Wainwright's

Wainwright's Adult Dry Food: Salmon & Rice review

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

59.3/100Good

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

59.3/100Good

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

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

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

Salmon: dried salmon 28%, freshly prepared salmon 5%33%The only fish in the range.
Rice26%The plant backbone, and easy to digest.
Whole grain barley22%Whole grain keeps its fibre. Barley carries gluten.
Beet pulp5%The fibre.
Whole ground oats4.5%
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

Salmon (33%) (Dried Salmon 28%, Freshly Prepared Salmon 5%), Rice (26%), Whole Grain Barley (22%), Beet Pulp (5%), Whole Ground Oats (4.5%), Rapeseed Oil, 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

Animal: Salmon; Chicken, lamb and turkey on the others, with no marine ingredient.
Omega 3: Marine, from the salmon; Linseed alone does it on the other three.
Beet pulp: 5%; 4% to 4.5% elsewhere.

The natural pick when land meats are off the table.

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

331.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

11%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

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

60.9%

Veg

1.5%

Oils

2.6%

Other

Pricing & size