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Wainwright's Free Run Chicken with Superfoods Mature Dry Dog Food
Good points
- One main animal protein: chicken
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- About 50% carbs (dry weight)
- Includes digest or flavouring
First ingredients: Chicken (45%) (*Freshly Prepared Free Run Chicken (26%), Chicken Meal (19%)) Potato Flake, Sweet Potato Pellets (14%)… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 45%
- Protein, dry weight
- 27%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~50%
- kcal/100 g
- 352
Ingredients
Listed first: Chicken. 45% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 45%
- Plants 19%
- Other 1.2%
- No amount given 34.8%
Chicken (45%) (*Freshly Prepared Free Run Chicken (26%), Chicken Meal (19%)) Potato Flake, Sweet Potato Pellets (14%), Sugar Beet Pellets (5%), Vegetable Digest, Poultry Oil, Dried Carrot, Alfalfa Pellets, Seaweed Meal (0.5%), Whole Linseed (0.2%), Chicory Root Extract (0.1%), Glucosamine (0.054%), Dried Blueberry (0.05%), Dried Fennel (0.05%), Dried Nettle, Dried Parsley (0.05%), Dried Rosemary (0.05%), Dried Spinach (0.05%), Chondroitin (0.039%), Methylsulfonylmethane (0.034%), Extract of Yucca Schidigera (0.02%), Dried Peppermint (0.005%), Turmeric (0.005%)
Meat named animal protein
Additives
Nutritional Additives: Vitamins: Vitamin A 17,000IU, Vitamin D3 1,500IU, Vitamin E 70mg; Trace Elements: Natural Antioxidants
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Chicken”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken (45%) (*Freshly Prepared Free Run Chicken (26%), Ch… | Named meat | 45% |
| Sweet Potato Pellets (14%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 14% |
| Sugar Beet Pellets (5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 5% |
| Vegetable Digest | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Poultry Oil | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | Not given |
| Dried Carrot | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Alfalfa Pellets | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Seaweed Meal (0.5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.5% |
| Whole Linseed (0.2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.2% |
| Chicory Root Extract (0.1%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.1% |
| Glucosamine (0.054%) | Other | 0.054% |
| Dried Blueberry (0.05%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.05% |
| Dried Fennel (0.05%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.05% |
| Dried Nettle | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Parsley (0.05%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.05% |
| Dried Rosemary (0.05%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.05% |
| Dried Spinach (0.05%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.05% |
| Chondroitin (0.039%) | Other | 0.039% |
| Methylsulfonylmethane (0.034%) | Other | 0.034% |
| Extract of Yucca Schidigera (0.02%) | Other | 0.02% |
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Nutrition
Protein 27% and carbs about 50%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 24% | 27% |
| within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods | ||
| Fat | 10% | 11% |
| Carbohydrate | ~45% | ~50% |
| within the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods | ||
| Fibre | 3% | 3.3% |
| Ash | 8% | 8.9% |
| Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed | 10% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the dry foods we rate.
Why it scores 34
The kind of meat scored best (9.5 of 15). Starch scored lowest (3.3 of 20).
How much meat?
16.9 / 45 points- Meat on the label15.8 / 35 points
45% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level1.1 / 10 points
Protein is 26.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
3.3 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 50% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
5 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 1 for digest or flavouring.
What kind of meat?
9.5 / 15 points- How the meat is listed9.5 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh and meal, which earns 79% of these points. Fresh or raw named meat earns all of them, dried 70%, meal half, hydrolysed a quarter, an unnamed category none.
- Organ meat0 / 3 points
No organ meat named.
No ingredient deductions.
Each bar is as long as the points it is worth, out of 100 in all.
Against other dry foods
What the score means
One scale for every food: meat (45 points), starch (20), how it’s made (20) and kind of meat (15), minus points for a few listed ingredients. It rates the recipe, not your dog.
75 and over is excellent, 60 to 74 good, 45 to 59 fair and under 45 weak.
How we rate foods →Less starch in the bowl
Half and half by calories with Animonda GranCarno Original Senior (scores 69): carbs fall from 50% to 30% by dry weight, and protein is about 35%.
Worked out from both labels, for half the day’s calories from each food. The feeding guides on the packs still set the amounts.
Best wet foods →Ingredient notes
3 noted, none cost points: mint, parsley and yucca extract. 23 flagged nothing.
- 3 noted
- 23 nothing flagged
- MintNoted, no points takenFeed material (herb)
Why it’s noted and sources
Mint can upset a dog's stomach if eaten in large amounts; at the small amounts used in food, EU assessors found it safe.
- ParsleyNoted, no points takenFeed material (vegetable)
Why it’s noted and sources
Only large amounts cause problems (sun sensitivity); the small amounts used in food aren't a concern.
- Yucca extractNoted, no points takenFeed material (flavouring)
Why it’s noted and sources
Added to reduce stool odour. The ASPCA lists the yucca plant as toxic to dogs, and in a dog study the extract raised a liver enzyme at 750 mg/kg of food, though not at 500. Labels rarely give the amount. We note it, but take no points off.
23 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, antioxidants, beet pulp, blueberries, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, chondroitin, digest (rendered meat digest), fennel, glucosamine, linseed (flaxseed), MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), nettle, poultry fat, rosemary, seaweed, spinach, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), turmeric
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.
Sources for these ingredients
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Alfalfa, antioxidants, beet pulp, blueberries, carrot, chicken, chicory root extract, digest (rendered meat digest), linseed (flaxseed), nettle, poultry fat, rosemary, seaweed, spinach, sweet potato, turmeric
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, antioxidants, blueberries, chicory root extract, chondroitin, digest (rendered meat digest), glucosamine, MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), nettle, poultry fat, seaweed, spinach, turmeric, vitamin A (retinyl acetate)
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlFennel
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- EFSA 2020 (PMC7448085)Turmeric
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Fennel
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide
Prices
One shop we track sells this: Pets at Home. Checked 4 Oct 2026. Up 11% since 10 Aug.
In stock first, cheapest per kg first, excluding deliveryExcluding delivery
Since 10 Aug (3 readings): Pets at Home up 11%.
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| Day | Shop | Pack | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £54.99 | £4.58/kg |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £12.99 | £6.50/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £49.49 | £4.12/kg |
| 27 Sep 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £11.69 | £5.84/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 12kg | £49.49 | £4.12/kg |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Pets at Home | 2kg | £11.69 | £5.84/kg |
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Carbs are a share of the dry food, with the water taken out.
Sources
Own-label food: checked against the retailer’s label.
Retailer-verified. This is the retailer’s own-label food, so there is no separate maker’s website to check it against. We publish it because the retailer’s label is complete and passes our consistency checks.
Page we read, saved 4 Oct 2026: Pets at Home.
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