Waitrose

Waitrose Essential Terrine: With Lamb review

Name: Waitrose Essential Terrine: With Lamb
Brand: Waitrose

40.9/100Average

WetAdult

A smooth loaf for dogs that want their dinner soft, sitting in our Average band because the label shows almost nothing. The analysis underneath is one of the more protein-forward in the wet aisle, at 52.6% of dry matter with carbohydrate at just 5.4%. Whatever goes into it is mostly animal material.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Sore mouths and older dogs: a terrine needs no chewing
Hiding a tablet at mealtimes
A meat-forward bowl, protein high for wet food
One-dog homes, as each 150g serving is finished in one sitting
Fussy eaters that turn their nose up at texture

Worth watching

Meat and animal derivatives beyond the 4% lamb, too vague for an elimination diet
Oils and fats and derivatives of vegetable origin left unnamed
Various sugars third on the list
No vitamin or trace element figures printed

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

How this scores

How we score

40.9/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyPoor

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults. Plenty of owners spoon it over dry food as a topper, so weigh the share against the rest of the bowl.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

With Lamb 40.9

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A Poor transparency reading pulls it well below the typical wet food, while the analysis itself reads Outstanding.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives4% lambOnly the lamb is pinned down. The rest is unnamed and can change between batches.
MineralsNo figures printed.
Various sugarsThere for taste.
Oils and fatsCould be anything from an animal fat to a plain vegetable oil.
Derivatives of vegetable origin

No vitamin or trace element panel is printed, so that side of the recipe is taken on trust.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives (4% lamb), minerals, various sugars, oils and fats, derivatives of vegetable origin

Against the range

Five entries, four of them legal category terms, and lamb at 4% the only animal named. There is no vitamin or trace element panel.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

85.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10%

Fat

5.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

52.6%

Fat

28.9%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

10.5%

Carbs

5.4%

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

44.3%

Added water

16%

Carbs

21.7%

Oils

4.8%

Other

13.3%

Pricing & size