Wainwright's

Wainwright's Working Dog Dry Food review

Name: Wainwright's Working Dog Dry Food
Brand: Wainwright's

64.1/100Good

DryAdult

The busiest version of Wainwright's turkey and wholegrain recipe, written for a dog that earns its dinner, and a Good result in our scoring. Turkey leads at 37%, most of it dried, so the figure on the pack is close to what the kibble holds. Salmon oil joins linseed on the omega side.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and sporting dogs: 373 kcal per 100g against the 357 typical of adult dry food
Multi-dog homes, as the label covers toy sizes right up to giant
One meat and one meat only. Turkey is all that goes in
Active dogs getting on a bit, with glucosamine and chondroitin named at the foot of the list
Dogs that thrive on wholegrain, where rice at 26% and barley at 15% give steady energy

Worth watching

Salmon oil at 0.5%, so this is not a fish-free recipe
A quieter dog on working portions will start to fill out
Cereal is firmly in this bowl, with rice and barley both on the list

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

How this scores

How we score

64.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. A dog in real work needs more than the 15kg figure: the pack's table asks 325 to 505 grams for one between 25kg and 45kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Wainwright's Working Dog Dry Food 64.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

It earns its place without a single fashionable ingredient: every plant entry carries a percentage, and the recipe behind the label does honest everyday work.

What's in it

Turkey: dried turkey, freshly prepared turkey37% (32% dried, 5% fresh)The largest meat share in the brand's grain-inclusive line, and mostly dried, so little is lost in the oven.
Rice26%Does most of the energy work.
Whole grain barley15%
Rapeseed oilThe main added fat.
Whole ground oats4.5%
Beet pulp3.5%The fibre.
Dried peas, dried carrots3%, 1%Printed with their fresh equivalents, a good sign on any label.
Linseed, salmon oil2%, 0.5%One plant omega 3 and one marine, which a dog uses straight off.
Seaweed0.2%For iodine.
Glucosamine, yucca extract, chondroitin0.05%, 0.02%, 0.015%Joint support for a dog under load.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, each dosed in print.

No moisture figure on the label, so the dry-matter numbers assume the 8% a kibble usually holds.

Named ingredients

Turkey (37%) (Dried Turkey 32%, Freshly Prepared Turkey 5%), Rice (26%), Whole Grain Barley (15%), Rapeseed Oil, Whole Ground Oats (4.5%), Beet Pulp (3.5%), Dried Peas (3% equivalent to 12.5% Peas), Linseed (2%), Dried Carrots (1% equivalent to 8% Carrots), Salmon Oil (0.5%), Seaweed (0.2%), Glucosamine (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Chondroitin (0.015%)

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

373 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

13.5%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

14.7%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

44%

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

37%

Carbs

54.2%

Veg

2.2%

Oils

4.5%

Other

2.1%

Pricing & size