Wainwright's

Wainwright's Adult Dry Food: Chicken & Rice review

Name: Wainwright's Adult Dry Food: Chicken & Rice
Brand: Wainwright's

61.8/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

The brand's plainest kibble, and none the worse for it: four animals on one construction, all in our Good band. Every animal entry is a named species with a percentage, the meal and fresh shares split out. Choose on the animal, since the scores will not decide it for you.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A short list you can read straight through
Dogs that digest cereal happily. Rice at 26% and barley are the backbone
Rotating between animals while keeping the same food
Pinning down a reaction, as every animal entry in a bag matches the flavour on the front
Fish-free homes: the chicken, lamb and turkey have no marine ingredient

Worth watching

Estimated carbohydrate at 50.0% to 51.1% of dry matter, above the typical adult dry food
Barley carries gluten
Trace minerals as sulphates and oxides, not chelates

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

How this scores

How we score

61.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults; the chicken is written for medium dogs and the other three for every size. The energy is calculated on three bags, so weigh the first portions.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 61.8
Turkey 59.7
Salmon 59.3
Lamb 57.8

All four Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing meaningful separates the four but the animal; the grain side stops them climbing and the open label lifts them.

What's in it

Chicken: chicken meal 26%, freshly prepared chicken 5%, chicken digest 2%33%The meal is what reaches the bowl. The digest is a palatant, not a protein source.
Rice26%The plant backbone, and easy to digest.
Whole grain barley21%Whole grain keeps its fibre. Barley carries gluten.
Whole oats5%
Sugar beet pellets4.5%The fibre.
Rapeseed oilA plant oil, so no second animal in the bag.
Dried peas3%Stands in for a larger weight of fresh peas.
Linseed2%The plant omega 3. Slower for a dog to use than fish oil, so give a coat weeks.
Dried carrots, seaweed, yucca extract1% down to 0.02%

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium as sulphates and oxides: a standard panel, dosed openly.

Named ingredients

Chicken (33%) (Chicken Meal (26%), Freshly Prepared Chicken (5%), Chicken Digest (2%)), Rice (26%), Whole Grain Barley (21%), Whole Oats (5%), Sugar Beet Pellets (4.5%), Rapeseed Oil, Dried Whole Peas (3% equivalent to 9.43% Peas), Whole Linseed (2%), Dried Carrots (1% equivalent to 8.13% Carrots), Seaweed Meal (0.2%), Extract of Yucca Schidigera (0.02%)

Against the range

Meat: Chicken meal 26%, fresh 5%, digest 2%; 28% dried meat or fish and 5% fresh on the other three.
Protein, as declared: 26.0%; Highest of the four; the lamb is 22.5%.
Ash: 5.5%; Lowest; the lamb reaches 10.0%.
Energy: Measured, 362 kcal per 100g; Calculated on the other three.

The most protein and the least ash in the range.

Every bag declares 33% of its named animal, and in each the dried meat or fish carries it: 28% dried lamb, salmon or turkey, or 26% chicken meal. One species per bag. Rice at 26% and whole grain barley do the starch, with oats behind, beet pulp for fibre, rapeseed oil as the fat and linseed at 2% for omega 3.

Protein converts to between 24.7% and 28.6% of dry matter, and estimated carbohydrate to between 50.0% and 51.1%. What varies is the animal, and the ash: the lamb carries the most.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

361.7 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

5.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

11%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

Carbs

51.1%

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

33%

Carbs

60.3%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

2.9%

Other

Pricing & size