Wainwright's

Wainwright's Puppy Cans review

Name: Wainwright's Puppy Cans
Brand: Wainwright's

71.3/100Excellent

WetPuppy

A turkey-led wet growth food with a short, readable list and a single animal in the can. Protein converts to 36.0% of dry matter and fat to 32.0%, the shape of a meat-led bowl. It reaches our Excellent band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A growing dog that wants something simple and meaty
Puppies kept to one animal: turkey at 60%
A wet meal alongside kibble, with 75.0% moisture
Owners who prefer opening a can to a tray or pouch
A named prebiotic, chicory root at 0.02%

Worth watching

No calcium declaration, the figure that steers a big pup's growth
Brown rice and oats, so not grain free
Energy at 117 kcal per 100g, above the 106 typical for a wet puppy food

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

How this scores

How we score

71.3/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every adult size. For a large or giant breed pup, ask the maker for the calcium figure before committing to it.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Wainwright's Puppy Cans 71.3

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Holding a good position in a strong category, on one large meat share and a label that names and counts its plants.

What's in it

Turkey60%The only animal in the tin.
Brown rice9%A starch a young dog handles comfortably.
Oats
Dried peas, dried sweet potato, dried carrots1% eachEach equivalent to 4% fresh, a small courtesy worth noticing.
Minerals
Dried seaweed0.5%Iodine and a broad mineral spread.
Sunflower oil0.5%Low in saturated fat, with vitamin E carried in.
Yucca extract, chicory root extract0.02% eachChicory supplies prebiotic FOS.

Vitamins A, D3 and E and six trace elements, each dosed; selenium comes as sodium selenite, not the better-absorbed yeast form.

No calcium figure is printed, though the can covers puppies of every size.

Named ingredients

Turkey (60%), Brown Rice (9%), Oats, Dried Peas (1%, equivalent to 4% peas), Dried Sweet Potato (1%, equivalent to 4% sweet potato), Dried Carrots (1% equivalent to 4% carrots), Minerals, Dried Seaweed (0.5%), Sunflower Oil (0.5%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharide) (0.02%)

Against the range

A single turkey puppy can. Turkey at 60% is the only animal ingredient, with no fish oil, unnamed fat or digest. Brown rice at 9% and whole oats carry the starch. Dried peas, sweet potato and carrots come in at 1% each with fresh equivalents printed, and seaweed, sunflower oil, yucca and chicory root close the list.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

117 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

36%

Fat

32%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Carbs

20%

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

60%

Added water

16.8%

Carbs

18.3%

Veg

3.1%

Oils

0.5%

Other

1.3%