Winalot Cans Classics Mixed in Jelly 6pk PMP £5.99

No household ever changed dog food because the dog complained. It changes because a tin went up, or the vet said something, or the dog turned its nose up once and would not be talked round. The food most homes actually run on is whichever one is affordable and reliably eaten.

This is a six pack of 400G cans, price marked at 5.99, in mixed recipes of chunks in jelly. It is a complete food for healthy adult dogs, so it is formulated to be the whole meal rather than a topper, and Winalot add 8 essential vitamins, trace elements and minerals to it: vitamins A, E and D3, iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc. The composition is worth reading in the order they print it. Meat and animal derivatives come first, of which lamb is 4% and turkey 4% in one recipe and chicken 4% in another, then cereals, vegetable protein extracts, minerals and various sugars. Analytical constituents are moisture 81.5%, protein 6.5%, fat content 3.5%, crude ash 2.5% and crude fibre 0.1%.

• Six 400G cans, price marked at 5.99
• Complete food for healthy adult dogs
• Chunks in jelly, mixed recipes
• Named meats at 4% each; the bulk is meat and animal derivatives, cereals and vegetable protein extracts
• Protein 6.5%, fat content 3.5%, crude fibre 0.1%, crude ash 2.5%, moisture 81.5%
• Added vitamins A, E and D3 with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc

On what the recipe names are worth. The named meats are the small print: lamb 4% and turkey 4% in one recipe, chicken 4% in another, with most of the protein coming from meat and animal derivatives that are not specified further, plus cereals and vegetable protein extracts. Various sugars are in the composition as well. Winalot's 96% natural ingredients line is a statement about processing, not about how much meat is in the tin, and the two are easy to read as the same thing. None of that makes it a poor food - it is complete and dogs eat it - but if you are shopping on meat percentage, buy something else rather than finding out after six tins.

Who it's for: households feeding an adult dog on a budget that has to hold week after week, and owners of dogs who prefer jelly to gravy and have already found that a fancier tin comes back uneaten.