Wainwright's

Wainwright's Sensitive Mature Cans review

Name: Wainwright's Sensitive Mature Cans
Brand: Wainwright's

64.8/100Good

WetAdultSenior

The brand's salmon tin reworked for an older dog, and it sits in our Good band. Salmon comes down to 50%, sweet potato takes on more of the tin, and joint compounds join the end of the list. It never claims more than the label can show.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Senior dogs, the stage the recipe is built for
Owners who want a figure beside the meat
Fish-fed dogs, with no poultry or red meat anywhere
Grain-free households. Sweet potato and peas do all the starch work
Older dogs who drink too little, as moisture makes up three quarters of every tin

Worth watching

Glucosamine at 0.004% and chondroitin at 0.002%, token amounts that do not replace what a vet prescribes
Krill meal and green lipped mussel, shellfish a strict avoidance plan has to account for
Carbohydrate at an estimated 22.0% of dry matter against 15.8% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

64.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. Start in the label's daily range and let the waistline settle where your dog sits.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Wainwright's Sensitive Mature Cans 64.8

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A fair placing for a tin that names and counts its meat, held back by the share the sweet potato takes.

What's in it

Salmon50%The one meat named in the tin.
Dehydrated sweet potato5%Equivalent to 25% fresh. A gentle starch older dogs handle well, and it takes a real share of the tin.
Dehydrated peas1.3%Equivalent to 4% peas.
Krill meal1%Shellfish.
Minerals
Salmon oil, dried seaweed0.3%, 0.1%Seaweed carries iodine and a broad mineral spread.
Green lipped mussel0.05%Seasons the recipe more than doses it.
Chicory root extract, yucca extract0.05%, 0.01%A prebiotic, and help with odour.
Glucosamine, chondroitin0.004%, 0.002%Named, though slight. Worth knowing about, not worth losing sleep over.

Every added vitamin and trace element carries a figure, from zinc at 24mg down to selenium at 0.04mg.

Krill and mussel are shellfish, so account for them on a strict avoidance plan.

Named ingredients

Salmon (50%), Dehydrated Sweet Potato (5%)(equivalent to 25% Sweet Potato), Dehydrated Peas (1.3%)(equivalent to 4% Peas), Krill Meal (1%), Minerals, Salmon Oil (0.3%), Dried Seaweed (0.1%), Green Lipped Mussel (0.05%), Chicory Root Extract (0.05% as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharide), Yucca Extract (0.01%) Glucosamine (0.004%), Chondroitin (0.002%)

Against the range

One recipe. Salmon at a printed 50% is the only meat named, with dehydrated sweet potato and peas doing the starch work and no grain. A small marine tail of krill meal, salmon oil, seaweed and green lipped mussel follows, and glucosamine and chondroitin close the list.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

120.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

28%

Fat

36%

Fibre

Ash

12%

Carbs

22%

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

51%

Added water

25.3%

Carbs

6.3%

Veg

7.2%

Oils

0.3%

Other

9.8%