Wainwright's

Wainwright's Puppy Dry Food: Salmon & Rice review

Name: Wainwright's Puppy Dry Food: Salmon & Rice
Brand: Wainwright's

63.9/100Good

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Flavour

Three single-animal puppy kibbles that reach our Good band on one shared rice and barley base. Only the meat changes from bag to bag, which makes it easy to swap a pup from lamb to salmon to turkey while you find what agrees with it. The labels are well declared, with one gap that matters for big puppies.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies kept to one animal. Each bag names a single meat and nothing else
Narrowing down a sensitivity, with only the meat changing between bags
Homes happy with cereal: rice at 26% and whole grain barley in every recipe
Pups that put on condition easily. Energy runs 342 to 346 kcal per 100g, under the 376 typical of a puppy kibble
Owners who like a meat claim split into its dried and fresh parts

Worth watching

No calcium level on any bag, so a pup that will grow large has nothing on the label to check its growth against
Carbohydrate at 42.4% to 44.0% of dry matter, above the 39.0% of the middle puppy dry food
Rice, barley and oats in every recipe, so none fits a grain-free plan

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

How this scores

How we score

63.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, from toy to giant. For a large or giant breed, ask Wainwright's for the calcium figure before you commit to a bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Turkey 64.0
Salmon 63.9
Lamb 57.3

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Salmon and turkey sit level at the top, and the lamb bag trails them on its smaller meat share.

What's in it

Salmon: dried salmon, freshly prepared salmon36%31% dried and 5% fresh, and the source of the marine omega 3.
Rice26%
Whole grain barley9%
Maize proteinPads out the protein figure with a plant source.
Rapeseed oilThe added fat in every bag.
Beet pulp, whole ground oats5%, 4.5%
Dried peas3%Equivalent to 12.5% peas.
Linseed2%Plant omega 3.
Dried carrots, seaweed1%, 0.2%
Yucca extract0.02%

The shared panel of vitamins A, D3 and E and six trace elements, selenium as sodium selenite.

No calcium figure on the label. Ask before raising a large-breed pup on it.

Named ingredients

Salmon (36%) (Dried Salmon 31%, Freshly Prepared Salmon 5%), Rice (26%), Whole Grain Barley (9%), Maize Protein, Rapeseed Oil, Beet Pulp (5%), Whole Ground Oats (4.5%), Dried Peas (3% equivalent to 12.5% Peas), Linseed (2%), Dried Carrots (1% equivalent to 8% Carrots), Seaweed (0.2%), Yucca Extract (0.02%)

Against the range

Meat: 36%: 31% dried, 5% fresh; Turkey matches it; lamb is 26%.
Omega 3: From the fish itself; Linseed only in the lamb and turkey bags.
Fat, dry matter: 13.7%; Same as turkey; 13.2% in the lamb.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 43.0%; Between the lamb at 44.0% and the turkey at 42.4%.

The one bag in the range with marine omega 3 from the fish itself.

Every bag keeps to one animal, declared as a dried portion and a freshly prepared one. The dried figure survives into the kibble close to its printed value, so it is the one to read first. Salmon and turkey are declared at 36%, lamb at 26%.

The base does not change: rice at 26%, whole grain barley, oats at 4.5%, maize protein, rapeseed oil as the only added fat, then beet pulp, peas, linseed, carrots and seaweed. The vitamin and trace element panel is identical on all three, selenium as sodium selenite. No bag prints a calcium figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

346 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29.5%

Fat

12.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.4%

Fat

13.7%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

43%

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

36%

Carbs

57.4%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

2.9%

Other

Pricing & size