Millies Wolfheart

Millies Wolfheart Surf & Turf review

Name: Millies Wolfheart Surf & Turf
Brand: Millies Wolfheart

67.7/100Good

DryPuppyAdult

The most unusual ingredients list you will read this week: dried fish and salmon first, then beef, scallops, whelk and pork at 8% each. For a dog that has worked through chicken, lamb and beef, that is the draw. It sits in our Good band, with the joint pack spelled out in milligrams.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that need something new. Scallops and whelk are about as novel as protein gets in a British dog food
Owners after high protein, declared at 34%
Busy, well exercised dogs; there are 372 kcal in every 100g
Grain-free feeding, with sweet potato, potato, tapioca and chickpeas carrying the starch
Joints that need a hand. Glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin all carry a milligram figure

Worth watching

Dried fish with no species named
Beef, pork and several kinds of seafood together, which makes a suspected sensitivity hard to pin down
Calcium at 2.17% of dry matter, more than a growing large-breed puppy needs
Low fibre at 2.0% for a dog that likes bulk in the bowl

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

How this scores

How we score

67.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. For a large-breed puppy, the calcium figure is the check to make first.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Millies Wolfheart Surf & Turf 67.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

How much of the bowl is animal puts it well clear of the middle of the shelf, and only the unnamed dried fish keeps it from reading better.

What's in it

Dried fish17%No species given, so it cannot anchor a single-fish plan.
Dried salmon13%Dried entries carry their protein straight through the oven.
Freshly prepared beef, scallops, whelk, pork8% eachLean shellfish and a meat many dogs have never eaten.
Sweet potato8%Where the plant side begins.
Potato, tapioca, chickpeasNo grain. Tapioca holds the kibble together and little more.
Pork fat5.5%
Salmon gravy, tomato pomace, salmon oil1.5%, undeclared, 1%Pomace is the skins and seeds left after juicing.
Minerals
Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin sulphate177.5, 177.5, 125 mg/kgFigures, not promises.
Herbs, apple, burdock root to yucca extractTrace level, there for the story.

Every mineral has its figure: zinc and iron at 48 mg, manganese at 34 mg, copper at 5 mg and iodine at 0.96 mg per kilo, all as sulphates or iodate.

Calcium works out at 2.17% of dry matter, more than a large-breed puppy needs while growing.

Named ingredients

Dried Fish (17%), Dried Salmon (13%), Freshly Prepared Beef (8%), Freshly Prepared Scallops (8%), Freshly Prepared Whelk (8%), Freshly Pepared Pork (8%), Sweet Potato (8%), Potato, Tapioca, Chickpeas, Pork Fat (5.5%), Salmon Gravy (1.5%), Tomato Pomace, Salmon Oil (1%), Minerals, Joint Pack (Glucosamine 177.5 mg/kg, Methylsulfonylmethane 177.5 mg/kg, Chonrdroitin Sulphate 125 mg/kg), Mixed Herbs, Dried Apple, Burdock Root, Dried Camomile, Dried Carrot, Dried Cranberry, Dried Dandelion, Aniseed & Fenugreek, Dried Seaweed, Dried Peppermint, Yucca Extract

Against the range

Six animal entries come before the plant side starts, two of them dried. Protein converts to 37.0% of dry matter and estimated carbohydrate to 34.2%, a good way under the 46.2% of the typical adult dry food.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372.5 kcal/100g

Protein

34%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

10.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

37%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

11.4%

Carbs

34.2%

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

47.5%

Carbs

26.2%

Veg

1.8%

Oils

6.5%

Other

17.9%

Pricing & size