Wainwright's

Wainwright's Adult Dry Food: Lamb & Rice review

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

57.8/100Good

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

57.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

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

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

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

Lamb: dried lamb 28%, freshly prepared lamb 5%33%The dried lamb is what reaches the bowl; most of the fresh share is water.
Rice26%The plant backbone, and easy to digest.
Whole grain barley22%Whole grain keeps its fibre. Barley carries gluten.
Whole ground oats4.5%
Rapeseed oilA plant oil, so no second animal in the bag.
Beet pulp4%The fibre.
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.

Ash at 10.0%, higher than the others, which usually means more bone with the dried lamb.

Named ingredients

Lamb (33%) (Dried Lamb 28%, Freshly Prepared Lamb 5%), Rice (26%), Whole Grain Barley (22%), Whole Ground Oats (4.5%), Rapeseed Oil, Beet Pulp (4%), Dried Peas (3% equivalent to 12.5% Peas), Linseed (2%), Dried Carrots (1% equivalent to 8% Carrots), Seaweed (0.2%), Yucca Extract (0.02%)

Against the range

Protein, as declared: 22.5%; 24.0% to 26.0% on the others.
Ash: 10.0%; 5.5% to 7.5% on the others.
Nutritional balance: Poor; Average on the other three.

The gentlest on protein and the heaviest on mineral.

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

323 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

22.5%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

24.7%

Fat

11%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

11%

Carbs

50%

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