Wilko

Wilko Senior Complete Dry review

Name: Wilko Senior Complete Dry
Brand: Wilko

36.9/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A plain everyday kibble for an older dog with no particular requirements, and it does that job. Fat trimmed to 7.5% is the clear senior adjustment. It sits in our Average band because most of the recipe is described by category, so you cannot tell what is in it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs on a lighter ration, with fat at 7.5%
Settled seniors with no history of food sensitivity
A younger and an older dog sharing one bag
A flagging appetite. Two kibble shapes and textures can restart interest
Vitamins and trace minerals dosed in print, line by line

Worth watching

Only 4% named as chicken, so no use for an elimination plan
Cereals and oils and fats with no grain or fat named
Carbohydrate at 56.5% of dry matter against 46.2% typical, and no joint ingredient on the list
No moisture declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%

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

How this scores

How we score

36.9/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. A thin or still-busy older dog may need a larger portion; the label asks 160 to 320 grams for a dog between 10kg and 25kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Wilko Senior Complete Dry 36.9

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Disclosure is almost the whole of the shortfall; the contents are not alarming, they are simply not named.

What's in it

CerealsThe biggest part of the recipe, and no grain is named, so it can change between runs.
Meat and animal derivatives, chicken in the clover kibblechicken 4%Cannot identify or rule out a species.
Oils and fatsNo source named.
Vegetables, peas in the disc kibblepeas 4%
Minerals
Derivatives of vegetable origin, beet pulp in the clover kibblebeet pulp 0.5%
Yeasts

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iodine, selenium, copper, iron, manganese and zinc in their ordinary forms, zinc as an oxide and selenium as sodium selenite.

No joint ingredient on the list.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

One recipe, labelled in categories: cereals first, then meat and animal derivatives with 4% chicken named, oils and fats, vegetables and minerals. Two kibble shapes share the bag. Fat is trimmed to 7.5% with protein at 21%, and carbohydrate is estimated at 56.5% of dry matter on an assumed 8% moisture.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

336 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

7.5%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

8.2%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

8.7%

Carbs

56.5%

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

17.5%

Carbs

30%

Veg

4.4%

Oils

5.7%

Other

42.4%

Pricing & size