The Hunger Of The Wolf

The Hunger Of The Wolf Puppy & Junior: Lamb and Rice review

Name: The Hunger Of The Wolf Puppy & Junior: Lamb and Rice
Brand: The Hunger Of The Wolf

53.1/100Good

DryPuppy

Flavour

A growth range in two parts: chicken for large and giant breed puppies, lamb and rice for every size, both in our Good band. What sets it apart is the calcium line. Each recipe prints one, at 1.2% and 1.58% of dry matter, and both sit inside the range growing bones want.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Large and giant breed puppies, on the chicken recipe with its lower calcium
Owners who read the mineral line first
Pups you want on joint support early: glucosamine and chondroitin are named in the chicken
Households raising pups of different sizes together

Worth watching

Maize in both and wheat in the chicken, so neither suits a pup with a cereal intolerance
Fish meal in both recipes
Chicken fat and chicken liver in the lamb recipe, beside an unnamed animal protein

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

How this scores

How we score

53.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Chicken is listed for large and giant breed puppies, lamb and rice for puppies of every size. Pick the feeding column by the adult size you expect, then work down the rows as your pup grows.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Chicken (Large 57.4
Lamb 53.1

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The printed, in range calcium figures are what lift this pair above other foods built on similar ingredients, with the chicken the stronger of the two.

What's in it

Lamb meal20%
Rice20%
Maize
Dehydrated animal proteinNames no species at all.
Animal fat (chicken)8.2%Chicken, in a lamb recipe.
Hydrolysed chicken liver4.5%Chicken again, as the palatability coating.
Beet pulp
Dried whole eggs, dried chicory, brewery yeastChicory for inulin, yeast as a natural MOS source.
Fish meal, fish oilFish in this one too.
Yucca, plant extracts from rosemary to turmeric

Vitamins A, D3 and E are dosed; the trace element panel is printed only in Spanish, French, German and Italian.

Chicken is in the bowl despite lamb on the front. Know that before using it as a poultry free option.

Named ingredients

Lamb meal (20%), rice (20%), maize, dehydrated animal protein, animal fat (chicken) (8.2%), hydrolyzed chicken liver (4.5%), beet pulp, vitamins and minerals, dried whole eggs, dried chicory (a natural source of inulin and FOS), brewery yeast (natural source of MOS), fish meal, fish oil, Yucca schidigera, plant extracts (Rosemarinus sp., Vitis sp., Curcuma sp., Citrus sp., Eugenia sp.)

Against the range

Meat: Lamb meal, 20%; Chicken meal at 29.5% in the large breed recipe
Calcium, dry matter: 1.58%; 1.2% on the chicken
Fat, dry matter: 17.4%; 15.2% on the chicken
Other animals on the label: Chicken, fish, an unnamed animal protein; Fish meal and poultry on the chicken

Better matched to a pup finishing at a moderate size than to a giant one.

Both recipes open with a concentrated meat meal and add fish meal as a second animal source, with hydrolysed liver used as a palatability coating. Maize and rice are in both, and wheat only in the chicken. Carbohydrate converts to 44.6% and 41.3% of dry matter against 39.0% for a typical puppy dry food. Neither label declares moisture, so dry matter uses the standard 8% assumption, and both energy figures are our estimates.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

367 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

28%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

41.3%

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

40.6%

Carbs

46.1%

Veg

1.3%

Oils

8.5%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size