Wainwright's

Wainwright's Puppy Trays: Chicken with Brown Rice review

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

75.5/100Excellent

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Flavour

Two Excellent puppy trays, each built on one named animal at 72%, with liver counted inside that figure. The label does the arithmetic most leave to the reader, giving the dried vegetables with their fresh equivalents. It is the sort of label you can hand to a sceptical relative to read for themselves.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium, large and giant breed puppies, the three sizes the range is built around
Pups kept to one animal: chicken with chicken liver, or lamb with lamb liver
Owners who like vegetable shares given honestly
Puppies moving onto wet food
A poultry-sensitive pup, who has the lamb tray to go to

Worth watching

Brown rice at 4%, so neither tray is grain free
Calcium printed on the lamb tray only, the figure that counts most for a big pup
A heavy mineral load in the lamb tray, ash at 6.5% against 3.6%. Ask your vet if your pup is on a mineral-watching plan

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

How this scores

How we score

75.5/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium, large and giant breed puppies. Before ordering for a pup heading to a large or giant adult size, check the calcium: the lamb tray prints it and the chicken tray does not.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 75.5
Lamb 74.1

All two Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Both finish clear of the middle of a strong wet puppy field, and what is left to improve is the printed detail.

What's in it

Chicken: chicken, chicken liver72% (70%, 2%)Liver named and measured inside the meat headline.
Brown rice4%The only cereal.
Dried peas, dried carrots2.5%, 1%Given as the equivalent of 8% fresh peas and 8% fresh carrots.
Sweet potato1%
Minerals
Dried alfalfa, pear, dried seaweed
Dried herbs: parsley, rosemary, fennel, marigold flowers
Flaxseed oil0.08%A plant source of omega 3.
Chicory root powder, yucca extract0.05%, 0.005%The chicory supplies prebiotic FOS.

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc at 50mg, iron at 10mg, copper at 5mg and iodine at 0.5mg, all dosed in print.

No calcium figure on this tray. For a pup heading to a large or giant size, ask Wainwright's for it.

Named ingredients

Chicken (72%) (Chicken 70%, Chicken Liver 2%), Brown Rice (4%), Dried Peas (2.5%, equivalent to 8% peas), Dried Carrots (1%, equivalent to 8% carrots), Sweet Potato (1%), Minerals, Dried Alfalfa, Pear, Dried Seaweed, Dried Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Fennel, Marigold Flowers), Flaxseed Oil (0.08%), Chicory Root Powder (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharide) (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.005%)

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 36.7%; Lamb 29.3%
Ash, dry matter: 12.0%; Lamb 22.4%
Energy: 145 kcal per 100g; Lamb 119
Calcium: Not printed; Lamb 1.59% of dry matter

The richer tray and the lighter one on minerals, best for a pup that will finish small enough for the missing calcium figure to matter less.

Both trays are 72% of one named animal, 70% meat with 2% of its liver, and brown rice at 4% is the only cereal. The vegetable entries come with their fresh equivalents printed, and the tail is short: alfalfa, pear, seaweed, four named herbs and a trace of flaxseed oil. What differs is the meat, the fat, the ash and whether calcium is printed at all.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

145 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10.5%

Fat

11%

Fibre

0.7%

Ash

3.6%

Moisture

70%

Dry weight

Protein

35%

Fat

36.7%

Fibre

2.3%

Ash

12%

Carbs

14%

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

72%

Added water

11.6%

Carbs

7.5%

Veg

5.4%

Oils

0.1%

Other

3.4%