Tesco

Tesco Adult Cans Mixed Selection: Loaf review

Name: Tesco Adult Cans Mixed Selection: Loaf
Brand: Tesco

61.8/100Good

WetAdult

Flavour

The supermarket's everyday tin in three textures: chunks in gravy, chunks in jelly and a smooth loaf. All three land in our Good band, a step behind the typical wet food and a dependable everyday choice. What holds it back is category wording on the label, with only 4% of each tin pinned to the animal on the front.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with firm views on texture, as one recipe comes in gravy, jelly or loaf
Fussy eaters who like the meat to change: four in every box
Dinner bought with the weekly shop
Adult dogs of any build, toy breeds to giants
A dog that drinks too little, with moisture at 81.0% in the gravy and jelly tins
Owners who portion by energy, printed at 92 kcal per 100g on the chunks

Worth watching

Only 4% is the named animal, so no flavour can anchor an elimination diet
No cereal named, so the grain can differ between batches
Various sugars and cassia gum on every version
Calcium at 2.11% of dry matter in the chunks, at the high end for adult maintenance

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

How this scores

How we score

61.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Portion from the printed energy figure, and expect a box of twelve to last a 15kg dog about five days.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

In Gravy 62.6
In Jelly 62.6
Loaf 61.8

All three Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The ground between this tin and the typical wet food is made up of naming; these are complete foods with a dosed panel, and the loaf trails the chunks by a whisker.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (beef, chicken, turkey or lamb)42%, including 4% named meatA legal category term. Only the 4% is pinned to the animal on the front; the rest can change between batches.
CerealsCould be rice, wheat, maize or barley without the wording changing.
Minerals
Various sugarsFor palatability, and an entry plenty of owners would rather not see.

Vitamins A and D3 with zinc, manganese and iodine, each dosed per kilo and stated to hold for all varieties.

Named ingredients

Loaf with Chicken: Meat and Animal Derivatives (42%, including 4% Chicken), Cereals, Minerals, Various Sugars. Loaf with Beef: Meat and Animal Derivatives (42%, including 4% Beef), Cereals, Minerals, Various Sugars. Loaf with Lamb: Meat and Animal Derivatives (42%, including 4% Lamb), Cereals, Minerals, Various Sugars. Loaf with Turkey: Meat and Animal Derivatives (42%, including 4% Turkey), Cereals, Minerals, Various Sugars.

Against the range

Texture: Smooth loaf; Chunks in gravy or jelly.
Animal fraction: 42%; 44% in the chunks.
Protein, dry matter: 42.5%; 39.5% in the chunks.
Energy: 96 kcal per 100g; 92 in the chunks.

For a dog with few teeth left, or one that eats round the jelly and leaves it.

Every box has beef, chicken, turkey and lamb versions of one recipe in a single texture. Each label declares meat and animal derivatives, 44% in the chunks and 42% in the loaf, with 4% pinned to the named animal, then cereals, minerals and various sugars.

Cassia gum does the setting, more of it as the texture firms. The energy figure is printed, and a short vitamin and mineral panel carries a dose for every entry. Calcium sits at 2.0% to 2.11% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

96 kcal/100g

Protein

8.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

42.5%

Fat

25%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Carbs

20.5%

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

100%

Pricing & size