Wainwright's

Wainwright's Light Adult Dry Food: Salmon & Rice review

Name: Wainwright's Light Adult Dry Food: Salmon & Rice
Brand: Wainwright's

59/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A lower-fat kibble for dogs whose weight has crept up, both versions in our Good band. It does the job without stripping the bowl bare: one named animal at 33%, mostly dried, and beet pulp so a smaller meal still feels like a meal.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that need to come down a size: fat at 7.5%, L-carnitine at 150 mg
One animal in the bowl, salmon or turkey
Dogs that get on with rice, barley and oats
Older dogs starting to stiffen, with a printed joint pair
A wide spread of sizes; the guide reaches 70kg

Worth watching

Carbohydrate does more of the carrying, above 46.2% typical on both
Grain all through, so not for a dog kept off it
Glucosamine and chondroitin come from animal material outside the named one

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

How this scores

How we score

59/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Feed from the label's table and let the waistline decide where in the range your dog sits.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Turkey 59.3
Salmon 59.0

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A label that prints a percentage for almost everything lifts transparency, and the cereal side a lower-fat recipe leans on keeps the rest level with the typical adult kibble.

What's in it

Dried salmon28%The part that survives the oven, so the number that counts.
Freshly prepared salmon5%Together, 33% salmon and no other animal.
Rice26%
Whole grain barley20%Keeps more fibre and minerals than polished forms.
Beet pulp8.5%The fibre that holds a dog until the next meal.
Whole ground oats4.5%
Dried peas, dried carrots3% (12.5% fresh), 1% (8% fresh)Printed the honest way round for a dried ingredient.
Linseed, rapeseed oil2%Plant omega 3, which a dog converts more slowly than fish oil.
Seaweed, yucca extract0.2%, 0.02%
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.05%, 0.015%Made from animal material, so just outside a strict one-animal plan.

L-carnitine at 150 mg to help burn fat, a full vitamin line, and each trace mineral dosed in print as sulphates and oxides.

Named ingredients

Salmon (33%) (Dried Salmon 28%, Freshly Prepared Salmon 5%), Rice (26%), Whole Grain Barley (20%), Beet Pulp (8.5%), Whole Ground Oats (4.5%), Dried Peas (3% equivalent to 12.5% Peas), Linseed (2%), Rapeseed Oil, Dried Carrots (1% equivalent to 8% Carrots), Seaweed (0.2%), Glucosamine (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Chondroitin (0.015%)

Against the range

Animal: Salmon; Turkey in the other bag
Protein, dry matter: 26.9%; 27.5% on the turkey
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 52.7%; 51.7% on the turkey

The one to choose when poultry does not suit.

Both versions put 33% of the recipe into one named animal, printed as 28% dried and 5% fresh. Rice, whole grain barley and oats carry the starch, beet pulp at 8.5% brings the fibre, and fat is held to 7.5%. The vitamin and trace mineral panel is the same on both and fully declared.

Only the animal and a point of barley change. Protein converts to 26.9% of dry matter in the salmon and 27.5% in the turkey.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

317.1 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24.5%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.9%

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

52.7%

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

33%

Carbs

62.6%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

1.2%

Other

2.1%

Pricing & size