Wainwright's

Wainwright's Light Small Breed Adult Dry Food review

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

57.9/100Good

DryAdult

Turkey and rice sized for a small mouth on a reduced ration. Beet pulp at 8.5% does the filling, so a modest portion still feels like a meal, and L-carnitine is dosed on the label. Almost every entry carries a printed percentage. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adults who need their intake reined in, with L-carnitine dosed at 150 mg
Owners keeping a dog to one animal: turkey is the only meat listed
Small dogs that digest cereal happily
Older small dogs slowing down, with glucosamine and chondroitin declared
A label that shows its working

Worth watching

Fat at 8.5% is not as low as light suggests; the portion does the slimming
Rice, barley and oats all in the mix
Carbohydrate above the typical adult dry food

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

How this scores

How we score

57.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. Feed to a measured amount: the label asks 90 to 175 grams a day for a dog between 5kg and 12kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Wainwright's Light Small Breed Adult Dry Food 57.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Placed on the detail more than the band: an open label, a moderate meat share and a good deal of cereal.

What's in it

Turkey: dried 28%, freshly prepared 5%33%Weight in the dried portion keeps far more protein in the finished kibble.
Rice26%
Whole grain barley19%Whole grain keeps fibre and micronutrients.
Beet pulp8.5%The fibre workhorse, so a smaller ration does not feel smaller.
Whole ground oats, rapeseed oil4.5%
Dried peas, dried carrot3%, 1%Equal to 12.5% fresh peas and 8% fresh carrots.
Linseed2%Plant omega 3, slower to reach the skin than the marine kind.
Seaweed, yucca extract0.2%, 0.02%Iodine; yucca for what the garden deals with afterwards.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.05%, 0.015%Made from animal material, so they sit just outside a strict turkey-only line.

Vitamins A, D3 and E and L-carnitine, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium as sulphates and oxides, which a dog absorbs slightly less readily than chelates.

Named ingredients

Turkey (33%) (Dried Turkey 28%, Freshly Prepared Turkey 5%), Rice (26%), Whole Grain Barley (19%), Beet Pulp (8.5%), Whole Ground Oats (4.5%), Rapeseed Oil, Dried Peas (3% equivalent to 12.5% Peas), Linseed (2%), Dried Carrot (1% equivalent to 8% Carrots), Seaweed (0.2%), Glucosamine (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Chondroitin (0.015%)

Against the range

One light recipe for small breeds. Turkey is the only meat, 33% of the recipe and mostly dried. Protein converts to 27.5% of dry matter and carbohydrate to 50.6%, with fat at 9.3%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

320.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

8.5%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

9.3%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

50.6%

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

61.1%

Veg

1.4%

Oils

2.4%

Other

2.1%

Pricing & size