Wainwright's

Wainwright's Large Breed Puppy Dry Food review

Name: Wainwright's Large Breed Puppy Dry Food
Brand: Wainwright's

63.7/100Good

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A turkey and rice growth kibble written for big pups, with joint support in the bowl from the start. It lands in our Good band. The label is open about almost everything, and calcium is the one figure it leaves out, the one a large breed grower most needs.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed puppies, the only size listed for the bag
A puppy kept to one meat. Turkey is the sole animal named
Joint support started early, with glucosamine and chondroitin printed on the list
Big pups that hold condition easily: 342 kcal per 100g, under the 376 typical for a puppy kibble
Households happy with cereal in the bowl

Worth watching

No calcium figure, the first number to check for a puppy that will grow big
Maize protein high on the list, lifting the protein figure without doing the work meat does
Rice, barley and oats, so not a bag for a grain-free home

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

How this scores

How we score

63.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed puppies. Before ordering, ask Wainwright's for the calcium figure, then feed by the growth chart on the bag and your pup's outline.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Wainwright's Large Breed Puppy Dry Food 63.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A solid, openly declared growth food, and a printed calcium figure is what would let it make more of its large breed case.

What's in it

Turkey: dried turkey, freshly prepared turkey36% (31%, 5%)Dried meat brings no water, so its 31% reaches the bowl close to the printed figure.
Rice26%Cooks down to a starch a puppy digests comfortably.
Whole grain barley11%
Rapeseed oilThe added fat. No animal fat under a generic name.
Maize proteinWorks on the protein figure, and does not feed a growing pup the way meat does.
Beet pulp, whole ground oats4.5% eachFibre, and more of the cereal base.
Dried peas, dried carrots3%, 1%Equivalent to 12.5% peas and 8% carrots by the label's own reckoning.
Linseed2%Plant omega 3.
Seaweed, yucca extract0.2%, 0.02%Iodine and a spread of minerals.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.05%, 0.015%A considered gesture for big joints. Both are made from animal material the label does not identify.

Dosed in print, and stretches to taurine at 1000mg per kilo, a thoughtful inclusion in a big breed bag.

Calcium is not printed. For a large breed pup it is the number that matters most, so ask Wainwright's before ordering.

Named ingredients

Turkey (36%) (Dried Turkey 31%, Freshly Prepared Turkey 5%), Rice (26%), Whole Grain Barley (11%), Rapeseed Oil, Maize Protein, Beet Pulp (4.5%), Whole Ground Oats (4.5%), Dried Peas (3% equivalent to 12.5% Peas), Linseed (2%), Dried Carrots ((1% equivalent to 8% Carrots), Seaweed (0.2%), Glucosamine (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Chondroitin (0.015%)

Against the range

Turkey is the only meat, 36% split into 31% dried and 5% fresh, so most of it reaches the bowl near the printed figure. Rice, whole grain barley and oats make the base, and carbohydrate converts to 42.3% of dry matter against 39.0% for the middle of the puppy dry field.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

342.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

12.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.9%

Fat

13.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.8%

Carbs

42.3%

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

36%

Carbs

56.8%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

Other

Pricing & size