Terra Canis

Terra Canis Senior Wet Food: Chicken with cucumber, pumpkin and medicinal herbs review

Name: Terra Canis Senior Wet Food: Chicken with cucumber, pumpkin and medicinal herbs
Brand: Terra Canis

79.5/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

Four senior cans, all in our Excellent band, built on heart, liver, lung and stomach with every organ given its own percentage. That is rare on a wet label and it is the reason this range holds up. The herbs on the front of the can are seasoning; the meat is why you buy it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

An older dog whose appetite needs coaxing. Organ meat is about as palatable as a bowl gets
Households feeding adults and seniors together, as every can is listed for both
Owners who want to add up the animal content themselves
Dogs off grain: the starch is potato with a little coconut flour
Rotation between beef, venison, chicken and turkey on one house recipe
Poor drinkers. Three quarters or more of every can is moisture

Worth watching

Goat's milk in all four, so none is a single-animal can for an elimination diet
Glucosamine at a trace level, nowhere near a working dose for a dog under treatment
Energy varies a lot between cans, and the labels print no calories. Weigh the bowl again when you switch

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

How this scores

How we score

79.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The only size listed is the 400g can, so a small dog will need the rest covered in the fridge.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 79.5
Chicken 79.5
Game 76.8
Turkey 76.6

All four Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The four cans finish close together, and what separates them is richness: the poultry recipes run leaner and wetter, the red meat ones denser.

What's in it

Chicken heart30%Leads the meat; four chicken parts in all.
Chicken stomach22%Strong-smelling and well liked by fussy older dogs.
Potato, courgette
Pumpkin, tomato, cucumber8% pumpkin, 5% cucumber
Chicken muscle meat, chicken liver4% eachLiver brings vitamin B12, vitamin A and copper.
Goat's milk2%
Coconut flour, linseed oil, oyster shell, brewer's yeastBinder, plant omega 3, calcium and B vitamins.
Horsetail, hawthorn berry, fennel seed, camomile, stinging nettle, rose hip0.3% down to 0.2%
Glucosamine, mineral clay, pollen, seaweed, minerals0.2% glucosamine

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

Named ingredients

Chicken Heart (30%), Chicken Stomach (22%), Potato, Courgette, Pumpkin (8%), Tomato, Cucumber (5%), Chicken Muscle Meat (4%), Chicken Liver (4%), Goat's Milk (2%), Coconut Flour, Linseed Oil, Oyster Shell, Brewer's Yeast, Horsetail (0.3 %), Hawthorn Berry Powder (0.3 %), Glucosamine(0.2 %), Fennel Seed, Camomile (0.2%), Stinging Nettle (0.2 %), Rose Hip, Mineral Clay, Pollen, Seaweed, Minerals.

Against the range

Meat: Heart 30%, stomach 22%, muscle meat and liver 4% each; The most finely divided of the four.
Fat, dry matter: 23.4%; Leanest here; the others run 24.8% to 32.9%.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 17.9%; Highest in the range.

The leanest can, a sensible pick for an older dog carrying a little extra weight.

Every can writes its meat out organ by organ, with a percentage on each, so the animal content adds up on the label. Heart leads three of the four; the game can is venison muscle meat alone. Potato follows the meat on all four, with vegetables and fruit that change by recipe, and coconut flour binds the loaf.

Goat's milk at 2% or 3%, linseed oil, oyster shell, brewer's yeast and seaweed appear on every label, along with a herb list and glucosamine at or below 0.4%. Moisture runs from 77.7% to 84.3%, and protein from 42.2% to 62.4% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

79.3 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

8.9%

Fat

4.3%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

1.2%

Moisture

81.6%

Dry weight

Protein

48.4%

Fat

23.4%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

17.9%

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

62.3%

Added water

14.3%

Carbs

5.9%

Veg

11%

Oils

0.3%

Other

6.2%