Tesco

Tesco Complete & Balanced Nutrition Senior Dry review

Name: Tesco Complete & Balanced Nutrition Senior Dry
Brand: Tesco

41.9/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A supermarket kibble for an older dog: slower these days, still first at the bowl. Fat is lean at 7.5% and energy sits under the norm for dry food, the shape a senior carrying a little extra weight wants. It sits in our Average band for how little the label names, with nothing worrying inside the bag.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs taking life gently, at 336 kcal per 100g
A senior who has put on a little weight. The recipe is lean and the portion table is full
Homes with a senior and a younger adult, since one bag covers both
Dogs that like some variety, with two kibble shapes mixed together
Owners who want dog food in the weekly shop

Worth watching

Only the 4% chicken is named in the meat block, so a food trial has nothing to anchor to
Cereals is an umbrella term, so a wheat-sensitive dog cannot be kept safe on it
Carbohydrate at 56.5% of dry matter, against 46.2% typical for adult dry food
Calcium at 1.85% of dry matter, worth mentioning to your vet if minerals are being watched

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

How this scores

How we score

41.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. An older dog doing less than our maintenance estimate usually needs less, so portion to the waistline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Tesco Complete & Balanced Nutrition Senior Dry 41.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The band is about naming on the label, and what the label does declare is consistent and sensible for an older dog.

What's in it

CerealsAny grain from oats to wheat, and it can change between batches.
Meat and animal derivatives23%4% chicken, named and weighted in the clover kibble. The rest is tied to no species.
Oils and fats
Vegetables4% peas, in the disc-shaped kibble.
Minerals
Derivatives of vegetable originBroader still; 0.5% beet pulp named inside, for a slower gut.
Yeasts

Fully dosed in the plain forms: zinc as an oxide at 100 mg, iron at 60 mg, manganese at 50 mg, with selenium as sodium selenite at 0.1 mg per kilo.

The two kibble shapes are each typically 40% of the product, which leaves the rest of the bag unaccounted for in that note.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives (23%, including 4% Chicken in the Clover-shaped Kibble*), Oils and Fats, Vegetables (4% Peas in the Disc-shaped Kibble), Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.5% Beet Pulp in the Clover-shaped Kibble*), Yeasts. *Clover-shaped Kibble: typically 40% of product, Disc-shaped Kibble: typically 40% of product

Against the range

Two kibble shapes in one bag, built almost entirely from category names: cereals, meat and animal derivatives at 23%, oils and fats. Chicken at 4% is the one named animal, inside the clover-shaped kibble.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

336 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

56.5%

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

22.3%

Other

77.7%

Pricing & size