Waitrose

Waitrose Adult Grain Free review

Name: Waitrose Adult Grain Free
Brand: Waitrose

62.9/100Good

DryPuppyAdult

A supermarket own label that reads like a specialist one: chicken at 50% with the fresh share printed, and sweet potato at 32% as the only starch. Nine entries in all, no cereal. It sits in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do better without cereal; sweet potato is the whole of the starch
Supermarket shoppers who still want the first entry to name its meat
Mixed-age households, since one bag covers puppies through to seniors
Coats that need help from the recipe, with linseed at 3.5%
Fussier eaters: chicken gravy makes the kibble worth finishing

Worth watching

Poultry fat names no bird, so an elimination plan cannot rule out duck, goose or turkey
Chicken twice, as the meat and as the gravy
No moisture or calcium figure, and calcium is the number a large-breed puppy needs

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

How this scores

How we score

62.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. For a puppy heading for a large adult size, ask Waitrose for the calcium figure before relying on it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Waitrose Adult Grain Free 62.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Everything that earns the band is near the front of the list; the looser wording further down, a family of birds and a single mineral line, holds it there.

What's in it

Chicken, of which fresh chicken50% (26% fresh)Fresh meat loses its water in cooking, so the split is worth having.
Sweet potato32%One root, in place of a stack of peas and lentils.
Beet pulp6%Ferments slowly and firms stools.
Poultry fatCould be chicken, duck, goose or turkey; the pack does not say.
Linseed3.5%Plant omega 3, slower to show in a coat than the marine form.
Chicken gravyFor smell and taste.
MineralsOne grouped line, no doses printed.
Alfalfa, yucca extract0.02% (yucca)

No calcium figure. For a puppy heading for a large adult size, ask for it first.

Moisture is not declared, so our dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Chicken (50%, of which 26% Fresh Chicken), Sweet Potato (32%), Beet Pulp (6%), Poultry Fat, Linseed (3.5%), Chicken Gravy, Minerals, Alfalfa, Yucca Extract (0.02%).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

42.4%

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

53.6%

Carbs

38%

Veg

0.9%

Oils

2.8%

Other

4.7%

Pricing & size