Taste of the Wild

Taste of the Wild Puppy High Prairie Grain-Free: Roasted Venison & Bison review

Name: Taste of the Wild Puppy High Prairie Grain-Free: Roasted Venison & Bison
Brand: Taste of the Wild

60.9/100Good

DryPuppy

Flavour

Two grain-free puppy kibbles on one frame, one fish-led and one red meat, both in our Good band. Sweet potato and potato stand where a cereal would be. The starch load is normal for the category, at 39.6% of dry matter.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Grain-free households, with sweet potato and potato as the starch
Fish eaters: the Pacific Stream takes its whole animal share from fish
A named marine oil in a growth food, with salmon oil listed as a DHA source in each
Pups that take well to produce in the bowl
Moving between recipes, since the frame underneath is the same

Worth watching

No calcium figure on either label. For a large or giant pup, ring the maker first
Fish in both recipes, the red meat one included

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

How this scores

How we score

60.9/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Read across the label's chart at each weigh-in and step the portion up as your pup moves into the next row.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Roasted Venison 60.9
Pacific Stream 56.5

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The produce and the named oils do real work; pea protein and the missing growth minerals hold both recipes in place.

What's in it

Bison10.5%
Lamb mealThe concentrated protein.
Sweet potatoes
Egg productsA second kind of animal protein, high on the list.
Pea protein, peas, potatoes
Chicken fatPoultry in a recipe whose name does not mention it.
Tomato pulp
Roasted deer, beef4% (deer)
Linseed, potato fibre, sea fish meal, salmon oilFish is in this bag too.
Minerals, chicory, yucca, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries

Vitamins A, D3 and E, taurine at 0.1%, and trace minerals in a mix of chelated and inorganic forms, with selenium as sodium selenite.

No calcium or phosphorus figure. For a giant breed pup, ask the maker before committing.

Chicken fat and sea fish meal put poultry and fish in a red meat recipe.

Named ingredients

Bison (10.5%), lamb meal, sweet potatoes, egg products, pea protein, peas, potatoes, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), tomato pulp, roasted deer (4%), beef, linseed, potato fiber, sea fish meal, salmon oil (a DHA source), minerals, dried chicory roots, yucca schidigera extract, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries.

Against the range

Meat: Bison 10.5%, lamb meal, deer 4%, beef; All fish in the Pacific Stream.
Other animals on the label: Egg, chicken fat, sea fish meal; None beyond fish in the other.
Extra plants: Linseed, potato fibre; Only in this recipe.

The red meat bag, and the one to read line by line if your pup avoids poultry or fish.

One frame under two stories. Sweet potato leads the starch in both, with potato and peas, and pea protein sits fifth or sixth to lift the protein figure. Each tail runs tomato pulp, dried chicory root, yucca, then tomatoes, blueberries and raspberries, with taurine added at 0.1%. The declared analysis is identical: protein 30.0% of dry matter, fat 16.7%, 366 kcal per 100g. Neither label prints calcium or phosphorus.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

7.3%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

30%

Fat

16.7%

Fibre

5.6%

Ash

8.1%

Carbs

39.6%

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

49%

Carbs

37.9%

Veg

Oils

1.2%

Other

10.9%

Pricing & size

Price per kilo: £5.69 (RRP)
Pack: 2kg (EAN 074198612413), 5.6kg (EAN 074198614318), 12.2kg (EAN 074198614325)
A 15kg dog eats: 200 to 235 g a day, 215 in the middle
Cost per day, 15kg dog: £1.22

Middle of the market for a dry food, and the price runs a little ahead of the analysis.

Ingredients and nutrition are taken from manufacturer data. Retailer pricing is not yet live for this food.