Wet food for adult dogs Classic Beef with carrot 400g

Beef with carrot and apple is the most classic recipe in the Classic line and usually the safest choice to start with. The animal protein comes solely from beef, and the can contains no grains, sugar, salt or artificial colourings. The whole is completed by carrot, apple, basil as a natural flavouring and salmon oil.

Why beef for the first can

Beef is a meat that almost every dog knows, so it is rarely a surprise at the first serving. This matters in practice: if you are switching your dog from dry to wet food, it is better to change one thing at a time, not the form and the meat species simultaneously.

Alongside muscle meat, the recipe includes offal, which naturally concentrates micronutrients. This makes the can complete without an excess of additives on the list. We have gathered more about the approach itself in the entry single-protein dog food.

Carrot, apple and basil

Carrot and apple bring natural sweetness and fibre, and basil acts as a flavouring here and is the only aromatic addition in the recipe. None of these ingredients replaces meat, because beef remains the basis of the whole can.

What this can doesn't contain

• Grain-free: the recipe contains no wheat, maize or gluten.
• No sugar or salt: the sweetness comes from the carrot and apple.
• No colourings: the colour is the colour of the meat and vegetables.
• One animal protein: beef only.
• With salmon oil: a natural source of omega-3 fatty acids.

Which dog is it for

It is a recipe for a dog with no dietary restrictions that simply eats well. It is also chosen as a fixed point in a flavour rotation, because beef is the most widely accepted by dogs. If beef has been dropped from your dog's diet, the same line has rarer meats: Classic Horse with raspberries as well as goat and deer.

You will find the full overview of the line in Classic wet food, and the other cans in wet dog food.

How to introduce this food

A new food should be introduced gradually, over several days, by mixing it with the current one in an increasing proportion. This gives your dog's digestive system time to adjust, and you know whether the switch went smoothly. If your dog has so far eaten only dry food, start with a small amount of wet food on top of the portion rather than replacing the whole meal.

It is worth taking the can out of the fridge a quarter of an hour or so before serving, because at room temperature the food smells noticeably stronger, and smell is the first thing that wins a dog over. Match the daily amount to your dog's body weight according to the table on the pack and split it into two meals.

Who the 400 g can is for

The 400 g size is most often chosen by owners of small and medium dogs and by those feeding a mixed diet, where wet food makes up only part of the daily ration. It is also a sensible size for a first purchase: if your dog doesn't take to the flavour, you are left with one can, not a stockpile. Keep an opened can in the fridge and take it out a quarter of an hour or so before serving, because cold food smells noticeably weaker.