Tesco

Tesco Complete & Balanced Nutrition Adult Dry: Chicken & Vegetables review

Name: Tesco Complete & Balanced Nutrition Adult Dry: Chicken & Vegetables
Brand: Tesco

37.8/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

An everyday supermarket kibble in beef or chicken, both in our Average band because of how many category names the label leans on. The bag mixes two kibble shapes, and the named meat lives only in the smaller share of them. The vitamin and mineral panel is complete, with every trace element dosed in print.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A healthy adult with no known sensitivities
Two dogs on one food, swapping flavours easily
Dogs that like some texture, with two shapes in every bag
Owners who like a dose beside every trace mineral
Adults in steady condition. Fat sits at a middling 9.0%

Worth watching

Only the 4% named flavour is tied to an animal, so it cannot carry an elimination trial
Starch does much of the carrying
Preservatives and antioxidants are given as categories without names

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

How this scores

How we score

37.8/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A 15 kg adult eats around 255 grams a day, so check the bag's table for your dog's weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 41.0
Chicken 37.8

All two Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Nearly every entry that matters is a category name, which is what holds both below the typical adult kibble; the beef reads a band clearer on transparency, and that is the only gap between them.

What's in it

CerealsAny grain, and it can change between batches.
Meat and animal derivatives22%, including 4% chickenThe chicken sits only in the bone-shaped kibble, typically 20% of the bag.
Oils and fatsCould be plant or animal.
Vegetables4% peasThe peas are in the brown barrel kibble, typically 60% of the bag.
Minerals
Derivatives of vegetable origin0.5% beet pulpBeet pulp helps keep a gut regular.
YeastsB vitamins and a little palatability.

Every trace element is dosed: zinc at 100 mg, iron at 60 mg, manganese at 50 mg and copper at 8 mg per kilo, in the plain forms.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives (22% including 4% Chicken in the Bone-shaped Kibble*), Oils and Fats, Vegetables (4% Peas in the Brown Barrel-shaped Kibble), Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.5% Beet Pulp in the Bone-shaped kibble*), Yeasts. *Bone-shaped Kibble: typically 20% of product, Brown Barrel-shaped Kibble: typically 60% of product

Against the range

Named meat: 4% chicken, bone-shaped kibble; Beef in a clover shape on the other.
Analysis: Shared; Identical on both.

The lighter flavour, and the more familiar start for a dog new to red meat.

Beef and chicken are built to one recipe. Meat and animal derivatives make up 22%, with 4% named as the flavour, and that named meat sits only in a shaped kibble the label puts at typically 20% of the bag. A brown barrel kibble carries the bulk. Cereals lead, and most other entries are category names. The analysis is identical on both, carbohydrate estimating to 55.4% of dry matter. The only difference is the named animal and the shape that carries it.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

347 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

55.4%

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

25.8%

Carbs

10%

Veg

1.5%

Oils

1.9%

Other

60.8%

Pricing & size