Winalot Meaty Chunks: Senior Mixed in Gravy (Beef and Chicken) review

1. Mixed in Jelly (Beef 45.7
2. Beef 42.3
3. Chicken 42.3
4. Lamb 42.3
5. Puppy Mixed in Gravy (Chicken 42.2
6. Senior Mixed in Gravy (Beef 42.1

All six Average. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The six sit close together, with the jelly mix on top and the senior box at the foot, so the pouch you reach for is a question of flavour.

• Chicken chunks: meat and animal derivatives (of which chicken in the chunks)20%More chunk meat than any other label prints. Pouch is 46% chunks.
• Cereals
• Dehydrated carrots0.8%, equivalent to 7.2%
• Beef chunks: meat and animal derivatives (of which beef in the chunks)14%
• Dehydrated potatoes1%, equivalent to 9%
• Minerals, various sugars, flavourings

The heaviest trace minerals of the six, iron at 39 mg/kg and zinc at 54 mg/kg, the usual step up for an older dog absorbing less.

Chunk meat

20% chicken, 14% beef

14% on every other recipe.

Trace minerals

Iron 39, zinc 54 mg/kg

Far lighter on the others.

Energy

75 kcal per 100g

The same as the adult pouches.

Reads much like the others on paper, with more meat and minerals printed, though it sits at the foot of the six.

Every pouch is 40% or 46% chunks in jelly or gravy, and the named meat figure applies inside the chunks, not across the pouch. Meat and animal derivatives leads every list, cereals follow on all but the jelly mix, and various sugars and flavourings close them.

The vegetables are the most open part of the range, printed as a dehydrated weight and a fresh equivalent. Energy is declared, at 75 kcal per 100g on the adult pouches and 84 on the puppy box.

Price per kilo

£3.70 (RRP)

Pack

12x100g

A 15kg dog eats

800 g a day

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£2.96

The senior label asks less, 800 grams a day for a 15kg dog.

Budget end of the market for a wet food, though a little dear for what the analysis shows.