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Wilko Natures Best Dry Puppy review

Name: Wilko Natures Best Dry Puppy
Brand: Wilko

37.3/100Average

DryPuppy

A grain-led puppy kibble in our Average band, complete on its vitamin and trace mineral panel but thin on detail elsewhere. The gap that matters most is calcium: the bag is listed up to giant breeds and prints no figure for it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A complete puppy food that goes in with the weekly shop
Pups that get on with grain, since wholegrain barley leads at 30%
A pup that gains weight easily, with fat declared at 9.0%
Calmer puppies. Energy reads 350 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical of a puppy kibble

Worth watching

No calcium printed anywhere, the number a large or giant pup's growth turns on
Fish and fish derivatives with no species, so not for a fish-avoiding home
Wheat at 15%, if you already suspect a grain intolerance

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

How this scores

How we score

37.3/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies from toy to giant. For a large or giant pup, ask Wilko for the calcium figure before you buy.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Wilko Natures Best Dry Puppy 37.3

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Grain leads, most of the animal content sits under category headings, and two figures a growth label should carry are missing, which together keep it a step under the typical puppy kibble.

What's in it

Cereals: wholegrain barley30%Sound once cooked, with fibre, selenium and copper kept in the wholegrain form.
Cereals: wholegrain wheat15%The divisive half of the pair. No grain is behind more dietary intolerances.
Meat and animal derivatives (chicken)chicken 14%Only the chicken is named; the species behind the rest of the heading is left unsaid.
Derivatives of vegetable origin (chicory extract)0.1%Inulin, a prebiotic.
Vegetables (peas)5%
Minerals
Oils and fats (poultry fat)3%Named to the bird family, not one species.
Fish and fish derivativesNo species given. This entry puts fish on the allergen picture.
Yeasts (brewers yeast)0.5%

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iodine, selenium, copper, iron, manganese and zinc, in standard sulphate, oxide and selenite forms.

No calcium figure, though the bag is listed for large and giant puppies. Ask Wilko before you buy for a big pup.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures rest on an assumed 8%.

Named ingredients

Cereals (Wholegrain Barley 30%*, 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 3%*), Fish and Fish Derivatives, Yeasts (Brewers Yeast 0.5%*). *Natural ingredients.

Against the range

One own-brand growth kibble led by cereal, wholegrain barley at 30% and wholegrain wheat at 15%. Chicken is the only animal given a name and a figure. The label declares neither moisture nor calcium, so the dry-matter column works from an assumed 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

350 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

51.5%

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