Sneyd's Wonderdog

Sneyd's Wonderdog Wonderdog Special review

Name: Sneyd's Wonderdog Wonderdog Special
Brand: Sneyd's Wonderdog

29.4/100Poor

DryAdult

A plainly built everyday kibble that reads in our Poor band, and what the label leaves unsaid accounts for nearly all of that. Cereals lead, with meat and animal derivatives behind them, though a bracket does name beef, chicken, lamb and pork. Protein at 26.4% of dry matter is a perfectly reasonable adult level.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Households feeding several dogs, with one recipe for toy breeds up to giants
Dogs that have eaten mixed-meat kibble for years without a protein problem
Older dogs on their feet a lot, since the herb blend carries glucosamine and chondroitin
A little omega support, with 0.4% fish oil named inside the fat
A lean bowl, at 11.0% fat in dry matter

Worth watching

Four meats in one bracket, so it cannot anchor an exclusion trial
Various sugars with no percentage attached
Fish oil in the fat, so it is not fish free
Carbohydrate at 51.1% of dry matter against the 46.2% typical, so weigh portions for a dog that gains easily

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

How this scores

How we score

29.4/100Poor

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValuePoor

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of every size. The label's chart asks 175 to 240 grams a day for a dog between 11kg and 20kg; let the waistline decide where inside that yours sits.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Wonderdog Special 29.4

All one Poor. Typical dry food: Good.

Nearly all of the gap is naming, not nutrition: the analysis is reasonable, but almost every entry is a category term.

What's in it

CerealsNo grain named, so the mix can move between batches and a known grain sensitivity has nothing to match against.
Meat and animal derivatives (beef, chicken, lamb and pork)The animals are named; the parts and their weighting are not.
Various sugarsThere to make the bowl tempting. With no figure printed, the amount is anyone's guess.
Oils and fats0.4% fish oilAnother umbrella, with the fish oil the one named exception.
Minerals: herb blend with seaweed, carrot powder, limestone granulesSeaweed for iodine, limestone for calcium.
Glucosamine HCL, chondroitin sulphate (avian)Inside the herb blend, with no dose. A bonus, not a joint programme.
Thyme, fennel, peppermint, turmeric, dandelion root, ginger, oregano and others

Vitamins A, D and E, with every trace mineral dosed, though zinc and manganese come as oxides, the least readily absorbed forms.

The antioxidants and preservatives on the additives panel are not named.

Named ingredients

Cereals, Meat and Animal Derivatives (Beef, Chicken, Lamb & Pork), Various Sugars, Oils and Fats (0.4% fish oil), Minerals (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

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

331.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.4%

Fat

11%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

51.1%

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

28.3%

Carbs

61.9%

Oils

Other

3.9%

Pricing & size