Wainwright's

Wainwright's Puppy Pouches: Chicken with Brown Rice review

Name: Wainwright's Puppy Pouches: Chicken with Brown Rice
Brand: Wainwright's

62.3/100Good

WetPuppy

Flavour

Straightforward puppy pouches doing a straightforward job well, all three in our Good band. The thing that marks them out is how clean each one is: a single named animal from top to bottom, backed by brown rice. Transparency reads Outstanding on every pouch.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies kept to one animal, as no pouch adds a second meat or fish
Fussy pups. Chicken, lamb and tuna let you rotate inside the same recipe shape
Pups that eat better from a freshly opened pouch
Topping kibble: a food over three quarters water brings moisture and appeal in one spoonful
Owners who like the prebiotic named, with chicory extract at 0.1% declared as the FOS source

Worth watching

Brown rice at 10%, so this is no grain-free option
No calcium figure on the panel, which matters for a pup heading for a large frame
Carbohydrate between 21.2% and 23.5% of dry matter, against a typical 13.6% for puppy wet food

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

How this scores

How we score

62.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies from toy to large breeds. Portions track age and the adult size your pup is growing towards, so start from the pouch chart and set the final amount by the waistline.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Tuna 63.9
Chicken 62.3
Lamb 60.6

All three Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Measured against the strongest class on the shelf, all three sit a band below the wet midpoint, held back by the rice and the missing calcium figure.

What's in it

Chicken47%The only animal in the pouch.
Cooked wholegrain brown rice10%Gentle and widely tolerated, and the reason this is not grain free.
Dried peas, carrots4% eachProper vegetables.
MineralsDeclared as a group, with no calcium figure in the analysis.
Olive oil0.3%The only added oil here.
Seaweed extractNatural minerals and iodine.
Chicory extract0.1%Named for the prebiotic FOS.
Yucca extract0.05%
Blueberry powder, cranberry extract, pomegranate extractA light antioxidant touch.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc, zinc the largest at 29mg.

No calcium figure on the label, so a large-breed growth plan cannot lean on it.

Named ingredients

Chicken (47%), Cooked Wholegrain Brown Rice (10%), Dried Peas (4%), Carrots (4%), Minerals, Olive Oil (0.3%), Seaweed Extract, Chicory Extract (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharides) (0.1%), Yucca Extract (0.05%), Blueberry Powder, Cranberry Extract, Pomegranate Extract

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 37.8%; 33.3% in the lamb, 55.1% in the tuna
Fat, dry matter: 28.9%; 33.3% in the lamb, 14.3% in the tuna
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 23.5%; Lamb 23.6%, tuna lowest at 21.2%
Added oil: Olive oil only; The other two add sunflower oil

The most balanced of the three on paper, and the simple place to start.

Each pouch leads on one named animal at 47%, chicken, lamb or tuna, and adds no other. Cooked wholegrain brown rice at 10% is the largest plant entry, so none of the three is grain free, with dried peas and carrots at 4% each behind it.

Olive oil runs through all three, and sunflower oil joins it in the lamb and the tuna. The tail is the same everywhere: seaweed extract, chicory extract at 0.1%, yucca extract at 0.05% and a few berry extracts. The analysis never breaks out calcium.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

103.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

8.5%

Fat

6.5%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

1.5%

Moisture

77.5%

Dry weight

Protein

37.8%

Fat

28.9%

Fibre

3.1%

Ash

6.7%

Carbs

23.5%

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

47%

Added water

20.7%

Carbs

14%

Veg

8.2%

Oils

0.3%

Other

9.8%