Winalot

Winalot Hearty Duos: Lamb And Turkey In Jelly review

Name: Winalot Hearty Duos: Lamb And Turkey In Jelly
Brand: Winalot

45/100Average

WetAdult

Two meats in one tin, lamb and turkey, at 4% each and both tucked inside a meat and animal derivatives entry. The rest of the short list is cereals, plant protein and sugars, none of it named further. Plenty of dogs have eaten well for years on tins built like this; the label just keeps most of the recipe back.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that eat better with a red meat and a bird together
Medium and large dogs, given the 400g tin and a jelly most dogs already know
Poor drinkers. Moisture is declared at 81.5%
Owners who want a tin from the high street
Steady, unfussy digestions that have done well on this style of tin before

Worth watching

Every other scrap of animal sits under meat and animal derivatives, so an elimination diet is out
Cereals and vegetable protein extracts are both unnamed, so neither can be checked against an avoidance list
Various sugars on the label
Carbohydrate at an estimated 32.0% of dry matter, against 15.8% for the typical adult wet food

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

How this scores

How we score

45/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. Check your dog's history with unnamed cereals and mixed animal derivatives before buying a case.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Lamb 45.0

All one Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A thin label is what holds this tin back: little named meat, an unnamed grain and nothing troubling in the dinner itself.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives (lamb, turkey)8% named (4% each)Lamb is digestible and strongly flavoured, turkey lean. Everything else in the entry could be any land animal and any part of it.
CerealsUnnamed, so the grain cannot be checked.
Vegetable protein extractsPlant protein from an unstated plant, less complete for a dog than animal protein.
Minerals
Various sugarsHelp the jelly set and the first mouthful appeal. Declared openly.

Every entry in the panel carries a figure, from vitamin A at 1800 IU/kg to iodine at 0.41 mg/kg, and a tin like this leans on it for micronutrition.

The 96% natural ingredients claim speaks to sourcing, not to which animal parts are in the tin.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives* (of which Lamb 4% and Turkey 4%), Cereals*, Vegetable protein extracts, Minerals, Various sugars, *Natural ingredients (96% natural ingredients)

Against the range

A five-entry list set in jelly. Lamb and turkey are declared at 4% each inside a meat and animal derivatives entry, followed by unnamed cereals, vegetable protein extracts, minerals and various sugars. Protein converts to 35.1% of dry matter and fat to 18.9%, with carbohydrate estimated at 32.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

79 kcal/100g

Protein

6.5%

Fat

3.5%

Fibre

0.1%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

81.5%

Dry weight

Protein

35.1%

Fat

18.9%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

13.5%

Carbs

32%

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

37.3%

Added water

16.5%

Carbs

40.7%

Other

5.5%

Pricing & size