Wainwright's

Wainwright's Light Large Breed Adult Dry Food review

Name: Wainwright's Light Large Breed Adult Dry Food
Brand: Wainwright's

58.9/100Good

DryAdult

A turkey kibble for a big dog whose weight has got away from them, and it takes the brief seriously. Fat is pulled down to 4.0% and crude fibre pushed up to 8.0%, so the bowl fills without loading in energy. Our scoring places it in the Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large breed adults who need to slim down and still feel fed
One animal on the list: turkey meal, fresh turkey and turkey digest
Big dogs whose joints are starting to feel their size
A heart-minded label, with taurine at 500 mg and L-carnitine at 100 mg
Fussier dieters. Turkey digest at 2% keeps a reduced bowl worth turning up for

Worth watching

No amount against any of the three joint entries
Rice at 26% and whole barley at 19%, so not for a grain-free plan
A big dog in hard work will need the portion doing the balancing

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

How this scores

How we score

58.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large breed adults. Most will be well over our 15kg reference, so treat its daily amount as a floor and weigh to your own dog's target.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Wainwright's Light Large Breed Adult Dry Food 58.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A low-fat recipe has to give space to cereal, and that sets the level; the single-species meat and full declaration make it a sensible everyday reducing food.

What's in it

Turkey meal, freshly prepared turkey, turkey digest26%, 5%, 2%Leaning on meal keeps protein in the finished kibble.
Rice26%
Whole barley19%With the rice, does the carrying.
Beet pulp8.5%Most of the fibre, which fills a dog without much energy. The whole point.
Whole oats4%
Whole peas, dried carrots3%, 1%Each declared with its fresh equivalent, the honest way to list a dried ingredient.
Whole linseed, rapeseed oil2% (linseed)Plant omega 3.
Seaweed meal, chicory root extract0.2% (seaweed)Iodine, and a prebiotic for gut bacteria.
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitinThe set a large breed food should carry, with no percentage on any of them.
Yucca extract0.02%

Taurine and L-carnitine beside vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium all dosed; the antioxidants are not named.

Named ingredients

Turkey (33%) (Turkey Meal 26%, Freshly Prepared Turkey 5%, Turkey Digest 2%), Rice (26%), Whole Barley (19%), Beet Pulp (8.5%), Whole Oats (4%), Whole Peas (3% equivalent to 9.43% Peas), Whole Linseed (2%), Rapeseed Oil, Dried Carrots (1% equivalent to 8.13% Carrots), Seaweed Meal (0.2%), Chicory Root Extract, Glucosamine, MSM, Chondroitin, Yucca Extract (0.02%)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

341 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

4.3%

Fibre

8.7%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

51.1%

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

61.3%

Veg

1.8%

Oils

1.2%

Other

2.7%

Pricing & size