Wagg

Wagg Kennel: Rich in Beef review

Name: Wagg Kennel: Rich in Beef
Brand: Wagg

51.2/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

The beef reads Good and the chicken a step below in Average, and the cereal share is what puts them there. This is the big working bag of Wagg's adult range: plain, cereal-led and fortified. Nothing in the bowl is going to bother a hungry dog with an easy digestion.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A kennel or multi-dog house feeding several dogs on one recipe
Working and outdoor dogs with no history of reacting to cereal
Dogs that hold condition easily, at 320 and 318 kcal per 100g against 357 for the typical adult dry food
Owners who want each vitamin and mineral dose printed out
Anyone cleaning up after several dogs. Yucca at 150 mg/kg is there for stool odour

Worth watching

Only a minimum share of beef or chicken is named, so neither anchors a strict elimination plan
Chicken fat in the beef bag too
Wheat, barley and maize, if grain has ever upset your dog
Protein gentle for a hard-working dog, so portions may need to run generous

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

How this scores

How we score

51.2/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The label puts a 15kg dog between 185 and 310 grams a day, so let the waistline settle it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Rich in Beef 51.2
Rich in Chicken 48.3

Two recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Cereal carries most of both recipes and the animal content is described by process more than species, which holds the pair around the middle.

What's in it

Meat meal and gravy, with min 5% beef26%Animal material cooked down into a concentrated powder. Only the beef minimum is named.
Whole grain wheatThe grain most often named when a dog reacts to its food.
Whole grain barley
Vegetable fibreUsually beet pulp under a friendlier name.
Maize
Chicken fat2%Omega 6, and chicken in a beef bag.
Whole linseedOmega 3.
Dried whole green peas and beet2.3%
Chicory root, yucca1000 mg/kg and 150 mg/kgFOS for the gut; yucca for odour.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium as sulphates and oxides, the ordinary choice at this level.

Chicken fat sits in this beef recipe, so it does not suit a dog kept away from chicken.

Named ingredients

26% Meat Meal & Gravy*(with min 5% Beef), Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Barley, Vegetable Fibre, Maize, 2% Chicken Fat* (source of Omega 6), Whole Linseed (source of Omega 3), 2.3% Dried Whole Green Peas & Beet *, Minerals & Vitamins, Chicory Root (1000 mg/kg as a source of FOS), Yucca (150 mg/kg), * 28% Meat Ingredients with Beef & Veg* equivalent per 100g kibble to:, *min 40g hydrated animal ingredients with, min 18% Beef, * min 10g Vegetables from dried Peas and Beet.

Against the range

Named meat minimum: 18% beef in the hydrated animal ingredients; 20% chicken in the other bag.
Protein, dry matter: 23.9%; 21.7% on the chicken.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 54.4%; 56.6% on the chicken.

The stronger of the pair, by a little more protein and a clearer label.

Both bags open on 26% meat meal and gravy with a minimum of 5% beef or chicken named inside it, then whole grain wheat, whole grain barley, vegetable fibre and maize. Chicken fat at 2% and whole linseed supply the omegas, and chicory root and yucca close the list with their doses printed.

A footnote puts the hydrated animal ingredients at 40g per 100g of kibble, with at least 18% beef in one bag and 20% chicken in the other. Everything outside those minimums stays unnamed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

320 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

22%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

54.4%

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

18%

Added water

26%

Carbs

43.7%

Veg

6.4%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size