Wellness Core

Wellness Core Adult: Ocean Salmon With Tuna review

Name: Wellness Core Adult: Ocean Salmon With Tuna
Brand: Wellness Core

71.2/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

Grain free, with a named animal at the head of every list and the fresh and dried shares split in print. The salmon and the turkey reach our Excellent band and the lamb sits a step back in Good. The three share one base, so the real decision is which animal suits your dog.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off grain
Owners who like the fresh and dried meat given as two figures
Stiffening or heavier dogs. Glucosamine and chondroitin are printed at 100 mg/kg each
Rotation feeders: the base stays put and only the animal changes
A lower starch bowl, with estimated carbohydrate well under the adult dry norm in every recipe

Worth watching

Peas up to a fifth of the recipe, worth knowing for a dog that reacts to legumes
Salmon oil in the turkey as well as the salmon
No moisture declared, so dry matter rests on the usual kibble assumption

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

How this scores

How we score

71.2/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, with the salmon's guide starting at medium dogs and the turkey's stopping at 30kg. For a 20kg dog the labels ask 245 grams on the lamb and 255 on the other two.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Ocean Salmon 71.2
Original Turkey 70.7
Lamb 64.1

Three recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A well built recipe repeated carefully three times, with no wrong turning among them, so protein preference should decide it.

What's in it

Fresh salmon, dehydrated salmon16% each
Peas16%
Dehydrated tuna13%A second fish.
Dried potatoes, rapeseed oil, potato protein
Beet pulp, linseed3% each
Natural flavour
Salmon oil2%Marine omega 3 from a second direction.
Lignocellulose, carrots, apples, chicory root, yeast extract0.5% chicory, 0.5% yeastBulk, then the prebiotic pair.
Broccoli, spinach, tomatoes, blueberries, cranberriesA flourish; the recipe stands up without them.
Glucosamine, chondroitin, yucca, mixed herbs100 mg/kg eachA working amount, printed. Herbs do the preserving.

Taurine at 1500 mg per kilo, with zinc, iron, copper, manganese and iodine dosed; no vitamin D3 figure is printed.

The only recipe in the range with no vitamin D3 figure on the additives panel.

Named ingredients

Salmon 32% (Fresh Salmon 16%, Dehydrated Salmon 16%), Peas 16%, Dehydrated Tuna 13%, Dried Potatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Protein, Beet Pulp 3%, Linseed 3%, Natural Flavour, Salmon Oil 2%, Lignocellulose, Carrots, Apples, Dried Chicory Root (source of Fructo-oligo-saccharides and Inulin) 0.5%, Yeast Extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides) 0.5%, Broccoli, Spinach, Tomatoes, Blueberries, Cranberries, D-Glucosamine Hydrochloride 100 mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 100 mg/kg, Yucca Schidigera, Mixed Herbs (Dried Rosemary, Dried Turmeric, Dried Citrus, Dried Eugenia).

Against the range

Meat: 32% salmon, 13% tuna; 38% lamb; 28% turkey with 25% chicken.
Other animals on the label: Fish only; Lamb alone; turkey, chicken and salmon oil.
Protein, dry matter: 37.0%; Ties the turkey; the lamb is 32.6%.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 33.7%; 32.6% turkey, 35.9% lamb.

The pick for a dog kept away from land meats.

Every list opens with a named animal and prints its fresh and dehydrated shares separately, and no recipe carries grain. Peas are the main binder, up to a fifth of the recipe, with potato and potato protein alongside. Beet pulp, linseed at 3%, lignocellulose, and a prebiotic pair of chicory root and yeast extract at 0.5% each are shared. Glucosamine and chondroitin sit at 100 mg/kg apiece throughout. What changes is the animal, and with it whether fish turns up on the list.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

352 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

37%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

33.7%

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

45%

Carbs

38.7%

Veg

2.9%

Oils

6.5%

Other

6.9%

Pricing & size