Wainwright's

Wainwright's Puppy Pouches: Tuna & Brown Rice review

Name: Wainwright's Puppy Pouches: Tuna & Brown Rice
Brand: Wainwright's

63.9/100Good

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

63.9/100Good

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

Fish

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

Tuna47%The only fish recipe in the range.
Cooked wholegrain brown rice10%Not grain free.
Dried peas, carrots4% each
Sunflower oil1.7%Ahead of the olive oil here, the reverse of the others.
Minerals
Olive oil0.2%
Seaweed extract, chicory extractChicory 0.1%Iodine and the prebiotic FOS.
Yucca extract0.05%
Blueberry powder, cranberry extract, pomegranate extract

Vitamins A and E with iron, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc; the other two pouches also list D3.

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

The only fish pouch in the range, so check first if your pup steers clear of fish.

Named ingredients

Tuna (47%), Cooked Wholegrain Brown Rice (10%), Dried Peas (4%), Carrots (4%), Sunflower Oil (1.7%), Minerals, Olive Oil (0.2%), 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: 55.1%; Far ahead of 37.8% and 33.3%
Fat, dry matter: 14.3%; 28.9% and 33.3% in the others
Energy: About 95 kcal per 100g; The lightest, so portions run a little larger
Vitamin D3: Not listed; Listed on the other two

The leanest pouch with the most protein behind it, and the highest scorer of the three.

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

95.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

13.5%

Fat

3.5%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

1.6%

Moisture

75.5%

Dry weight

Protein

55.1%

Fat

14.3%

Fibre

2.9%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

21.2%

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

19.8%

Carbs

14%

Veg

Oils

1.9%

Other

9.3%

Pricing & size