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Wilko Natures Best Dry Adult review

Name: Wilko Natures Best Dry Adult
Brand: Wilko

35.9/100Average

DryAdult

A cereal-first adult kibble that is at least honest about which cereals: wholegrain barley at 36% and wholegrain wheat at 15%. It finishes in our Average band, a step below the typical adult dry food, because much of the recipe still sits behind category names. For an ordinary dog with nothing to manage, it is a complete food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do well on grain, with barley the single biggest named entry
Owners who want to know which cereals they are actually feeding
Quieter dogs on a maintenance ration, with fat declared at 8%
One bag for dogs of different sizes. The guide runs from 5kg to 70kg
A named prebiotic: chicory extract at 0.1%

Worth watching

Wholegrain wheat at 15%, so wheat-sensitive dogs are the ones to rule out
Fish and fish derivatives with no species and no percentage, so it is not fish free
Only chicken is named inside the meat and animal derivatives
Carbohydrate estimated at 56.0% of dry matter, against 46.2% for the typical adult dry food

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

How this scores

How we score

35.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. If you already suspect grain, this is not the bag to test the theory with.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Wilko Natures Best Dry Adult 35.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Composition and naming both pull it down, neither dramatically, and as a complete food it is dosed and balanced as it should be.

What's in it

Wholegrain barley36%A workmanlike grain that digests easily once cooked and brings fibre.
Wholegrain wheat15%Binds a kibble well, and most dogs eat it without a flicker. Also the grain most often behind an intolerance.
Meat and animal derivativesChicken 14% is named inside; the rest of the share is unidentified.
Chicory extract0.1%The prebiotic, for the inulin it carries.
Peas5%
Minerals
Poultry fat2.5%Narrowed to a family, not a species.
Fish and fish derivativesNo species and no percentage. The entry that matters for a fish-free home.
Brewers yeast0.5%

Zinc as an oxide at 100mg, iron and copper as sulphates, iodine at 2.5mg and selenium as sodium selenite at 0.1mg, with vitamin E at 70mg.

No moisture declared, so the dry-matter figures assume a standard 8%.

Named ingredients

Cereals (Wholegrain Barley 36%*, Wholegrain Wheat 15%*), Meat and Animal Derivatives (Chicken 14%), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (Chicory Extract 0.1%*), Vegetables (Peas 5%*), Minerals, Oils and Fats (Poultry Fat 2.5%*), Fish and Fish Derivatives, Yeasts (Brewers Yeast 0.5%*). *Natural ingredients.

Against the range

A category-style label that breaks its brackets open further than most. Cereals lead as wholegrain barley at 36% and wholegrain wheat at 15%, chicken at 14% is the only named animal, and fish and fish derivatives stays unnamed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

343 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

8.7%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

56%

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

29.2%

Carbs

57.3%

Veg

6.6%

Oils

2.3%

Other

4.6%

Pricing & size