Wainwright's

Wainwright's Insects With Superfoods Cans review

Name: Wainwright's Insects With Superfoods Cans
Brand: Wainwright's

62.6/100Good

WetAdult

A wet can on insect protein, declared at 53% with its two forms printed, and it lands in our Good band. For a dog that has reacted to the usual meats, it is one of the more interesting things on the wet shelf. The calorie figure is printed on the label.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs reacting to conventional meats: insect is the only animal on the label
A novel protein without a prescription, sold as an everyday adult food
Households cutting back on conventional livestock
Owners who like a declared energy figure, here 110 kcal per 100g
Adult dogs of every size, as the feeding guide reaches 70kg

Worth watching

Pea protein high up with no percentage, and plant protein does not match animal for quality
Vegetable oil at 0.5% with no plant named
Carbohydrate at an estimated 21.2% of dry matter
Insect is new to most dogs. Introduce it gradually alongside the current food

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

How this scores

How we score

62.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Bring it in over several meals beside the current food before switching fully.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Wainwright's Insects With Superfoods Cans 62.6

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A strong result for a protein this unusual, held back by the starch from the potato and the two pea entries.

What's in it

Insect: insect puree, insect protein meal53% (49%, 4%)Highly digestible and shares nothing with beef, chicken, lamb or fish.
Potato flakes4%Behind most of the starch, with the peas.
Pea proteinLifts the protein figure from a plant, though the insect does the heavy lifting.
Dried peas, dried sweet potato, dried carrot1.3%, 1%, 1%Fresh equivalents printed: 4%, 4% and 9%.
Minerals, brewers yeast
Vegetable oil0.5%No plant named; most of the fat comes from the insect anyway.
Blueberry, spinach, goji berry0.5% down to 0.1%The superfoods of the name, at trace level.
Dried seaweed0.1%Iodine and a spread of minerals.
Yucca extract, chicory extract0.1% eachFor digestion; chicory as a prebiotic fibre.
Dried herbs: mint, parsley, rosemary

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc, iron, copper, manganese, iodine and selenium as sodium selenite, all with doses.

Named ingredients

Insect (53%) (Insect Puree (49%), Insect Protein Meal (4%)), Potato Flakes (4%), Pea Protein, Dried Peas (1.3%, equivalent to 4% peas), Dried Sweet Potato (1%, equivalent to 4% Sweet Potato), Dried Carrot (1%, equivalent to 9% Carrot), Minerals, Brewers Yeast, Vegetable Oil (0.5%), Blueberry (0.5%), Dried Spinach (0.1%), Goji Berry (0.1%), Dried Seaweed (0.1%), Yucca Extract (0.1%), Chicory Extract (0.1% (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharide)), Dried Herbs (Mint, Parsley, Rosemary (0.3%))

Against the range

One 395g can built on insect at 53%, broken out as puree and protein meal. Potato flakes, pea protein and dried peas fill in behind it, then vegetables, berries and trace superfoods. The added panel is dosed throughout and the energy figure is declared.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

110 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

1.2%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

36%

Fat

28%

Fibre

4.8%

Ash

10%

Carbs

21.2%

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

53%

Added water

22.8%

Carbs

15.7%

Veg

2.4%

Oils

0.5%

Other

5.5%