Wainwright's

Wainwright's Plant Powered with Insect & Superfoods Dry review

Name: Wainwright's Plant Powered with Insect & Superfoods Dry
Brand: Wainwright's

39.9/100Average

DryAdult

A rice-based kibble that takes most of its protein from plants and the rest from insect meal at 4%. It is written for owners weighing the footprint of the bowl, and for dogs that have reacted to one meat after another. Taurine and methionine are dosed to cover what a low meat recipe can leave short. It sits in our Average band, a fair reading of an unusual food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that have reacted to the familiar meats. Insect meal is the only animal protein on the list
Owners thinking about the environmental side of feeding
Taurine at 500 mg and methionine at 1000 mg, both dosed in print
Adults of any size; the bag's guide runs up to 70kg
Something genuinely novel for a dog bored of the cupboard

Worth watching

At 4% insect, this is a mostly plant fed bowl
Maize gluten meal third on the list, lifting the protein line
Rice and maize near the top, for a home keeping grain out
Glucosamine and chondroitin come from animal material, so it is not vegetarian

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

How this scores

How we score

39.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. The bag asks 180 to 315 grams a day for a dog of 12kg to 25kg; start in the middle and let the waistline guide the rest.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

The score, in context

Wainwright's Plant Powered with Insect & Superfoods Dry 39.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Plant protein carries most of the recipe and the score reflects that, though the label answers its own gaps in the open.

What's in it

RiceLeads the list.
Potato protein, maize gluten mealConcentrated plant proteins lifting the protein line. A dog digests them less completely than meat.
Beet pulp, dried peas5% eachFibre from the pulp, a little more protein from the peas.
Rapeseed oil
Insect meal4%Genuinely novel to almost every dog, and made with a fraction of the land livestock needs. A small share here, not the engine.
Vegetable stock, mineralsTwo vague entries, the small print you would want opened up.
Whole linseed, seaweed meal0.5% eachPlant omega 3 and iodine.
Chicory root extract0.1%The prebiotic.
Spinach, blueberry, nettle, parsley, rosemary, yucca, turmeric, spearmint0.05% downThe superfood tail.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.02% and 0.015%Animal-derived, so the food is not vegetarian.

Taurine at 500 mg and methionine at 1000 mg cover what plant proteins tend to run short on, beside a mineral panel printed in full.

Moisture declared at 1.0% is unusually low for a kibble, so the dry matter figures barely move from the panel.

Named ingredients

Rice, Potato Protein, Maize Gluten Meal, Beet Pulp (5%), Dried Peas (5%), Rapeseed Oil, Insect Meal (4%), Vegetable Stock, Minerals, Whole Linseed (0.5%), Seaweed Meal (0.5%), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of prebiotic FOS) (0.1%), Dried Spinach (0.05%, equivalent to 0.45% Spinach), Dried Blueberry (0.05%, equivalent to 0.3% Blueberries), Dried Nettle (0.05%), Dried Parsley, Dried Rosemary, Yucca Extract (0.04%), Glucosamine (0.02%), Chondroitin (0.015%), Turmeric, Dried Spearmint.

Against the range

Protein comes from four places and only one is an animal: potato protein, maize gluten meal, dried peas at 5% and insect meal at 4%. Rice leads the list. Moisture is declared at 1.0%, far drier than a finished kibble normally is, which is why the as fed and dry matter figures sit so close together.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

338 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

24.2%

Fat

8.1%

Fibre

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

56.1%

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

Added water

Carbs

79.2%

Veg

0.7%

Oils

4.6%

Other

5.5%

Pricing & size