Taste of the Wild

Taste of the Wild Adult Tins: Southwest Canyon review

Name: Taste of the Wild Adult Tins: Southwest Canyon
Brand: Taste of the Wild

57.7/100Good

WetPuppyAdult

A Good tin with its two meats named and weighed, beef at 24% and chicken at 18%. What holds it back is the potato and pea, which push estimated carbohydrate to 30.0% of dry matter. The label is open about all of it, and Transparency reads Outstanding.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Red meat eaters, with beef leading the list
Owners who want the meat named and weighed on the label
Grain-avoiding homes, as nothing on the label is a cereal
Dogs that could use more fluid at mealtimes. Four fifths of every tin is moisture
A short additive panel with every entry dosed in print

Worth watching

Beef and chicken share the tin, so it will not work for an elimination trial on either
Carbohydrate at an estimated 30.0% of dry matter, against 15.8% for the typical adult wet food
Light at an estimated 77 kcal per 100g, so a bigger dog gets through tins quickly

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

How this scores

How we score

57.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceExcellent

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. The calorie figure is our estimate, as the label declares none, so judge portions by your dog's waistline.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Southwest Canyon 57.7

All one Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

A sound recipe held back by its starch, with nothing on the label that reads as a corner cut.

What's in it

Beef24%Leads the list with a printed share.
Chicken18%A second animal in the tin.
Potato starchClose to pure starch, there to give the loaf body.
Minerals
Dried peas, dried potatoesPeas bring some fibre with the starch.
Sunflower oilA light oil that carries vitamin E.
Dried tomatoes
Linseed oilPlant omega 3 on a label with no fish.
InulinA gentle prebiotic fibre.
Dried sweet potatoes, blueberries, raspberries

Vitamins A, D3 and E, with zinc, iron and manganese as sulphates, each dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Beef (24%), chicken (18%), potato starch, minerals, dried peas, dried potatoes, sunflower oil, dried tomatoes, linseed oil, inulin, dried sweet potatoes, dried blueberries, dried raspberries.

Against the range

A single Southwest Canyon recipe with beef at 24% and chicken at 18%, both given a percentage. Potato starch, dried peas and dried potatoes carry the starch, with sunflower and linseed oils for fat and no cereal on the label.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

77 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

7.5%

Fat

3.5%

Fibre

0.5%

Ash

2.5%

Moisture

80%

Dry weight

Protein

37.5%

Fat

17.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

12.5%

Carbs

30%

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

42%

Added water

34.8%

Carbs

18%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

Other

3.6%

Pricing & size