Wagg

Wagg Wheat Free review

Name: Wagg Wheat Free
Brand: Wagg

39.1/100Average

DryAdult

Wagg Wheat Free does what its name promises and is clear about where the promise stops. Wheat comes out and maize, barley and rice go in, while cereal still carries most of the bowl. That is largely why it reads Average in our scoring. For a dog whose trouble is wheat and nothing else, it is a complete and fortified everyday meal.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that react to wheat in particular
A dog that settles well on rice, declared at 14% of the recipe
A little more fat in the bowl, at 9.0% declared, which often helps with a fussy eater
Meat share and additive doses printed in full

Worth watching

Wheat free is not grain free: maize, barley and rice are all on the list
Barley carries gluten, so a dog avoiding wheat for gluten reasons is not fully clear
Only the 4% chicken minimum carries a species

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

How this scores

How we score

39.1/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The bag's guide runs from 75 grams for a 3kg dog to 525 grams at 40kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Wagg Wheat Free 39.1

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Taking wheat out does not change the cereal arithmetic, so read the bag as a swap for a wheat-sensitive dog and not a step up.

What's in it

Meat Meal & Gravy26%Dried, rendered animal protein with at least 4% chicken named. Nothing beyond that has a species.
MaizeTakes the place wheat usually holds.
Whole Grain BarleyEasy once cooked, though it carries gluten.
Whole Grain Rice14%The easiest of the three on a delicate gut.
Chicken Fat2.8%The fat source, supplying omega 6.
Beet, Dried Whole Green PeasBeet here is fibre, with its sugar already extracted.
Whole LinseedsPlant omega 3.
Minerals & Vitamins
Chicory Root, YuccaChicory is the prebiotic; yucca is there for stool odour.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, each with its dose printed.

The antioxidant and preservative are not named individually.

Named ingredients

26%, Meat Meal & Gravy* (with min 4% Chicken*), Maize, Whole Grain Barley, Whole Grain Rice 14%, 2.8% Chicken Fat* (source of Omega 6), Beet, Dried Whole Green Peas, Whole Linseeds (source of omega 3), Minerals & Vitamins, Chicory Root (1000 mg/kg), Yucca (150 mg/kg). 28% Meat Ingredients, with Chicken equivalent per 100g to: *min 40g hydrated animal ingredients with

Against the range

One wheat-free kibble. Meat meal and gravy at 26% opens the label, with a minimum of 4% chicken named inside it, and maize, whole grain barley and whole grain rice at 14% carry the starch. Chicken fat at 2.8% takes declared fat to 9.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

330.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

20%

Fat

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.7%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

57.1%

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

0.7%

Added water

22.5%

Carbs

42.1%

Veg

0.7%

Oils

2.8%

Other

31.2%