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Waita Freeze Dried Complete Food Bulk Pack: Duck Formula review

Name: Waita Freeze Dried Complete Food Bulk Pack: Duck Formula
Brand: Waita

84.5/100Outstanding

Freeze-driedPuppyAdult

Flavour

Freeze dried food with nothing in it but one animal, and all three formulas in our Outstanding band. Each label runs to four entries, muscle meat, meat with bone and two organs, every one with its percentage. The long, line-by-line supplement panel behind that short list is where most of the formulation work has gone.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Anyone who reads labels and wishes they were shorter
Dogs on an elimination diet. One animal carries every entry
Owners who want bone and organ in the bowl without handling raw meat
Dogs that need a lot of energy from a small volume
Puppies, adults and seniors alike, all listed on every formula
Households that get through food quickly, as each formula comes in one large pack

Worth watching

Small portions that are easy to overshoot. Weigh them until your eye adjusts
Pieces that are best rehydrated, more so for a dog that drinks little
One animal per pack, so variety means rotating between packs

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

How this scores

How we score

84.5/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. The label gives no calcium figure, so a large-breed puppy owner should ask Waita for it before ordering.

Food type

Freeze-dried

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Duck Formula 84.5
Chicken Formula 84.4
Rabbit Formula 83.6

All three Outstanding. Typical dry food: Good.

Three labels this closely matched land together, level with the best freeze dried food we have scored.

What's in it

Duck meat75%
Duck with bone15%Ground bone supplies the calcium and phosphorus, so no mineral premix is needed for them.
Duck heart5%Lean protein and taurine.
Duck liver4%The most nutrient dense entry on the label.

Taurine, choline, two prebiotics and two named live strains, a full B group, and selenium in both yeast and sodium selenite form.

No calcium figure on the label, the number a large-breed puppy's owner looks for.

Named ingredients

75% Duck Meat, 15% Duck with Bone, 5% Duck Heart, 4% Duck Liver

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 27.2%; Richest by some way; Chicken 21.7%, Rabbit 25%
Carbohydrate estimate: 2.1%; 5.5% on the Chicken, nothing on the Rabbit
Organ: Heart 5%, liver 4%; Chicken carries 4% each; Rabbit has lung in place of heart

The one for a dog with real work in its day, and portions run smallest here.

All three labels are built the same way and stop at four entries: muscle meat first, meat with bone at 15%, then organ. Every entry is named and percentaged, and there is no vegetable, grain or oil on any of them. Liver appears in all three.

In dry matter, protein runs from 60.9% to 64.1% and fat from 21.7% to 27.2%, with the carbohydrate estimate never above 5.5%. The same supplement panel sits behind every formula, from taurine and choline to two named probiotic strains.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

415.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

56%

Fat

25%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

60.9%

Fat

27.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

2.1%

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

100%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £43.20 (RRP)
Pack: 2.5 kg - this is the only size in which the Bulk Pack formulas are sold
A 15kg dog eats: 60 to 150 g a day, 105 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £4.54

Middle of the market for a freeze dried food, and fair value for the quality in the pack.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.