Tesco

Tesco Senior Pouches Mixed Selection review

Name: Tesco Senior Pouches Mixed Selection
Brand: Tesco

42.5/100Average

WetAdultSenior

Twelve jelly pouches for older dogs, four meats on one underlying recipe. Senior here means light: 78 kcal per 100g, printed on the box. Only 4% of each pouch is the named animal, and nothing about the food itself is worrying.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs that need to shed a little, at 78 kcal per 100g
Smaller seniors, for whom one 100g pouch is a whole meal
Dogs that have gone off their dinner, with four meats to rotate in one box
No half-opened tins in the fridge
Dogs drinking less with age. Moisture is declared at 82.0%
Soft food in jelly with no firm chunks

Worth watching

Nothing aimed at ageing joints or kidneys
The named meat is 4% of the pouch, and the rest of the animal content sits under a category heading, so these are out for an elimination diet
Oils and fats with no source, which may change between batches
Various sugars in all four, and cassia gum at 1.7 g per kilo holding the jelly

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

How this scores

How we score

42.5/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. A 15 kg dog would go through a box in a little over a day on pouches alone, so many owners feed these beside a dry food.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Tesco Senior Pouches Mixed Selection 42.5

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Very little named meat for our scoring to hold on to, though the analysis reads better than that suggests: a light meal, not a padded one.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives41%A legal heading: neither the animal nor the cut is named, so the make-up can shift between batches.
Turkey, lamb, chicken or beef4%The animal on the front of each pouch, inside the 41%.
Minerals
Oils and fatsPlant or animal, not said.
Derivatives of vegetable origin (chicory)0.1%Inulin, a sensible prebiotic for an older gut even at this level.
Various sugarsThere to make the jelly appealing.

Vitamin D3 at 140 IU, vitamin E at 12 mg, zinc at 12 mg and iodine at 0.3 mg per kilo, the same panel for all four varieties.

Senior here means a lighter meal, with no ingredient aimed at joints or kidneys.

Named ingredients

With Turkey in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (41%, including 4% Turkey), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.1% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Lamb in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (41%, including 4% Lamb), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.1% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Chicken in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (41%, including 4% Chicken), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.1% Chicory), Various Sugars. With Beef in Jelly: Meat and Animal Derivatives (41%, including 4% Beef), Minerals, Oils and Fats, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.1% Chicory), Various Sugars.

Against the range

One jelly recipe in four meats: turkey, lamb, chicken and beef. Each pouch declares meat and animal derivatives at 41%, of which 4% is the animal on the front, then minerals, unsourced oils and fats, 0.1% chicory and various sugars. Protein converts to 47.2% of dry matter and estimated carbohydrate to 11.1%, with energy printed at 78 kcal per 100g.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

78 kcal/100g

Protein

8.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

47.2%

Fat

27.8%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

11.1%

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