Walker & Drake

Walker & Drake Wet Food: Chicken with Broccoli review

Name: Walker & Drake Wet Food: Chicken with Broccoli
Brand: Walker & Drake

80.2/100Outstanding

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

Two wet recipes with an unusually clean label, both in our Outstanding band. Every vegetable is named, the meat is counted, and the calories are printed on the pack. The chicken names one animal and nothing else.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept to one bird: the chicken recipe has no other meat
Older dogs, with glucosamine and chondroitin on both and adult and senior on the label
Grain-free homes. Sweet potato, peas and a little carrot do the starch
Calories without volume, at 116 kcal per 100g on the chicken and 113 on the turkey
Unreliable digestion, with yeast for MOS and chicory root for FOS
Owners who read every line

Worth watching

Glucosamine and chondroitin with no source given, usually animal derived, so ask before a strict elimination trial
Ash at 16.0% of dry matter, a fair bit for a wet food
One guide band for everything under 10kg, from 97.5 to 487.5 grams

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

How this scores

How we score

80.2/100Outstanding

Protein and processingOutstanding

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueOutstanding

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The label's guide puts a 15kg dog between 487.5 and 780 grams a day; for a small dog the single under-10kg band leaves the portion to your judgement.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 80.2
Turkey 80.1

All two Outstanding. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A fully named list, a declared meat share above 60% and printed calories keep both comfortably inside the band above the typical wet food.

What's in it

Chicken64%The only meat on the label.
Broccoli5%
Carrot, sweet potato, peasPeas this high up are a real ingredient: fibre, folate and some plant protein.
Yeasts, chicory root powderTwo prebiotics, MOS and FOS, for the gut's useful bacteria.
SeaweedIodine and a wide mineral spread.
Sunflower oilLow in saturates and rich in vitamin E.
Glucosamine, chondroitinNo dose printed and no source, so a supporting extra.
Yucca, cranberry, yeast extractNucleotides from the yeast extract.

A short, fully dosed panel: vitamins A and D3 with iron, copper, manganese and zinc.

Named ingredients

Chicken 64%, Broccoli 5%, Carrot, Sweet Potato, Peas, Yeasts (source of Prebiotic MOS), Chicory Root Powder (source of Prebiotic FOS), Seaweed, Sunflower Oil, Glucosamine, Yucca, Chondroitin, Cranberry, Yeast Extract (source of Nucleotides)

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 64%; Turkey 45% and duck 20% on the other.
Lead vegetable: Broccoli 5%; Carrot 5% on the turkey.
Energy: 116 kcal per 100g; 113 on the turkey.

The one to reach for if you want a single named meat in the bowl.

Both recipes open on the meat with a figure beside it: chicken at 64% in one, turkey at 45% and duck at 20% in the other. Behind that sits the same short list of named vegetables, yeast and chicory prebiotics, seaweed, sunflower oil, and glucosamine and chondroitin without a dose.

The analysis is identical, protein at 36.0% of dry matter and fat at 32.0%, so the choice comes down to which animals suit your dog. Both print their calories, and crude ash converts to 16.0% of dry matter on each.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

116 kcal/100g

Protein

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

36%

Fat

32%

Fibre

Ash

16%

Carbs

12%

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

64%

Added water

18.6%

Carbs

6.4%

Veg

9.9%

Oils

0.2%

Other

0.9%