Wainwright's

Wainwright's Adult Cans: Lamb with Brown Rice review

Name: Wainwright's Adult Cans: Lamb with Brown Rice
Brand: Wainwright's

74/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Two plain cans in our Excellent band, lamb and turkey, each built on a single named meat that takes about three quarters of the tin. The list behind it is short. Brown rice and oats, a little seaweed and sunflower oil, then carrot and a prebiotic, and that is the lot.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept to one meat: lamb at 73% or turkey at 72%, each the only animal in its can
Owners who want the front of pack meat share backed up by the list
Dogs fine with gentle grain
Adult dogs of every size, toy breeds and giants alike
Dogs that need a rich bowl, with fat at 30.0% of dry matter

Worth watching

Brown rice and oats in both, so neither fits a grain free plan
Estimated carbohydrate at 26.0% of dry matter, against 15.8% for typical adult wet food
Protein at 32.0% of dry matter is moderate for this much named meat

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

How this scores

How we score

74/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A dog of 12 to 25kg takes 1 to 2 cans a day by the label, so check the can count against your dog's weight before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 74.0
Turkey 73.7

All two Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The meat share carries both cans, and the rice and oats, with the carbohydrate that follows from them, are what stop them climbing further.

What's in it

Lamb73%The only animal in the can. Lamb is the warmer, richer meat of the pair.
Brown rice4%The main starch.
OatsThe one entry with no figure against it.
Dried peas, dried sweet potato1% eachEquivalent to 4% each before drying.
Minerals
Dried seaweed0.5%A natural mineral source.
Sunflower oil0.5%The only added fat, and it is named.
Dried carrots0.1%
Chicory root extract, yucca extract0.02% eachChicory is the prebiotic; yucca usually softens what comes out the far end.

Vitamins A, D3 and E dosed in print, with zinc at 24mg, iron, copper, manganese, iodine and selenium itemised per kilo.

Named ingredients

Lamb (73%), Brown Rice (4%), Oats, Dried Peas (1%, equivalent to 4% peas), Dried Sweet Potato (1%, equivalent to 4% sweet potato), Minerals, Dried Seaweed (0.5%), Sunflower Oil (0.5%), Dried Carrots (0.1%, equivalent to 1% carrots), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharide) (0.02%), Yucca Extract (0.02%)

Against the range

Meat: Lamb, 73%; Turkey at 72% in the other can
Analysis: Protein 32.0%, fat 30.0% of dry matter; Identical on the turkey
Score: 74; Turkey at 73.7, a nose behind

A good match for a dog that finds poultry dull.

Each can holds one named meat at roughly three quarters of the weight, with no fish oil, no unnamed fat and no meat derivatives anywhere. Brown rice at 4% and oats supply the starch, with dried peas and sweet potato behind them. The printed analysis is identical across the pair: protein 32.0% and fat 30.0% of dry matter, carbohydrate estimated at 26.0%. Only the meat changes.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

114.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

32%

Fat

30%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Carbs

26%

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

73%

Added water

11.9%

Carbs

12.1%

Veg

0.6%

Oils

0.5%

Other

1.9%