Wainwright's

Wainwright's Kibble + Freeze Dried Raw: Free Run Chicken with Superfoods review

Name: Wainwright's Kibble + Freeze Dried Raw: Free Run Chicken with Superfoods
Brand: Wainwright's

79.4/100Excellent

Freeze-driedAdult

Flavour

A kibble with freeze-dried raw pieces mixed through it, so the bowl gets a raw element without a topper or a second bag. Both recipes sit in our Excellent band. The meat totals are itemised properly, though most of each bag is still kibble.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners curious about raw who want something that scoops and stores like ordinary food
Dogs kept to one meat: each recipe names a single animal
A little joint help, with glucosamine and chondroitin on both labels
Big and small dogs in one home, the guide running from toy to giant
Owners who want the meat total broken into its parts

Worth watching

Carbohydrate near half the dry matter, so weigh portions for a dog that gains easily
Chicken meal and beef meal are rendered concentrates, worth counting properly in the meat totals
The herbs and greens run from 0.05% downwards: seasoning, not a health package

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

How this scores

How we score

79.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Weigh the first portions against the label's table, since a dog that gains easily will show it on a recipe this carbohydrate heavy.

Food type

Freeze-dried

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Free Run Chicken 79.4
Grass Fed Beef 77.2

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The two read alike pillar by pillar, and the chicken's small lead comes from the detail on its label.

What's in it

Freshly prepared British chicken24%Fresh meat, water still in it.
Chicken meal19%The dried concentrate, far more protein per gram.
Freeze-dried chicken pieces8%Never cooked at extrusion heat.
Chicken fat4.5%A named animal fat.
Potato, sweet potato11.5% (sweet potato)Potato is the base and carries no percentage.
Vegetable stock, beet pulp2.5% (beet pulp)
Minerals, dried carrot, alfalfa, linseed0.5% (alfalfa, linseed)
Seaweed meal, chicory root extract0.45%, 0.1%Chicory supplies the prebiotic FOS.
Dried spinach, blueberry, nettle, parsley, rosemary, yucca, turmeric, spearmint0.05% and below
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.02%, 0.015%

Vitamins A, D3 and E and a fully dosed trace-mineral panel, with selenium as both sodium selenite and selenised yeast.

Named ingredients

Chicken (55.5%) (Freshly Prepared British Chicken 24%, Chicken Meal 19%, Freeze Dried Chicken Pieces 8%, Chicken Fat 4.5%), Potato, Sweet Potato (11.5%), Vegetable Stock, Beet Pulp (2.5%), Minerals, Dried Carrot, Alfalfa (0.5%), Linseed (0.5%), Seaweed meal (0.45%), Chicory root extract (as a source of prebiotic FOS) (0.1%), Dried Spinach (0.05%, equivalent to 0.45% Spinach), Dried Blueberry (0.05%, equivalent to 0.3% Blueberries), Dried Nettle, Dried Parsley, Dried Rosemary, Yucca Extract (0.02%), Glucosamine (0.02%), Chondroitin (0.015%), Turmeric, Dried Spearmint

Against the range

Meat: 55.5%; 45.5% in the beef.
Added fat: Chicken fat, 4.5%; Rapeseed oil in the beef.
Energy: 336 kcal per 100g; 369 in the beef.
Fat, dry matter: 14.3%; 14.7% in the beef.

The leaner, lighter half of the pair, which suits a steadier dog.

Both recipes blend freeze-dried raw pieces at 8% through a baked kibble and break the meat total into named parts: fresh meat at 24%, a meal, the freeze-dried share. Each names a single animal.

Both close on a long, measured tail of seaweed, chicory root, spinach, blueberry, herbs, glucosamine and chondroitin. Protein is declared at 25% on both, and carbohydrate runs to 46.7% and 47.4% of dry matter, so the analysis behaves like a kibble.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

336 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

46.7%

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

55.5%

Added water

8.2%

Carbs

26.7%

Veg

4.5%

Other

Pricing & size