Wagg

Wagg Senior review

Name: Wagg Senior
Brand: Wagg

49.4/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A plain, complete bowl for an older dog with an easy digestion, and it reads Average in our scoring because cereal does most of the carrying. Where it earns its senior name is the lighter fat, a printed joint package and salmon oil beside the linseed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs whose pace has dropped. Fat is down at 7.5% and energy at 316 kcal per 100g, against 357 for the typical adult dry food
Owners who want the joint additions named and dosed: 150 mg/kg of glucosamine and 50 mg/kg of chondroitin
A senior that has eaten wheat, maize, barley and rice all its life without trouble
Marine omega 3 in the bowl, from salmon oil

Worth watching

Only a minimum of 4% chicken is named in the meat meal, so most of the animal content carries no species
Not fish free, with salmon oil on the label
Protein at 22.0% of dry matter, modest for an older dog that needs to hold muscle

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

How this scores

How we score

49.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size. Check first that your dog has no wheat sensitivity, since wheat is the second ingredient.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Wagg Senior 49.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Cereal carries the recipe and protein sits low for an older dog, which is what holds the score down; nothing on the label is unsafe.

What's in it

Meat meal and gravy (with min 4% chicken)26%Rendered and dried, so concentrated protein. Beyond the 4% chicken, no species is given.
Whole grain wheatThe main carbohydrate, and the first thing to check for a dog that has picked up a wheat sensitivity.
Maize
Whole grain barley, wheat fibre, whole grain ricerice 5%More cereal. Together they take carbohydrate to 57.2% of dry matter.
Whole linseedPlant omega 3.
Chicken fat1%
Beet pulpThe working fibre.
Salmon oilMarine omega 3 a dog can use directly. It also means the food is not fish free.
Minerals and vitamins, chicory rootchicory 1000 mg/kgChicory supplies FOS, a prebiotic.
Glucosamine, yucca, chondroitin150, 150 and 50 mg/kgThe joint top up, modest next to a dedicated supplement. Yucca is there for stool odour.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, all as standard sulphates, oxides and selenite; the antioxidant is not named.

The antioxidant at the foot of the panel is not named, the one gap on an otherwise legible label.

Named ingredients

26% Meat Meal & Gravy*(with min 4% Chicken), Whole Grain Wheat, Maize, Whole Grain Barley, Wheat Fibre, 5% Whole Grain Rice, Whole Linseed (source of Omega 3), 1% Chicken Fat* (source of Omega 6), Beet Pulp, Salmon Oil, Minerals & Vitamins, Chicory Root (1000 mg/kg as a source of FOS), Glucosamine (150 mg/kg), Yucca (150 mg/kg), Chondroitin (50 mg/kg). *28% Meat Ingredients with Chicken* equivalent per 100g kibble to: * min 40g hydrated animal ingredients with

Against the range

One recipe, built on meat meal and cereal. The footnote works the animal side up to 28% meat ingredients, equal to no less than 40g of hydrated animal ingredients in every 100g of kibble. Fat is trimmed to 7.5% for an older dog, and glucosamine, chondroitin and salmon oil are the senior additions.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

315.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

20%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22%

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.3%

Carbs

57.2%

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.

Added water

26%

Carbs

68.2%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

Other

3.4%

Pricing & size