Wainwright's

Wainwright's Adult Trays: Chicken with Brown Rice review

Name: Wainwright's Adult Trays: Chicken with Brown Rice
Brand: Wainwright's

75.3/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

An honest recipe on a short list, and all three trays sit in our Excellent band. Each is built around one named animal at 70%, and the label prints percentages right down to the yucca. Three flavours share the construction, so the only real decision is the meat.

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Our view

Likely to suit

One protein at a time. Each tray names a single animal, with no fish oil further down
Label readers, with percentages printed from the meat to the last fraction
Medium, large and giant dogs, the sizes named on the label
Rotation between meats while everything else stays put

Worth watching

Brown rice in every flavour, so none suits a dog kept off grain
A 395g tray is portioned for bigger dogs; a small dog means resealing part-used trays

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

How this scores

How we score

75.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult medium, large and giant dogs. Pick the tray by the animal your dog already does well on.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Turkey 75.4
Chicken 75.3
Lamb 74.6

All three Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Nothing separates the three on score, so your dog's history with each animal makes the choice.

What's in it

Chicken70%One plain entry and the only animal in the tray.
Brown Rice4%The one cereal, doing modest work.
Dried Peas2.5%Equivalent to 8% fresh peas, printed on the label.
Dried Carrots, Sweet Potato1% eachThe carrots are equivalent to 8% fresh.
Minerals, Dried Alfalfa, Pear
Dried Seaweed, Dried Herbs0.12%Seaweed at 0.12%; parsley, rosemary, fennel and marigold flowers unmeasured.
Flaxseed Oil0.08%The omega fats, with no fish oil.
Chicory Root Powder, Yucca Extract0.05%, 0.005%Chicory as a prebiotic FOS source.

A short, fully dosed panel of vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, copper and iodine.

Named ingredients

Chicken (70%), Brown Rice (4%), Dried Peas (2.5%, equivalent to 8% peas), Dried Carrots (1%, equivalent to 8% carrots), Sweet Potato (1%), Minerals, Dried Alfalfa, Pear, Dried Seaweed (0.12%), Dried Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Fennel, Marigold Flowers), Flaxseed Oil (0.08%), Chicory Root Powder (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharide) (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.005%)

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 36.7%; The richest tray; lamb is 29.3%, turkey 32.3%.
Energy: 145 kcal per 100g; The highest of the three.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 14%; 11.4% on the lamb, 15.4% on the turkey.

For a dog with no quarrel with poultry, this is the natural place to start.

Three trays on one construction: a single named meat at 70%, brown rice at 4%, and dried peas and carrots with their fresh equivalents printed. Sweet potato and a tail measured in fractions of a percent follow. No fish oil appears on any label; flaxseed oil at 0.08% carries the omega fats.

Only the animal changes. That moves fat, energy and ash between trays, and carbohydrate runs from 11.4% to 15.4% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

145 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10.5%

Fat

11%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

3.6%

Moisture

70%

Dry weight

Protein

35%

Fat

36.7%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

12%

Carbs

14%

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

70%

Added water

12.7%

Carbs

7.5%

Veg

5.3%

Oils

0.1%

Other

4.4%