Sneyd's Wonderdog

Sneyd's Wonderdog Wonderdog High Gold review

Name: Sneyd's Wonderdog Wonderdog High Gold
Brand: Sneyd's Wonderdog

19.7/100Poor

DryAdult

A traditional working kennel biscuit, in our Poor band and well under where an average adult dry food sits. Categories do the talking here, so there is no telling what goes into the bag from one month to the next. It is still a serviceable, light ration for a hardy dog in work, which is what it was built for.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Kennels feeding several dogs on one recipe, from 5kg terriers to dogs over 31kg
Dogs carrying a little too much round the middle. Fat is declared at just 7%
A simple everyday biscuit with no long list to study
Dogs that have handled a mixed meat food happily for years

Worth watching

Cereals and meat and animal derivatives name families of ingredients, so the contents can shift between batches. No exclusion trial can run on it
Various sugars on the list
Carbohydrate at 58.7% of dry matter, against 46.2% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

19.7/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyPoor

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. It suits a dog that needs filling without loading; for a hard-running athlete the 7% fat is light.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Wonderdog High Gold 19.7

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

Three of the four pillars come back Poor, and nearly all of that is what the label chooses not to say.

What's in it

CerealsCovers wheat, maize, rice, barley and oats in any mix. The market decides which goes in.
Meat and animal derivatives (beef, chicken, lamb, pork)The bracket is the label's saving grace: four species named, though not which parts.
Derivatives of vegetable origin
Oils and fatsFat is light overall, at 7.6% of dry matter.
Fish oil (within the oils and fats)0.25%A little omega 3, and the reason this is not fish free.
Various sugarsIn a dog's food for the same reason it is in ours.
Vegetable protein extracts
Minerals
WeetsweetA trade name the label never explains.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, zinc, manganese and copper as sulphates, iodine as calcium iodate and selenium as sodium selenite, every one with an amount.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8% and the carbohydrate estimate may run high.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives (Beef, Chicken, Lamb & Pork), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin, Oils and Fats (0.25% fish oil), Various Sugars, Vegetable Protein Extracts, Minerals, Weetsweet.

Against the range

A single kennel biscuit written in category names. Cereals lead, then meat and animal derivatives with beef, chicken, lamb and pork named in a bracket, then vegetable derivatives, oils and fats, sugars and vegetable protein extracts. The vitamin and trace element panel is the precise part, with a dose against every entry.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

322 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

21%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

7.6%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

58.7%

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

25.3%

Carbs

66.9%

Oils

5.4%

Other

2.4%

Pricing & size