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Cesar Fresh Bowls in Gravy review

A weak wet food by the label. Just 24% declared meat content, and the label keeps too much vague. The breakdown below shows exactly where every point went.

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ODF Score 41/100 Poor
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Top 82%scores higher than 19% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Poorscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
24%declared meat content
United Statesbrand origin

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 82/100 across 9 ingredients (declared percentages used for 3, position estimates for the rest).
32.9 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (Meat and animal derivatives, derivatives of vegetable origin, oils and fats) - naming points withheld; no percentages declared at all - the recipe is unverifiable; meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
2 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
Meat and animal derivatives at position 2 (-16); derivatives of vegetable origin at position 4 (-12); oils and fats at position 5 (-12); cereals at position 9 (-8); derivatives of vegetale origin at position 10 (-6); penalties capped at -25 (uncapped: -54).
-25 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 24%.
8.6 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 23% dry matter (low); fat 14.6% DM in the healthy band; fibre 7.7% DM (+0.2); ash 6.3% DM - sensible mineral load (+2).
6.2 / 10
Processing
Retorted wet food.
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
41 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 41 down: the biggest single loss is label transparency, where it takes 2 of a possible 15. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10. On top of that, 25 points are deducted outright for red-flag ingredients - a penalty applied before anything else is counted, which is why the total lands where it does.

The label declares 24% meat, which is a low figure, and a declared low figure is still more honest than silence, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

Chicken with CarrotsGreen Beans & Pumpkin: Meat and animal derivatives*chicken fillet and 11% chicken breast 24%chicken fillet 20%chicken breast and 4% duck fillet 11%oils and fats

Carbs & grains

derivatives of vegetable origincereals* 5% red ricered rice 5%derivatives of vegetale origin

Fruit & veg

vegetables*fresh carrots 9%fresh green beans and 6% fresh pumpkin 7%fresh carrots and 5% fresh purple potatoes 11%

Supplements & extras

minerals. Duck with Red Riceminerals. *natural ingredients
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Nutritional additives Vitamin D3 (300 IU), copper [copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate] (10mg), iodine [potassium iodide] (2mg), iron [iron(II) sulphate monohydrate] (63mg), manganese [manganous sulphate monohydrate] (14.4mg), selenium [sodium selenite] (0.3mg), zinc [zinc sulphate monohydrate] (83.2mg).

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

48.8 % DM
Directory average: 42.2

Fat

14.6 % DM
Directory average: 27.7

Est. carbs

22.5 % DM
Directory average: 18.4

Fibre

7.7 % DM
Directory average: 4.1

Ash

6.3 % DM
Directory average: 10.8

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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