Wellness Core

Wellness Core Adult Small Breed: Ocean Salmon With Tuna review

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

72.1/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

The grain-free Core recipe, cut into a small kibble for small mouths. Each bag leads with its named animal and prints the fresh and dried split, and potato and peas carry the starch. The Salmon and Turkey reach our Excellent band; the Lamb sits a step down in Good, and it is the only one with a single animal.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Toy and small breed adults, the dogs this kibble is cut for
Choosing by protein: a red meat, an all-fish and a poultry recipe on one base
Little dogs with ageing joints. Glucosamine and chondroitin are both at 100 mg/kg
Dogs kept off cereal
Fussy small eaters, as fat at 15.0% or 16.0% keeps the kibble appetising

Worth watching

Only the Lamb keeps to one animal. The Turkey carries chicken at 30%, with nothing on the front of the pack to say so
Peas go as high as 20%, which matters if legumes disagree with your dog
No moisture declared on the Lamb, so its dry matter figures rest on an assumption

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

How this scores

How we score

72.1/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, with the kibble cut for toy and small breeds. Before ordering, read the animal list on the back: two of the three carry more than the name says.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Original Turkey 75.0
Ocean Salmon 72.1
Lamb 62.5

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

Choose by the animal first, since the gap between the three matters less than what is on each label.

What's in it

Salmon, fresh and dehydrated32% (16% each)Split evenly between the two.
Peas16%
Dehydrated tuna13%The second fish. Every animal on this label is a fish.
Dried potatoes, potato proteinPotato protein adds plant protein to the headline figure.
Rapeseed oil, salmon oilSalmon oil 2%Marine omega 3 from two sources, with the tuna.
Beet pulp, linseed3% each
Natural flavourThe only vague entry on the list.
Lignocellulose, carrots, apples, yeast extract, chicory root0.5% on the last two
Broccoli, spinach, tomatoes, cranberries, blueberries
Glucosamine, chondroitin, yucca, mixed herbs100 mg/kg each for the joint pairYucca is aimed at stool odour.

Vitamin A 14000 IU, vitamin E 120 mg, taurine 1500 mg, zinc and iron at 100 mg; the panel carries no vitamin D3 figure.

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, Yeast Extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides) 0.5%, Dried Chicory Root (source of Fructo-oligo-saccharides and Inulin) 0.5%, Broccoli, Spinach, Tomatoes, Cranberries, Blueberries, 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

Animals on the label: Salmon and tuna; Lamb alone, or turkey with chicken
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 31.3%; 29.6% to 36.4%
Vitamin D3: No figure; 1000 IU on the other two

Useful for a dog that has worked through the land meats.

Each recipe opens with its animal and prints the fresh and dehydrated split. Peas are a big entry everywhere, at 20% in the Lamb and Turkey and 16% in the Salmon, with potato as dried potato and again as potato protein. Linseed at 3% brings plant omega 3 to all three, and beet pulp at 3% or 4% is the fermentable fibre.

The supplement panel barely moves: glucosamine and chondroitin at 100 mg/kg each, taurine at 1500 mg per kilo, zinc and iron at 100 mg. What varies is the animals. Only the Lamb keeps to one; the Salmon adds tuna and the Turkey adds chicken.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

352 kcal/100g

Protein

35%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

38.5%

Fat

17.6%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

31.3%

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

38.8%

Veg

2.1%

Oils

6.5%

Other

7.6%

Pricing & size