Sneyd's Wonderdog

Sneyd's Wonderdog Wonderdog Original Classic review

Name: Sneyd's Wonderdog Wonderdog Original Classic
Brand: Sneyd's Wonderdog

26.5/100Poor

DryAdult

The long-standing Sneyd's recipe with two additions: dried beef pieces you can see in the bowl, and a herb blend that tucks joint support among turmeric, ginger and a dozen botanicals. Underneath is a category label, cereals first. It sits in our Poor band, though the carbohydrate figure is the tidiest thing about it.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs raised on a traditional mixed-meat biscuit and thriving on it
Older dogs feeling their joints, with glucosamine and chondroitin in the herb blend
One bag for anything from a 5kg dog to a 30kg one
Fussier eaters, who get dried beef pieces to look forward to

Worth watching

Colourants in the additives, there for the person holding the bag
Category entries, so the contents can move between batches
Maize inside the herb blend, for dogs that react to it

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

How this scores

How we score

26.5/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyPoor

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. A dog already thriving on it has no reason to be moved off it; portion to the waistline over the first fortnight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Wonderdog Original Classic 26.5

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

The shortfall is about description, not danger: umbrella terms, declared colourants and an unquantified herb blend outweigh a respectable analysis.

What's in it

CerealsCould be any grain.
Meat and animal derivatives (beef, chicken, lamb, pork)The species are named, a genuine courtesy on a term that runs from muscle meat to carcass leftovers.
Derivatives of vegetable originAlmost any plant fraction.
Oils and fatsOnly the fish oil inside is named, at 0.25%.
Various sugarsIn the bowl because dogs like it.
Vegetable protein extracts, minerals
Dried beef piecesThe visible difference from the plain Original.
PNP herb blend: glucosamine, avian chondroitin, turmeric, ginger, fennel, peppermint, yucca and moreNo percentage of its own, so a nod to joint support more than a measured dose. Maize and limestone are carriers.

Vitamins A, D and E, with iron, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, copper, iodine and selenium all printed per kilo; ash at 12.0% suggests bone carries much of the mineral load.

Colourants head the additive panel.

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 Dried Beef Pieces, (PNP Herb Blend (Seaweed Coarse, Ground Micronized Maize, Carrot Powder, Thyme, Fennel, Peppermint Powder, Limestone Granules, Glucosamine HCL, Carob Powder 5, Biopets Yucca Powder, Turmeric Powder, Dandelion Root Power Organic, Ginger Powder, Aniseed Fenugreek Extra, Oregano Herb, Chondroitin Sulphate Avian, Ecological Paprika)

Against the range

A single recipe written mostly in categories. Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%: protein 26.1%, fat 13.0% and estimated carbohydrate 45.1%, with ash high at 12.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

331.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

12%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

11%

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

12%

Carbs

45.1%

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

27.9%

Carbs

65.9%

Oils

5.3%

Other

0.9%

Pricing & size