Wainwright's Grain Free Light Adult Dry Dog Food Turkey

DryCompleteAdultGrain-free
25/ 100
WeakTied 750th of 1,171 dry foods

89% of dry foods score under 45.

Score v6.1.0 · label checked 10 Aug 2026

Good points

  • One animal protein: turkey
  • No ingredient deductions

Worth knowing

  • About 52% carbs (dry weight)
  • Added plant protein, starch or fibre
  • Includes digest or flavouring

First ingredients: Turkey (32.5%) (Turkey Meal 23.5%, Freshly Prepared Turkey 5%, Turkey Fat 2%, Turkey Digest 2%), Potato Flake, Sweet Potato (20%)… All ingredients

Retailer’s own label, fully checked
Meat
28.5%
Protein, dry weight
28%
Carbs, dry weight
~52%
kcal/100 g
316

Ingredients

Listed first: Turkey. 28.5% of the recipe is declared meat.

Turkey (32.5%) (Turkey Meal 23.5%, Freshly Prepared Turkey 5%, Turkey Fat 2%, Turkey Digest 2%), Potato Flake, Sweet Potato (20%), Beet Pulp (10%), Potato Protein, Whole Peas (5%), Dried Carrot (0.5% equivalent to 4% Carrot), Seaweed Meal (0.5%), Whole Linseed (0.5%), Monosodium Phosphate, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic FOS) (0.1%), Dried Broccoli (0.05% equivalent to 0.39% Broccoli), Dried Parsley, Dried Rosehip, Dried Thyme, Glucosamine (0.02%), MSM (0.02%), Yucca Extract (0.02%), Chondroitin (0.014%), Dried Spearmint.

Meat named animal protein

Additives

Vitamin A 27,000 IU, Vitamin D3 2,000 IU, Vitamin E (as alpha tocopherol) 150 mg. Trace Elements: Zinc (Zinc sulphate monohydrate) 100 mg, Iron (Iron (II) sulphate monohydrate) 60 mg, Manganese (Manganese (II) oxide) 50 mg, Copper (Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate) 8.0 mg, Iodine (Calcium iodate, anhydrous) 2.5 mg, Selenium (Sodium selenite) 0.1 mg Antioxidants (Mixed Tocopherols)

How we read this label

First ingredient: “Turkey”. It names the animal.

Each ingredient on the label, how we read it, and the share the label gives
On the labelWe read it asShare on the label
Turkey (32.5%) (Turkey Meal 23.5%, Freshly Prepared Turkey …Named meat32.5%
Potato FlakeVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Sweet Potato (20%)Vegetable, fruit or plant20%
Beet Pulp (10%)Vegetable, fruit or plant10%
Potato ProteinVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Whole Peas (5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant5%
Dried Carrot (0.5% equivalent to 4% Carrot)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
Seaweed Meal (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
Whole Linseed (0.5%)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.5%
Monosodium PhosphateOtherNot given
Chicory Root Extract (as a source of Prebiotic FOS) (0.1%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.1%
Dried Broccoli (0.05% equivalent to 0.39% Broccoli)Vegetable, fruit or plant0.05%
Dried ParsleyVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Dried RosehipVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Dried ThymeVegetable, fruit or plantNot given
Glucosamine (0.02%)Other0.02%
MSM (0.02%)Other0.02%
Yucca Extract (0.02%)Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient0.02%
Chondroitin (0.014%)Other0.014%
Dried Spearmint.OtherNot given

4% broth, gravy, fat or digest inside the meat figure isn't counted as meat.

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Nutrition

Protein 28% and carbs about 52%, with the water taken out.

Analysis as sold and with the water taken out
NutrientAs soldDry weight
Protein25%28%
within the usual 26 to 32% for dry foods
Fat7.5%8.3%
Carbohydrate~47%~52%
above the usual 39 to 50% for dry foods
Fibre2.5%2.8%
Ash8%8.9%
Moisturenot on label, 10% assumed10%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.

Energy316 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.

Why it scores 25

The kind of meat scored best (7.1 of 15). Starch scored lowest (2.6 of 20).

  1. How much meat?

    11.3 / 45 points
    • Meat on the label10 / 35 points

      28.5% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.

    • Protein level1.3 / 10 points

      Protein is 27.8% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.

  2. How much starch?

    2.6 / 20 points

    Estimated carbohydrate: About 52.2% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.

  3. How processed?

    4 / 20 points

    How it’s made: Extruded kibble: 6 of 20. Minus 2 for added plant protein, starch or fibre and digest or flavouring.

  4. What kind of meat?

    7.1 / 15 points
    • How the meat is listed7.1 / 12 points

      The label lists the meat as meal and fresh, which earns 59% 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

Tied 750th of 1,171 dry foods. 47 foods share this score. Each bar counts the ranked dry foods in a 5-point step of score.

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 Happy Dog Pure Goat Dog Food (Sardinia) (scores 83): carbs fall from 52% to 34% by dry weight, and protein is about 39%.

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. 25 flagged nothing.

  • 3 noted
  • 25 nothing flagged
  • 1 not in our ingredient database yet
25 ingredients with nothing flagged

Beet pulp, broccoli, carrot, chicory root extract, chondroitin, glucosamine, linseed (flaxseed), MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), peas, potato, rosehips, seaweed, sweet potato, thyme, tocopherols (vitamin E), turkey, vegetable protein extracts

Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc

Checked against the EU Catalogue of Feed Materials and FEDIAF guidelines.

Sources for these ingredients
1 not in our ingredient database yet

Monosodium phosphate

Not in our ingredient database yet, so no judgement either way.

Notes come from published sources about each ingredient, not about this food. How we decide

Your dog

Grams a day for your dog

Alternatives

4 dry foods score 34 to 53 points higher.

Compare side by side →
Meat
100% this food 28.5%

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Meat
78.5% this food 28.5%
Carbs
about 22% this food about 52%

+38 pointsCompare

Meat
78% this food 28.5%
Carbs
about 8% this food about 52%

+35 pointsCompare

Meat
79.5% this food 28.5%
Carbs
about 33% this food about 52%

+34 pointsCompare

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 10 Aug 2026: Pets at Home.

Score method v6.1.0 · ingredient notes v2.4.0

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