Wellness Core

Wellness Core Puppy: Ocean Salmon with White Fish review

Name: Wellness Core Puppy: Ocean Salmon with White Fish
Brand: Wellness Core

67.2/100Good

DryPuppy

Flavour

Two grain-free puppy recipes with the same build and different details. The turkey and chicken bag reaches our Excellent band and Ocean Salmon sits a step behind in Good. Each declares its lead meat fresh and dehydrated, which keeps the meat share honest after cooking.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Puppies of every size, from the smallest breeds up to giant
A cereal-free home: peas and potato do the binding
Joint ingredients written into the recipe, with glucosamine and chondroitin named on each
A prebiotic pairing of chicory root and yeast extract on both lists
Taurine at 1500 mg/kg in each recipe

Worth watching

Calcium printed on only one label, which matters most for a pup destined to be big
Potato protein high among the meat entries on both
Fish in both bags, and mixed herbs as a broad heading while triggers are being pinned down

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

How this scores

How we score

67.2/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Both are listed for puppies of every size. For a large breed pup, talk calcium through with your vet before choosing either as the everyday bowl.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Wellness Core Puppy 75.2
Ocean Salmon 67.2

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

The turkey and chicken bag pushes a band clear of the typical puppy food, and the salmon bag sits level with it; smaller things, not one weak spot, keep both from climbing further.

What's in it

Salmon: fresh salmon, dehydrated salmon33.5%20% fresh and 13.5% dehydrated.
Peas15%
Dried potatoes
Dehydrated whitefish10%Fish in every sense.
Potato proteinA plant protein doing work meat could do.
Rapeseed oil, salmon oil2% salmon oil
Dried beet pulp4%
Minerals, brewer's dried yeast0.5% yeast
Apples, carrots, chicory root, yeast extract, broccoli, tomatoes, spinach, cranberries, blueberries0.3% chicory and yeast extractThe prebiotics, then seasoning.
Glucosamine HCl, chondroitin sulphate400, 300 mg/kgDosed far harder than in the turkey bag.

Vitamins A and E with taurine at 1500 mg, and zinc, iron, copper, manganese and iodine as standard salts, each dosed per kilo.

No calcium figure on this label, so a large breed rearing plan cannot be built on it.

Named ingredients

Salmon 33.5% (Fresh Salmon 20%, Dehydrated Salmon 13.5%), Peas 15%, Dried Potatoes, Dehydrated Whitefish 10%, Potato Protein, Rapeseed Oil, Dried Beet Pulp 4%, Salmon Oil 2%, Minerals, Brewer's Dried Yeast 0.5%, Dried Apples, Dried Carrots, Dried Chicory Root (source of Fructo-oligo-saccharides and Inulin) 0.3%, Yeast Extract (source of mannan-oligosaccharides) 0.3%, Dried Broccoli, Dried Tomatoes, Dried Spinach 0.01%, Dried Cranberries, Dried Blueberries, Glucosamine Hydrochloride 400 mg/kg, Chondroitin Sulphate 300 mg/kg, Yucca Schidigera, Mixed Herbs (Dried Rosemary, Dried Turmeric, Dried Citrus, Dried Eugenia).

Against the range

Meat: Salmon 33.5%, whitefish 10%; Turkey and chicken in the other bag.
Joint pair: 400 and 300 mg/kg; 100 mg/kg each on the turkey.
Energy: 380 kcal per 100g; 359 on the turkey.
Moisture: Not declared; 9.0% on the turkey.

The fish bowl of the pair, best for a smaller pup that does well on fish.

Two grain-free growth recipes built to one plan. The lead animal appears twice, fresh and dehydrated, so half the declared share reaches the kibble much as printed. Peas and dried potatoes bind, beet pulp at 4% brings the fibre, and potato protein sits high on both lists.

The tail is shared: chicory root and yeast extract as prebiotics, glucosamine and chondroitin, trace fruit and vegetables, and a mixed herb heading. Taurine is dosed at 1500 mg/kg on both. Only the turkey and chicken label prints a calcium figure.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

380.1 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

17%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

37%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

32%

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

43.5%

Carbs

43.8%

Veg

4.1%

Oils

5.2%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size