Wellness Core

Wellness Core Adult: Original Turkey With Chicken review

Name: Wellness Core Adult: Original Turkey With Chicken
Brand: Wellness Core

70.7/100Excellent

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

70.7/100Excellent

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

Main protein

Turkey

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 turkey, dehydrated turkey15%, 13%
Dehydrated chicken, chicken fat, chicken gravy14%, 6%, 5%Chicken at 25% in all: a two bird recipe.
Peas14%
Dried potatoes, potato protein
Beet pulp, linseed4%, 3%
Lignocellulose
Salmon oil1%Puts fish on a poultry label.
Carrots, apples, yeast extract, chicory root0.5% yeast, 0.5% chicory
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.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, copper, manganese and iodine dosed; no taurine on this panel.

Named ingredients

Turkey 28% (Fresh Turkey 15%, Dehydrated Turkey 13%), Chicken 25% (Dehydrated Chicken 14%, Chicken Fat 6%, Chicken Gravy 5%), Peas 14%, Dried Potatoes, Potato Protein, Beet Pulp 4%, Linseed 3%, Lignocellulose, Salmon Oil 1%, Carrots, Apples, Yeast Extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides) 0.5%, Dried Chicory Root (source of Fructo-oligo-saccharides and Inulin) 0.5%, Broccoli, Spinach, Tomatoes, Blueberries 0.01%, 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: 28% turkey, 25% chicken; 38% lamb; 32% salmon with 13% tuna.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 32.6%; The least of the three; 33.7% and 35.9%.
Size: Guide written for medium dogs, up to 30kg; The salmon starts at medium; the lamb covers all sizes.

The lowest-starch bag of the three, for a dog happy on poultry.

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

8.7%

Carbs

32.6%

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

48%

Added water

Carbs

35.1%

Veg

4.8%

Oils

Other

6.1%

Pricing & size