Wainwright's

Wainwright's Mature Pouches: Tuna with Brown Rice review

Name: Wainwright's Mature Pouches: Tuna with Brown Rice
Brand: Wainwright's

58.9/100Good

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

Soft 150g pouches for older dogs, in chicken or tuna, with the named animal at 42% and wholegrain brown rice behind it. Both land in our Good band. Glucosamine and chondroitin are on the pack with figures, which is more than many senior foods manage, though the figures are small.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs with smaller appetites
One animal per pouch; everything else is plant or mineral
Dogs suited to a gentle grain, cooked brown rice the only cereal
Owners who want the joint ingredients declared with a figure
Toy to large dogs, the sizes the maker lists

Worth watching

The joint ingredients are token amounts, not a dose
The tuna pouch prints no vitamin D3
More starch than a wet food usually carries

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

How this scores

How we score

58.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors from toy to large. If a joint problem has been diagnosed, keep to what the vet prescribed and feed these alongside.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large

Main protein

Tuna

The score, in context

Tuna 58.9
Chicken 56.6

All two Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Both sit a step behind the typical wet food because of how the pouch is built, with rice, peas and carrots taking a real share; that carries no caution about feeding it.

What's in it

Tuna42%The only animal, and far more protein than the chicken pouch.
Cooked wholegrain brown rice10%Cooked first for digestibility; wholegrain keeps the fibre and B vitamins.
Dried peas, carrots4% each
Sunflower oil1.7%Only in this pouch.
Olive oil0.2%
Minerals
Seaweed extract, chicory extract, yucca extract0.2% down to 0.05%Iodine, and a prebiotic.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.005%, 0.0015%Token amounts, a small helping hand at most.
Blueberry powder, cranberry extract, pomegranate extract

Vitamins A and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, dosed in print.

No vitamin D3 on this panel, where the chicken pouch declares it.

Named ingredients

Tuna (42%), Cooked Wholegrain Brown Rice (10%), Dried Peas (4%), Carrots (4%), Sunflower Oil (1.7%), Minerals, Olive Oil (0.2%), Seaweed Extract (0.2%), Chicory Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharides) (0.1%), Yucca Extract (0.05%), Glucosamine (0.005%), Blueberry Powder, Cranberry Extract, Pomegranate Extract, Chondroitin (0.0015%)

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 54.3%; 35.7% on the chicken.
Fat, dry matter: 13.0%; 28.6% on the chicken.
Energy: About 88 kcal per 100g; About 96 on the chicken.

By some distance the leaner pouch, so it wants a slightly larger serving.

Both pouches name one animal at 42% and nothing else from an animal, then cooked wholegrain brown rice at 10% and dried peas and carrots at 4% each. Olive oil, seaweed, chicory and yucca extracts follow, with glucosamine and chondroitin declared at token levels.

The two analyses part company: the tuna runs much higher in protein and far lower in fat. Carbohydrate converts to about a quarter of dry matter on both, above the typical wet food.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

88.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

12.5%

Fat

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

1.3%

Moisture

77%

Dry weight

Protein

54.3%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

5.7%

Carbs

24%

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

42%

Added water

22.6%

Carbs

14%

Veg

4.3%

Oils

1.9%

Other

15.2%