Wilko

Wilko Natures Best Tins review

Name: Wilko Natures Best Tins
Brand: Wilko

59.5/100Good

WetAdult

Flavour

Two meat-led tins with very little starch in them, held in our Good band by a label that names only one animal. The analysis is the strong part: protein at 55.6% of dry matter and an estimated 3.3% carbohydrate. The ingredient list is unusually short for a supermarket tin, and vague where it matters most.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that do better with the starch kept down. Carbohydrate is an estimated 3.3% of dry matter, where the typical adult wet food runs nearer 15.8%
A straight choice between beef and chicken, with nothing else changing between the tins
Dogs that gain weight easily, at an estimated 80 kcal per 100g
Owners who like the water in the dinner. Moisture is declared at 82%
Label readers who prefer a short list ending in fruit and herbs

Worth watching

Only the headline animal is pinned down. The rest of the meat sits inside meat and animal derivatives, so neither tin can anchor an elimination diet
Fish oils in both, one for the owner of a fish-avoiding dog
Derivatives of vegetable origin covers the plant side, and the source can change while the wording stays put

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

How this scores

How we score

59.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyAverage

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs. The calorie figure is our estimate, so weigh the dog for the first few weeks and adjust the portion.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Rich in Chicken 60.0
Wilko Natures Best Tins 59.5

All two Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The two tins score almost level, and the unnamed meat holds both of them back more than anything in the analysis.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (beef 14%)14% beefBeef is the only fixed point. The rest of the meat could be any land animal and any part of it.
Minerals
Oils and fats (fish oils 0.15%)0.15% fish oilsA little omega oil from fish. Not one for a fish-avoiding dog.
Derivatives of vegetable origin (chicory 0.08%)0.08% chicoryChicory brings inulin, a soluble fibre gut bacteria do well on. The rest of the plant matter is unnamed.
Cranberry, blueberryA little antioxidant work.
Rosemary, parsley, spinachRosemary also works as a natural preservative.

A fully dosed panel: vitamin D3 at 140 IU/kg and vitamin E at 30 mg/kg, with zinc, copper and manganese in sulphate and oxide forms and iodine as calcium iodate.

Meat and animal derivatives hides everything beyond the beef, so this tin cannot anchor an elimination diet.

Named ingredients

Meat and Animal Derivatives (Beef* 14%), Minerals, Oils and Fats (Fish Oils* 0.15%), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (Chicory* 0.08%), Cranberry*, Blueberry*, Rosemary*, Parsley*, Spinach*. *Natural ingredients.

Against the range

Named meat: Beef, 14%; Chicken at 14% in the other tin.
Rest of the label: Identical; Word for word the same.
Analysis: 55.6% protein, 27.8% fat in dry matter; The same in both.

The richer, stronger-tasting of the pair, and often the easier sell for a dog tired of poultry.

Two tins, word for word the same apart from the animal named at 14%: beef in one, chicken in the other. That animal sits inside a meat and animal derivatives entry, and the rest of the meat is not named. Fish oils at 0.15% and chicory at 0.08% are the two flagged extras, then cranberry, blueberry and three green herbs close the list. The analysis is identical across both: 55.6% protein and 27.8% fat in dry matter, with an estimated 3.3% carbohydrate.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

79.6 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

Moisture

82%

Dry weight

Protein

55.6%

Fat

27.8%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

11.1%

Carbs

3.3%

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

44.9%

Added water

17%

Carbs

9.7%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

8.1%

Other

19.8%