Wainwright's

Wainwright's Sensitive Small Breed Adult Dry Food review

Name: Wainwright's Sensitive Small Breed Adult Dry Food
Brand: Wainwright's

70.2/100Excellent

DryAdult

A grain-free small breed kibble built entirely around fish, for a little dog whose digestion has always been the delicate part. Salmon accounts for 55% of the recipe across three forms. The oddity is salmon oil at 8%, third on the list.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small adults with an unreliable stomach. One starch, with beet pulp as the fibre
Dogs being kept off chicken, beef and lamb
A cereal free bowl: no grain anywhere on the list
Older small dogs stiffening up, with salmon oil and green lipped mussel both on the label
Picky eaters, since salmon digest goes in for flavour

Worth watching

Fish all the way through, krill included, so a dog with a fish problem needs a different bowl
A feeding table that stops at 12kg. Bigger dogs are outside the design
Fat declared at 17.0%, a lot for a lap-of-the-garden dog, so weigh the portions
One zinc source is a protein hydrolysate chelate that never says where its protein came from

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

How this scores

How we score

70.2/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. Feed from the pack's own table for dogs between 5kg and 12kg, which runs from 85 to 160 grams a day.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Wainwright's Sensitive Small Breed Adult Dry Food 70.2

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing exotic earns the place: one named fish makes up more than half the recipe, the plant side is a single root, and carbohydrate sits well under the usual adult dry figure.

What's in it

Freshly prepared Scottish salmon30%Mostly water, which the oven boils away.
Salmon meal22%This is what puts the bulk of the protein into the kibble.
Salmon digest3%For flavour.
Sweet potato26%The only starch in the bag.
Salmon oil8%Third on the list, where most kibbles keep their fat lower down. Marine omega 3 a dog can use directly, and why the fat figure sits where it does.
Beet pulp8%Slow fermenting fibre that firms things up.
Krill meal, seaweed meal0.9%, 0.1%More marine oils, and iodine for the thyroid.
Chicory root extract0.05%A prebiotic nudge at this dose.
Green lipped mussel extract0.05%A known joint ingredient, here as a light touch.
Yucca extract0.02%

Every mineral is dosed in print, and zinc appears twice, once as the oxide and once as a chelate of protein hydrolysates, the form generally taken up more readily.

The zinc chelate does not say what animal or plant its protein came from.

Named ingredients

Salmon (55%) (Freshly Prepared Scottish Salmon* 30%, Salmon Meal 22%, Salmon Digest 3%), Sweet Potato (26%), Salmon Oil (8%), Beet Pulp (8%), Krill Meal (0.9%), Seaweed Meal (0.1%), Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic FOS) (0.05%), Green Lipped Mussel Extract (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.02%).

Against the range

Every animal ingredient on the label comes from the sea, and sweet potato is the only starch. Nearly every entry carries a percentage, down to the yucca at 0.02%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

358 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

30%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

10%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

33%

Fat

18.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

11%

Carbs

34%

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

57%

Carbs

34.7%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

8.2%

Pricing & size