Wainwright's

Wainwright's Grain Free Puppy Trays review

Name: Wainwright's Grain Free Puppy Trays
Brand: Wainwright's

77.7/100Excellent

WetPuppy

About as close to a single-ingredient growth food as a complete recipe gets, and it reaches our Excellent band with room to spare. Turkey is the only animal in the tray, right down to the last line: no hydrolysate, no unnamed fat, no fish oil. The one figure missing is calcium.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies kept strictly to one animal
Grain-free households
Medium, large and giant breed pups, the sizes the maker aims it at
A meat-first bowl, with protein at 35.5% of dry matter
Pups who need encouragement or more water, at 69.0% moisture with liver for palatability

Worth watching

No calcium figure, the one a big pup's owner would most want to check
Energy dense at an estimated 140 kcal per 100g, so weigh the portions
Only the single 395g tray, and a large pup at the top of the guide eats a great many

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

How this scores

How we score

77.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium, large and giant breed puppies. Before a pup heading for the top of that range goes onto it, ask the maker for the calcium figure.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Wainwright's Grain Free Puppy Trays 77.7

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Strong company in the puppy wet field, and this tray finishes a long way clear of the middle mark.

What's in it

Turkey70%The only animal in the tray.
Turkey liver2%Rich in vitamin A, B vitamins and copper, and highly palatable.
Sweet potato4%
Dried peas, dried carrots2.5%, 1%Equal to 8% each when fresh.
Butternut squash1%
Minerals, dried alfalfa, apple, dried seaweed
Parsley, rosemary, fennel, marigold flowersItemised, not hidden behind a general term.
Flaxseed oil0.08%Plant omega 3.
Chicory root powder, yucca extract0.05%, 0.005%Prebiotic FOS from the chicory.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, copper and iodine, all dosed in print.

No calcium figure on the label, for a tray aimed at large and giant breed growth.

No energy figure is declared, so the 140 kcal per 100g is our estimate and the sleeve's chart is the sounder start.

Named ingredients

Turkey (72%) (Turkey 70%, Turkey Liver 2%), Sweet Potato (4%), Dried Peas (2.5%, equivalent to 8% peas), Dried Carrots (1%, equivalent to 8% carrots), Butternut Squash (1%), Minerals, Dried Alfalfa, Apple, Dried Seaweed, 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

One puppy tray with turkey at 72%, split into turkey and turkey liver, and no other animal ingredient on the label. Sweet potato, peas, carrots and butternut squash make up a short plant side with no grain, and the herbs are named one by one.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

140.3 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

11%

Fat

10%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

4.5%

Moisture

69%

Dry weight

Protein

35.5%

Fat

32.3%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

14.5%

Carbs

15.4%

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

72%

Added water

11.6%

Carbs

6.5%

Veg

6.4%

Oils

0.1%

Other

3.4%