As a follow on from The Dry Dog Food Index I've now put together a wet food version!

Like the dry food listings, I’ve based the below information on a 15kg adult dog, living in a home environment with moderate activity levels, and all prices are approximate and based on purchasing the packets of food singularly, where possible. All the foods are complete diets, except those marked with a star (*). The foods marked with a star (*) should be fed alongside another complete food, either wet or dry.

I have gathered the information from packet labels, websites and by contacting the manufacturers directly, and it’s as accurate as I can possibly make it – bare in mind that prices vary depending on where the food is purchased, and ingredients do change from time to time.

I have loosely grouped the foods into three colour coded groups.

Green – these are the wet foods that I consider to be of exceptional quality. They have a very high meat content and little or no grains.

Orange - these are “middle of the road” foods. The quality varies immensely within this group, but I feel they all offer a good quality basic diet for normal healthy dogs, with a decent meat content and reasonable ingredients.

Red – these foods are the ones that I feel are extremely poor, and that should be avoided. They tend to have either an inadequate meat content, too many cheap fillers, artificial additives, harmful chemicals, added sugar – or a mixture of all of those!

As per the dry food thread - I must stress that this is merely my opinion, of course we won't all agree on what is a good food and what isn't. I am neither a vet nor a canine nutritionist, but I am a dog owner with a huge interest in dog nutrition.

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*APPLAWS cans (chicken, tuna & vegetables)

Price (156g can): £1.34
Suggested daily amount: 3 cans
Daily feeding cost: £4.02

Ingredients: Chicken (28%), tuna (17%), pumpkin (8%), carrot (8%), peas (8%), rice (5%), water

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*APPLAWS pouches (chicken, beef & vegetables)

Price (150g pouch): £1.47
Suggested daily amount: 3 pouches
Daily feeding cost: £4.41

Ingredients: Chicken (45%), beef (15%), baby corn (8%), brocolli (8%), chicken broth

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ARDEN GRANGE PARTNERS cans (lamb, rice & vegetables)

Price (395g can): £1.05
Suggested daily amount: 1 and a half cans
Daily feeding cost: £1.57

Ingredients: Lamb (70%), rice (5%), peas, carrots, pumpkin meal, beet pulp, fish oil, minerals, vitamins, seaweed extract, glucosamine, chondroitin, cranberry extract, yucca extract, nucleotides

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BURNS PENLAN FARM pouches (chicken, rice & vegetables)

Price (400g pouch): £1.65
Suggested daily amount: 1 pouch
Daily feeding cost: £1.65

Ingredients: Chicken (20%) rice (20%), seasonal vegetables (20%), vitamins, minerals

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BUTCHERS CHOICE trays (turkey, game & vegetables)

Price (150g tray): 60p
Suggested daily amount: 5 trays
Daily feeding cost: £3

Ingredients: Meat and animal derivatives (turkey min 7%, game min 6%), carrots (2.5%), peas (2.5%), minerals

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BUTCHERS cans (beef & liver)

Price (400g can): 56p
Suggested daily amount: 2 and a half cans
Daily feeding cost: £1.40

Ingredients: Meat and animal derivatives (min 50%, incl. beef min 4%, liver min 4%, min. fresh meat min 15%), minerals



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CESAR trays (beef, pasta & carrots in gravy)

Price (150g tray): 60p
Suggested daily amount: 6 trays
Daily feeding cost: £3.60

Ingredients: Meat and animal Derivatives (min 4% beef), vegetables (4% carrot), bakery products (4% cooked pasta), cereals, minerals, herbs

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CHAPPIE cans (chicken & rice)

Price (825g can): 86p
Suggested daily amount: 1 can
Daily feeding cost: 86p

Ingredients: Fish and fish derivatives (min 14% white fish), cereals (min 4% rice), meat and animal derivatives (min 4% chicken), oils, fats, herbs, minerals

Rated 'orange' purely for it's suitabilty for sensitive stomachs.

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DENES cans (rabbit, chicken & herbs)

Price (400g can): 99p
Suggested daily amount: 2 cans
Daily feeding cost: £1.98

Ingredients: Meat and animal derivatives (min 4% rabbit, min 4% chicken), cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, peppermint, parsley, cumin, vitamins, minerals, sugar

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HERMANNS ORGANIC cans (turkey with fruits & vegetables)

Price (6 x 400g): £13.90
Suggested daily amount: ¾ of a can
Daily feeding cost: £1.71

Ingredients: Turkey (50%) apple, courgettes, jerusalem artichokes, celery, salad, linseed oil.

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HI LIFE NATURES ESSENTIALS pouches (fish with vegetables & rice)

Price (8 x 150g ): £5.30
Suggested daily amount: 4 pouches
Daily feeding cost: £2.75

Ingredients: Fish (45%), garden vegetables (4% peas, 4% carrots), rice (4%), sunflower oil, fish oil, minerals, seawood extract, chicory extract, green tea extract

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HILLS SCIENCE PLAN cans (chicken)

Price (395g can): £1.83
Suggested daily amount: 2 cans
Daily feeding cost: £3.66

Ingredients: Chicken (11 %), pork liver, pearl barley, ground maize, pork, soybean meal, iron oxide, dried whey, vegetable oil, calcium carbonate, iodised salt, magnesium oxide, potassium chloride, vitamins, trace elements

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JAMES WELLBELOVED pouches (turkey with rice & vegetables in gravy)

Price (150g pouch): 59p
Suggested daily amount: 6 pouches
Daily feeding cost: £3.54

Ingredients: Turkey (26%), rice (4%), peas (4%), carrots (4%), sunflower oil, sugar beet pulp, linseed oil, calcium carbonate, seaweed, alfalfa, potassium chloride, tomatoes

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LILYS KITCHEN cans (chicken & turkey casserole)

Price (400g can): £2.20
Suggested daily amount: 2 cans
Daily feeding cost: £4.40

Ingredients: Chicken (45%), turkey (15%), rice, pearl barley, apples, broccoli, squash, peas, carrots, whole blueberries, flaxseed, omega 3 and 6, golden rod, nettle, aniseed, celery seed, rosehips, marigold petals, cleavers, kelp, alfalfa, milk thistle, dandelion root, burdock root

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LUKULLUS cans (venison & rabbit with rice, apple & linseed oil)

Price (6 x 400g): £6.59
Suggested daily amount: 1 ½ cans
Daily feeding cost: £2.04

Ingredients: Meat and animal by-products (66% [including heart, liver, meat, stomach, tripe from rabbit and game]), meat stock, apples, rice, minerals, linseed oil

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NATURE DIET trays (chicken, rice & vegetables)

Price (390g tray): 80p
Suggested daily amount: 1 and a half trays
Daily feeding cost: £1.60

Ingredients: Chicken (60%), rice (5%), vegetables (5%), natural ground bone, kelp, herbs, omega 3 and 6, vitamins, minerals

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NATURES HARVEST trays (lamb & rice)

Price (395g): 97p
Suggested daily amount: 1 tray
Daily feeding cost: 97p

Ingredients: Fresh lamb (65%), rice (21%), peas, carrots, scottish salmon oil, seaweed, glucosamine, vitamins, minerals

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NATURES MENU cans (chicken & salmon with vegetables & rice)

Price (400g can): £1.30
Suggested daily amount: 1 can
Daily feeding cost: £1.30

Ingredients: Chicken (34%), salmon (25%), carrots (6%), peas (4%), rice (4%) sunflower oil

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NATURES MENU pouches (beef & tripe with vegetables & rice)

Price (300g pouch): 92p
Suggested daily amount: 2 pouches
Daily feeding cost: £1.84

Ingredients: Beef (40%), tripe (20%), peas (4%), carrots (4%), rice (6%), minerals, various sugars

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PAL cans (chicken & beef in jelly)

Price (385g can): 42p
Suggested daily amount: 3 cans
Daily feeding cost: £1.26

Ingredients: Meat and animal derivatives (min 4% chicken, min 4% beef), cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals

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PEDIGREE cans (chicken in jelly)

Price (385g can): 54p
Suggested daily amount: 2 cans
Daily feeding cost: £1.08

Ingredients: Meat and animal derivatives (min 45% including min 4% chicken, min 4% fresh meat), cereals, derivatives of vegetable origin, sunflower oil (0.5%), fats, minerals

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PEDIGREE pouches (lamb & poultry in jelly)

Price (300g pouch): 69p
Suggested daily amount: 3 pouches
Daily feeding cost: £2.07

Ingredients: Meat and animal derivatives (min 4% lamb, min 4% poultry), cereals, oils, fats, derivatives of vegetable origin, vegetable protein extracts, minerals

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PETS AT HOME ADVANCED NUTRITION cans (chicken)

Price (395g can): £1.59
Suggested daily amount: 2 ½ cans
Daily feeding cost: £3.97

Ingredients: Chicken (40%), beef, rice, barley, maize, minerals, seaweed extract, cassia, salmon oil, sunflower oil, guar gum, prebiotics, yucca extract, cranberry extract, taurine

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SAINSBURYS cans (chicken in jelly)

Price (400g can): 49p
Suggested daily amount: 2 cans
Daily feeding cost: 98p

Ingredients: Meat and animal derivatives (min 37% including min 4% chicken), derivatives of vegetable origin, cereals, vitamins, minerals, sugar

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WAINWRIGHTS trays (turkey with rice)

Price (395g tray): 88p
Suggested daily amount: Two thirds of a tray
Daily feeding cost: 58p

Ingredients: Turkey (65%), turkey liver (5%), brown rice (5%), minerals, seaweed, chicory root

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*WEBBOX 'chubs' (beef & lamb flavour)

Price (880g 'chub'): 56p
Suggested daily amount: Half a 'chub'
Daily feeding cost: 28p

Ingredients: Meat and animal Derivatives (including beef and lamb flavourings), cereals , derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, EC permitted colourings and preservatives

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WINALOT cans (tuna in jelly)

Price (400g can): 62p
Suggested daily amount: 3 cans
Daily feeding cost: £1.86

Ingredients: Meat and animal derivatives, cereals, fish derivatives (min 4% tuna), vegetable protein extracts, minerals, EC permitted colourings

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ZIWIPEAK cans (tripe, venison & lamb)

Price (370g can): £2.35
Suggested daily amount: 2 cans
Daily feeding cost: £4.70

Ingredients: Lamb tripe, lamb meat, venison meat, venison tripe (total meat content 66%), green lipped mussel, guar gum, sodium tripolyphosphate, minerals, vitamins, carrageenan

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This thread is merely a guide - a starting point for you to do your own research into your chosen brand

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''Dogs are like chocolates, you can never have just one!''

Well done!! Yet again a lot of hard work on your part. I'm sure it will come in v handy!!

I'm off to check the Herrmanns at Zooplus, I had no idea it worked out so economical to feed - put to good use already

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Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own”

Great thread, thank you for taking the time.

Off to rep you.

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I don't think much of Chappie food, the ingredients are poor - but I know they'd be uproar if I rated it red So I put it at orange because I know it's invaluable for sensitive tummies.

Butchers is red because it has such a vague ingredients list - we know 26% is tripe, but no idea what the rest is - what on earth ARE derivatives of vegetable origin?!

I'd of liked to rated Chappie red too, but like I say, I'd be Pet Forums enemy number one if I did!

Ta for the rep, very kind of you.

ETA: eh, am I going mad?! You did have that bit about chappie and butchers in your post didn't you?!

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''Dogs are like chocolates, you can never have just one!''

Thankyou for all your hard work!

Phew, I use Wainwrights trays for my toy poodles, they love it, and it is very cost effective!

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Thank you after the ww panic the other week I've been looking at other wet food and just ended up getting seriously confused.
But one if the foods I was looking at has your green rating. (and Indi didn't turn his nose up at it)

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I did tell u about hermanns

As much as I like it a lot of cans do tend to have a lot of gravy as opposed to meat matter....so I do add a small amount of kibble

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Dog food Wilsons recommends
Wet Food
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/w...nis_menu/48148
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/w...ic_menu/103104
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/w...gourmet/212869
http://www.lilyskitchen.co.uk/
Kibble
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/dry_dog_food/acana
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/d...ukullus/161924

I did, I did. Then I reread and saw the bit about you putting it in yellow because of it being good for sensitive tums. Realised I'd just not read properly so removed it lol.

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Well all the cans I feed on rotation are green....what about AG partners that I feel for the quid a can is a good buy high meat 70 % meat low rice?

Just a thought and thanx for the guide.....

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Dog food Wilsons recommends
Wet Food
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/w...nis_menu/48148
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/w...ic_menu/103104
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/w...gourmet/212869
http://www.lilyskitchen.co.uk/
Kibble
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/dry_dog_food/acana
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/d...ukullus/161924

Yet again
Fantastic
Thanks very much for all your time and effort

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