
Wainwright's Plant Based Protein Wet Adult Dog Food
Good points
- No ingredient deductions
Worth knowing
- Meat amount not declared
- About 60% carbs (dry weight)
- Added plant protein, starch or fibre
First ingredients: Lentils (6.7%), Sunflower Oil (6%), Chick Peas (5%), Dried Peas (5.5% equivalent to 19% peas)… All ingredients
Retailer’s own label, fully checked- Meat
- Not on label
- Protein, dry weight
- 17%
- Carbs, dry weight
- ~60%
- kcal/100 g
- 119
Ingredients
Listed first: Lentils. The label gives no meat figure.
Lentils (6.7%), Sunflower Oil (6%), Chick Peas (5%), Dried Peas (5.5% equivalent to 19% peas), Dried Carrot (2% equivalent to 16% carrot), Dried Potato (2% equivalent to 16% potato), Minerals, Potato Starch, Dried Seaweed (0.2%), Dried Spinach (0.1%), Dried Marjoram (0.1%), Herbs: Dried Rosemary (0.1%), Dried Thyme (0.1%)
Additives
Vitamins: Vitamin A 2,250IU, Vitamin D3 328IU, Vitamin E 26mg. Trace Elements: Zinc (as Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate) 24mg, Iron (as Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate) 12.5mg, Copper (as Copper (II) Sulphate Pentahydrate) 2.5mg, Manganese (as Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate) 2mg, Iodine (as Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) 0.45mg, Selenium (as Sodium Selenite) 0.04mg.
How we read this label
First ingredient: “Lentils”. It isn’t a named meat or fish.
| On the label | We read it as | Share on the label |
|---|---|---|
| Lentils (6.7%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 6.7% |
| Sunflower Oil (6%) | Fat, stock, extract or other processed ingredient | 6% |
| Chick Peas (5%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 5% |
| Dried Peas (5.5% equivalent to 19% peas) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 5.5% |
| Dried Carrot (2% equivalent to 16% carrot) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| Dried Potato (2% equivalent to 16% potato) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 2% |
| Minerals | Other | Not given |
| Potato Starch | Vegetable, fruit or plant | Not given |
| Dried Seaweed (0.2%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.2% |
| Dried Spinach (0.1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| Dried Marjoram (0.1%) | Other | 0.1% |
| Herbs: Dried Rosemary (0.1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
| Dried Thyme (0.1%) | Vegetable, fruit or plant | 0.1% |
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Nutrition
Protein 17% and carbs about 60%, with the water taken out.
| Nutrient | As sold | Dry weight |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 5% | 17% |
| below the usual 38 to 48% for wet foods | ||
| Fat | 4.5% | 15% |
| Carbohydrate | ~18% | ~60% |
| above the usual 9 to 21% for wet foods | ||
| Fibre | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Ash | 2% | 6.7% |
| Moisture | 70% | 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.
Why it scores 7
How it’s made scored best (7 of 20). Meat scored lowest (0 of 45).
How much meat?
0 / 45 points- Meat on the label0 / 35 points
No meat declared.
- Protein level0 / 10 points
Protein is 16.7% of the food with the water taken out. Nothing at 20% or less, full marks at 80%.
How much starch?
0 / 20 pointsEstimated carbohydrate: About 60% carbohydrate with the water taken out (our estimate). Full marks with no carbohydrate, none at 60% or more.
How processed?
7 / 20 pointsHow it’s made: Cooked in the tin, tray or pouch: 8 of 20. Minus 1 for added plant protein, starch or fibre.
What kind of meat?
0 / 15 points- How the meat is listed0 / 12 points
No meat on the label.
- 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: marjoram. 21 flagged nothing.
- 1 noted
- 21 nothing flagged
- MarjoramNoted, no points takenBotanical / flavouring
Why it’s noted and sources
Can upset a dog's stomach in larger amounts; at the small amounts used as a flavouring, EU assessors found it very unlikely to cause harm.
21 ingredients with nothing flagged
Carrot, legumes, lentils, minerals, peas, potato, rosemary, seaweed, spinach, starch, sunflower oil, thyme, tocopherols (vitamin E)
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
- Reg (EU) No 68/2013 - EU Catalogue of Feed Materials (EUR-Lex)Carrot, legumes, lentils, minerals, peas, potato, rosemary, seaweed, spinach, sunflower oil, thyme
- FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs (2025)Legumes, lentils, seaweed, spinach, sunflower oil, thyme, manganese, selenium, vitamin A (retinyl acetate), zinc
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlRosemary
- ASPCA Animal Poison ControlThyme
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1152Tocopherols (vitamin E)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1095 (EUR-Lex)Zinc
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1490 (EUR-Lex)Manganese
- Directive 2002/32/EC Annex I (as amended) (EUR-Lex)Selenium
- 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
- FSA register of feed additives (GB)Rosemary
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Seaweed
- Reg (EU) 68/2013 Catalogue of feed materials, Part C (legislation.gov.uk)Starch
- 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
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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 10 Aug 2026: Pets at Home.
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