Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Weight Control Dry review

Name: Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Weight Control Dry
Brand: Sainsbury's

27.9/100Poor

DryAdult

The gentlest recipe the brand makes, with fat held to 7.6% of dry matter and L-carnitine added to help the body reach its own fat stores. It sits in our Poor band, and what it gives you is a lower fat bowl to measure a sensible portion out of.

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Our view

Likely to suit

The adult dog with a little to lose
L-carnitine written into the recipe
Easy keepers that gain weight on an ordinary portion
A turkey-named bag picked up on the same trip as everything else

Worth watching

Carbohydrate at an estimated 57.6% of dry matter, against 46.2% typical
A full feeding guide on the pack, so the scoop does most of the slimming
Turkey at 4% the only named species

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

How this scores

How we score

27.9/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The pack asks 185 to 420 grams for 10kg to 30kg, and a dog that really needs to slim belongs at the lower end.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Sainsbury's Complete Nutrition Weight Control Dry 27.9

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

It delivers the lower fat it advertises, but a category-described animal block and starch carrying most of the energy keep it low.

What's in it

CerealsThe bulk of the recipe, with no cereal named.
Meat and animal derivatives25%, including 4% turkeyOnly the 4% is guaranteed turkey. Turkey is naturally leaner than chicken.
Oils and fats
Vegetables: dried peas0.5%, equivalent to 4% peas
MineralsOxide and sulphate forms, selenium as sodium selenite.

L-carnitine at 100mg carries fat into the cells to be burned, a helper while the portion does the real work.

No moisture declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives (25% including 4% Turkey), Oils and Fats, Vegetables (0.5% Dried Peas equivalent to 4% Peas), Minerals.

Against the range

A single light kibble: unnamed cereals first, then a 25% animal block with turkey named at 4% inside it, oils and fats, a little dried pea and minerals. L-carnitine is added at 100mg.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

338 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

7.6%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

57.6%

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

30.7%

Carbs

47.3%

Veg

7.8%

Oils

10%

Other

4.2%

Pricing & size