Wilko

Wilko Adult Complete Dry: Chicken with Vegetables review

Name: Wilko Adult Complete Dry: Chicken with Vegetables
Brand: Wilko

39.5/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

An everyday kibble in two shapes, both recipes in our Average band, written in categories where a reader wants ingredients. That verdict is about how little the label says and is no warning about the bag. The vitamin and mineral panel says more than the rest of the label put together.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with no food sensitivity that do well on plain kibble
Homes with dogs of several sizes, as the guide runs from 5kg to 70kg
Quieter dogs who could lose a bit, with fat at 9%
Dogs that like some variety, since every bag holds two kibble shapes
Owners who want every vitamin and mineral dosed in print

Worth watching

Only 4% of the animal side named, so an elimination plan has nothing to work from
Cereals and oils and fats name no grain, plant or animal
Estimated carbohydrate at 55.9% of dry matter against 46.2% for typical adult dry food
Trace minerals as oxides and sulphates, absorbed slightly less well than chelates

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

How this scores

How we score

39.5/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The guide asks 180 to 360 grams a day between 10kg and 25kg; your dog's shape is the better guide to where to sit.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Beef 39.6
Chicken 39.5

All two Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Nearly all of the gap to the typical adult dry food is what the label leaves unsaid, with a starch-heavy analysis behind it.

What's in it

CerealsThe largest part of the recipe. No grain is named, so it can change between batches.
Meat and animal derivatives4% chickenThe named chicken sits in the bone-shaped kibble. The rest has no species.
Oils and fatsNames neither the plant nor the animal.
Vegetables (peas)4% peasIn the barrel-shaped kibble.
Minerals
Derivatives of vegetable origin (beet pulp)0.5% beet pulp
Yeasts

Fully dosed in print, zinc at 100mg and iron at 60mg among them, in the plain forms: zinc as an oxide, most others as sulphates, sodium selenite for selenium.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives (4% Chicken in the Bone-shaped Kibble*), Oils and Fats, Vegetables (4% Peas in the Barrel-shaped Kibble), Minerals, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (0.5% Beet Pulp in the Bone-shaped Kibble*), Yeasts. *Bone-shaped Kibble: typically 40% of the product. Barrel-shaped Kibble: typically 60% of the product.

Against the range

Named meat: 4% chicken, bone-shaped kibble; 4% beef, clover-shaped kibble
Analysis and panel: Protein 22.3% of dry matter; Identical on the beef

Simply the poultry option of the same food.

Two bags that are one recipe. Cereals lead, and meat and animal derivatives follow with 4% of the named meat inside. Each bag holds two kibbles: one shape, typically 40%, with the meat and beet pulp, and a barrel shape, typically 60%, with the peas. The analysis is declared in full, moisture at 6% included, so the dry matter figures are a reading and not an assumption.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

347 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

22.3%

Fat

9.6%

Fibre

3.7%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

55.9%

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

57.5%

Carbs

30%

Veg

4.4%

Oils

5.7%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size