ask Terra Canis for the calcium figure first.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Beef 80.4
Antelope 77.5
Lamb 75.9
Chicken 75.5

Four recipes across Outstanding and Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The four score close together, so rotating through the range keeps a pup within a band of where it started, and the beef edges ahead.

What's in it

Lamb heart muscle meat35%
Courgette17%The largest vegetable.
Carrot
Lamb lung14%
Brown riceThe only rice in the range.
Low-fat yogurt3.5%Brings dairy into the can.
Fennel2%
Linseed oil, pumpkin seed flour1% on the flour
Oyster shell, brewer's yeast, basil, silica, rosehip powder, mineral clay, flower pollen, seaweed, minerals

The same short panel across the range: vitamins A and D3 with five trace minerals.

Low-fat yogurt puts dairy in this can, the one to skip for a pup that reacts to milk.

Named ingredients

Lamb Heart Muscle Meat (35%), Zucchini (17%), Carrot, Lamb Lung (14%), Brown Rice, Low-Fat Yogurt (3.5%), Fennel (2%), Linseed Oil, Pumpkin Seed Flour (1%), Oyster Shell, Brewer's Yeast, Basil, Silica, Rosehip Powder, Mineral Clay, Flower Pollen, Seaweed, Minerals.

Against the range

Meat: 49%: lamb heart and lung; The lowest meat share in the range
Grain: Brown rice; Millet in the beef and chicken; none in the antelope
Dairy: Low-fat yogurt; No other can carries dairy
Fat, dry matter: 25.1%; Just behind the beef

A good change of animal, unless your pup reacts to milk.

Each can keeps to one animal, and three of the four build the meat share from heart, lung, liver or stomach as well as muscle; the antelope is muscle meat alone. Meat runs from 49% to 58% of the can. Carrot, courgette, pumpkin, apple and other produce appear at visible percentages, and calcium comes from oyster shell, with seaweed, silica and mineral clay alongside.

What varies is the binder and the fat. Millet goes into the beef and chicken, brown rice into the lamb, and the antelope is the only grain free can. Energy runs from 72 to 120 kcal per 100g, so the same scoop is not the same meal across the range.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

98.9 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

7.9%

Fat

5.7%

Fibre

1.1%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

77.3%

Dry weight

Protein

34.8%

Fat

25.1%

Fibre

4.8%

Ash

6.6%

Carbs

28.7%

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

49%

Added water

16.5%

Carbs

Veg

21.1%

Oils

4.7%

Other

3.7%

Pricing & size