Hoddy's

Hoddy's Wild Dry: British Venison review

Name: Hoddy's Wild Dry: British Venison
Brand: Hoddy's

71.4/100Excellent

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free British range built around game, both bags in our Excellent band, with the pheasant a shade ahead. Dried duck stands behind the headline meat in each and goes in already dehydrated, so it does far more work than its place on the list suggests.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs bored of the everyday meats; pheasant and venison lead here
Grain-free feeding, with sweet potato and potato in place of cereal
Working and busy dogs, protein declared at 31% in both
Rotating between two bags that change only the animal
Named gut support: yeast hydrolysate and dried chicory at 0.1% each

Worth watching

Dried duck in both, so neither is a single-animal food
Chicken liver in both bags, a problem for a chicken-sensitive dog
No calcium figure, and both are written for adults, not growing dogs

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

How this scores

How we score

71.4/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Measure the bowl for a quieter dog, as these are energy-dense kibbles.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Venison

The score, in context

British Pheasant 72.1
British Venison 71.4

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The two sit so close that the choice comes down to which animal suits your dog.

What's in it

Freshly prepared venison26%Cooking takes most of its weight.
Dried duck25%Not a supporting act.
Peas, sweet potatoes, potato12% eachAn even plant side.
Chicken liver
Poultry fatThe bird is not named.
Pea proteinLifts the protein figure without adding meat.
Dried beet pulp, linseed oil, minerals
Yeast hydrolysate, dried chicory, dried carrots0.1% eachFermentable fibres for the gut bacteria.
Dried kelp, marigold extract, Yucca schidigera0.005% marigold and yucca

Vitamins A, D3 and E with iron, zinc as the oxide, copper, manganese, iodine and selenium, each dosed per kilo.

Pea protein is on this label only, so some of the protein figure is plant.

Named ingredients

Freshly prepared venison (26%), dried duck (25%), peas (12%), sweet potatoes (12%), potato (12%), chicken liver, poultry fat, pea protein, dried beet pulp, linseed oil, minerals, yeast hydrolysate (0.1%; a natural source of MOS and beta glucans), dried chicory (0.1% a natural source of FOS and inulin), dried carrots (0.1%), dried kelp, marigold extract (0.005%), Yucca schidigera (0.005%).

Against the range

Plant side: Peas, sweet potatoes, potato at 12% each; The pheasant leans on sweet potato at 23%.
Fat, dry matter: 15.2%; Pheasant 16.3%.
Pea protein: Yes; Not in the pheasant.

Marginally leaner, with a little more fibre, for a dog that needs its energy kept in check.

Both bags are grain free and built to one frame: a British game meat at 26% with dried duck right behind it, then sweet potato, potato and peas. Protein converts to 33.7% of dry matter in each, and carbohydrate to 38.6% and 38.0%.

Chicken runs through both as liver, plus chicken fat in the pheasant and an unnamed poultry fat in the venison. The tail is shared: yeast hydrolysate and dried chicory at 0.1% each, linseed oil, kelp, marigold and yucca. Trace elements are dosed in print, set slightly differently between the two.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

369 kcal/100g

Protein

31%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

33.7%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

38%

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

56.7%

Carbs

40%

Veg

0.4%

Oils

2.4%

Other

0.6%

Pricing & size