Wainwright's Light Adult Wet Dog Food Turkey with Rice
WetCompleteAdultContains grain
Good points
- 59% meat
- Low starch, about 19% carbs
- One animal protein: turkey
First ingredients: Turkey (59%), Brown Rice (6%), Sweet Potato (4%), Dried Peas (2.5%, equivalent to 8% peas)… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- 59%
- Protein, dry weight
- 36%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~19%
- kcal/100 g
- 126
Ingredients
Listed first: Turkey. 59% of the recipe is declared meat.
- Meat 59%
- Grain 6%
- Plants 7.5%
- Other 0.2%
- No amount given 27.3%
Turkey (59%), Brown Rice (6%), Sweet Potato (4%), Dried Peas (2.5%, equivalent to 8% peas), Dried Carrots (1%, equivalent to 8% carrots), Minerals, Dried Alfalfa, Pear, Dried Seaweed (0.12%), Dried Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Fennel, Marigold Flowers), Chicory Root Powder (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligosaccharide) (0.05%), Yucca Extract (0.005%)
Meat named animal proteinGrain cereals
Additives
Vitamins: Vitamin A 2,500IU, Vitamin D3 200IU, Vitamin E 30mg. Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) 50mg, Iron (as Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate) 10mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Sulphate Pentahydrate) 5mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 0.5mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Turkey”. It names the animal.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey (59%) | Named meat | 59% |
| Brown Rice (6%) | Grain | 6% |
| Sweet Potato (4%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 4% |
| Dried Peas (2.5%, equivalent to 8% peas) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2.5% |
| Dried Carrots (1%, equivalent to 8% carrots) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 1% |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Dried Alfalfa | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Pear | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Seaweed (0.12%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| Dried Herbs (Parsley, Rosemary, Fennel, Marigold Flowers) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Chicory Root Powder (as a source of Prebiotic Fructo-oligos… | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.05% |
| Yucca Extract (0.005%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 0.005% |
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Nutrition
Protein 36% and carbs about 19%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 10% | 36% |
| below the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 8.5% | 30% |
| Carbohydrate | ~5.3% | ~19% |
| within the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.7% | 2.5% |
| Ash | 3.5% | 13% |
| Moisture | 72% | taken out |
Carbohydrate is our estimate: what is left after the other shares. The usual range is the middle half of the wet foods we rate.
Energy126 kcal/100 gCalculated from the analysis.
Why it scores 57
The kind of meat scored best (12 of 15). How it’s made scored lowest (8 of 20).
How much meat?
23.3 / 45 points- Meat on the label20.7 / 35 points
59% declared meat, as weighed before cooking; full marks at 100%.
- Protein level2.6 / 10 points
Protein is 35.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
13.7 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 18.9% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
8 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cooked in the tin, tray or pouch: 8 of 20.
What kind of meat?
12 / 15 points- How the meat is listed12 / 12 points
The label lists the meat as fresh, which earns 100% 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 wet 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 →Ingredient notes
1 noted, no points taken: yucca extract. 18 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 18 nothing flagged
- 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.
18 ingredients with nothing flagged
Alfalfa, carrot, chicory root extract, herbs, minerals, pear, peas, rice, seaweed, sweet potato, tocopherols (vitamin E), turkey
Allowed up to a legal maximum, none declared above it: copper, iodine, iron, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), zinc
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, carrot, chicory root extract, herbs, minerals, pear, peas, rice, seaweed, sweet potato, turkey
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Alfalfa, chicory root extract, herbs, pear, seaweed, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- EFSA J 2013;11(2):3100 doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3100Iodine
- FDA Animal Health Literacy - Vitamin D toxicity in dogsVitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Fieten 2016 Int J Mol Sci 17(2):196 doi:10.3390/ijms17020196Copper
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Regulation (EU) 2015/861 (EUR-Lex)Iodine
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1492 (EUR-Lex)Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1039 (EUR-Lex)Copper
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 wet foods score 14 to 26 points higher.
- Meat
- 100% this food 59%
- Carbs
- about 4% this food about 19%
+26 pointsCompare
- Meat
- 72% this food 59%
- Carbs
- about 0% this food about 19%
+20 pointsCompare
- Meat
- 75% this food 59%
- Carbs
- about 4% this food about 19%
+16 pointsCompare
- Meat
- 71% this food 59%
- Carbs
- about 8% this food about 19%
+14 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.
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