Waitrose

Waitrose Variety Selection in Jelly & Gravy review

Name: Waitrose Variety Selection in Jelly & Gravy
Brand: Waitrose

56.9/100Good

WetAdult

A mixed box of jelly and gravy cans that earns its Good band by putting a number against the headline animal on every recipe. Each declares 14% of its lead meat, and three name a second at 4%. The rest of the animal content stays under a category term.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that lose interest in one flavour: four recipes and two textures in one box
Rotation feeders. The analysis is the same on every can
Owners who want the headline meat counted
Dogs on a lighter tin, fat converting to 21.1% of dry matter
Owners still finding out whether their dog prefers jelly or gravy

Worth watching

Meat and animal derivatives carries most of the animal content, and the gravy recipes leave their cereals unnamed
Fish oil at 0.4% on all four, so the box cannot serve as a fish-free diet
Various sugars on every recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

56.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyAverage

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. At 74 kcal per 100g the daily amount is large, so count how many days a box really covers before you rely on it.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Waitrose Variety Selection in Jelly & Gravy 56.9

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The named percentages are what lift this box to Good, more detail than most cans at this end of the aisle print.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives: lamb with turkey14%, 4%Jelly recipe. The rest of the animal content is unspecified.
Meat and animal derivatives: chicken with game14%, 4%Jelly recipe.
Meat and animal derivatives: turkey with chicken14%, 4%Gravy recipe.
Meat and animal derivatives: beef14%Gravy recipe, and the only one naming a single animal.
CerealsGravy recipes only, grain not named.
Dried carrots; dried peas and carrots0.5%; 0.6%Each equivalent to 4% once rehydrated. Gravy recipes only.
Chicory roots powder0.1%Inulin, a prebiotic fibre.
Minerals
Fish oil0.4%Omega 3 for skin, coat and joints, on all four labels.
Various sugars

No dosed vitamin or trace element panel is printed, so those figures are not on show.

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 CHICKEN & CARROTS IN GRAVY, Meat and animal derivatives (14% turkey, 4% chicken), cereals, vegetables (0.5% dried carrots equivalent to 4% carrots), minerals, oils and fats (0.4% fish oil), derivatives of vegetable origin (0.1% chicory roots powder), various sugars, RICH IN BEEF WITH VEGETABLES IN GRAVY, Meat and animal derivatives (14% beef), cereals, vegetables (0.6% dried peas and carrots equivalent to 4% peas and carrots), minerals, oils and fats (0.4% fish oil), derivatives of vegetable origin (0.1% chicory roots powder), various sugars

Against the range

Four recipes in one box of twelve cans share one construction and one declared analysis. Meat and animal derivatives leads each list with the headline animal named at 14%, and a second animal at 4% on three of the four. The jelly recipes run straight from the meat to chicory, minerals, fish oil and sugars; the gravy pair add cereals and a counted portion of vegetables.

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