Waitrose

Waitrose Tins in Jelly review

Name: Waitrose Tins in Jelly
Brand: Waitrose

52.5/100Good

WetAdult

Flavour

Waitrose's mid-range can in jelly, sold as a three-recipe multipack and as a single Chicken with Game tin. Each recipe counts its two named animals and pairs a familiar meat with a less usual one. The multipack sits in our Good band and the single tin in Average, with meat and animal derivatives holding most of the animal content in both.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that will only eat meat set in jelly
Owners who want the headline animals counted, 14% and 4% in every recipe
Dogs tired of the usual meats, with game and duck beside lamb, chicken and turkey
A light dinner: fat converts to 21.1% of dry matter
Fish oil at 0.4%, a meaningful amount for a can at this level

Worth watching

Meat and animal derivatives behind the named animals, and game is a category, not a species
Fish oil on every label, so none of these suits a fish-free diet
Various sugars on each recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

52.5/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyAverage

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The label's guide puts a 15kg dog close to three cans a day, so count tins against that before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Waitrose Tins in Jelly 52.5
Chicken 42.7

Two recipes across Good and Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The single tin scores lower than the same recipe inside the multipack only because its label breaks down differently; the food is identical.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivativesHolds the animal content; the rest beyond the two named animals is not specified.
Lamb with turkey14%, 4%
Chicken with game14%, 4%Game is a category, not a species.
Turkey with duck14%, 4%
Derivatives of vegetable origin, chicory roots powder0.1% chicoryChicory supplies inulin, a prebiotic.
MineralsNo figures printed.
Oils and fats, fish oil0.4% fish oilOmega 3, and the reason none is fish free.
Various sugarsAdded because dogs like the taste.

Calcium works out at 1.84% of dry matter, outside the range we look for on this label.

Named ingredients

RICH IN LAMB WITH TURKEY IN JELLY, Meat and animal derivatives (14% lamb, 4% turkey), derivatives of vegetable origin (0.1% chicory roots powder), minerals, oils and fats (0.4% fish oil), various sugars, RICH IN CHICKEN WITH GAME IN JELLY, Meat and animal derivatives (14% chicken, 4% game), derivatives of vegetable origin (0.1% chicory roots powder), minerals, oils and fats (0.4% fish oil), various sugars, RICH IN TURKEY WITH DUCK IN JELLY, Meat and animal derivatives (14% turkey, 4% duck), derivatives of vegetable origin (0.1% chicory roots powder), minerals, oils and fats (0.4% fish oil), various sugars

Against the range

Recipes: All three pairings; The single tin is chicken with game only.
Transparency: Average; Poor on the single tin.

The simplest way to find out which animal your dog prefers.

Every recipe opens with meat and animal derivatives and names two animals inside it: 14% of a familiar meat and 4% of a less usual one. Lamb with turkey, chicken with game and turkey with duck are the three pairings. Each closes with fish oil at 0.4%, chicory roots powder at 0.1% and various sugars.

The declared analysis is the same across the range, lean on fat and fairly high in ash. Minerals are on every list, but no vitamin or trace element doses are printed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

74.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

7.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

81%

Dry weight

Protein

39.5%

Fat

21.1%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

15.8%

Carbs

21%

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

60.8%

Added water

16%

Carbs

16.6%

Oils

2.5%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size