Wainwright's

Wainwright's Sensitive Puppy Cans review

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

78.1/100Excellent

WetPuppy

A salmon can for puppies that sits in our Excellent band, with every animal on the label coming from the sea. Salmon is 70% of it, and the plant side is small enough that the label prints the fresh equivalents for you. Fat works out at 45.5% of dry matter, so this is a rich can.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies who settle better on fish than on meat
Pups with easily unsettled digestion, which is what the recipe was built around
Grain-free homes. Dehydrated sweet potato and peas carry the whole plant side
Starting joint support early: green lipped mussel and krill meal are both named
Hungry pups who need calories in a small volume, at 148 kcal per 100g against a typical 106

Worth watching

Krill and mussel are animals too, so a strict single-ingredient elimination trial needs a shorter list
No calcium figure, which matters most for a pup heading for large or giant size
A rich bowl. Weigh portions for a calm indoor pup

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

How this scores

How we score

78.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size from toy to giant. If yours will grow large, ask Wainwright's for the calcium figure before you settle on it.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Wainwright's Sensitive Puppy Cans 78.1

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Transparency carries this can, with even the yucca extract given a percentage, and it finishes well ahead of the middle of a strong wet puppy field.

What's in it

Salmon70%Oily fish doing nearly all the work, which is why the fat figure is high.
Dehydrated sweet potato3%Printed as the equivalent of 15% fresh sweet potato.
Dehydrated peas1.3%Equivalent to 4% peas. No cereal anywhere on the list.
Krill meal1%Marine omega 3, and a second animal on the label.
Minerals
Salmon oil0.3%Tops up the fatty acids the fish already brings.
Dried seaweed0.1%Natural minerals and iodine.
Green lipped mussel0.05%A well-regarded natural source of the compounds behind joint supplements.
Chicory root extract, yucca extract0.05% down to 0.01%Chicory for the prebiotic FOS.

Vitamins A and E with zinc, iron, copper, manganese, iodine and selenium, every one dosed in print, all as sulphates or simple salts.

No calcium figure on the label, and the can is sold for pups up to giant size. Ask Wainwright's for it.

Named ingredients

Salmon (70%), Dehydrated Sweet Potato (3%)(equivalent to 15% 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%)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

148.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

12.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

72.5%

Dry weight

Protein

32.7%

Fat

45.5%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

9.1%

Carbs

10.9%

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

71%

Added water

14.5%

Carbs

4.3%

Veg

4.2%

Oils

0.3%

Other

5.6%