Innocent Hound

The Innocent Hound From The British Countryside Recipes: From the Woodland review

Name: The Innocent Hound From The British Countryside Recipes: From the Woodland
Brand: Innocent Hound

74.7/100Excellent

WetPuppyAdult

Flavour

Three semi-moist recipes at 85% named British meat, all in our Excellent band with barely anything between them. What sets them apart is the tail: a short run of herbs and berries matched to each setting, from kelp and dill on the coast to nettle and hawthorn in the woodland. The pieces are firm to the touch and still yield to a gentle bite.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs after a new meat. British venison leads the woodland recipe
Owners who want the animal share high and the plant list short
Older dogs finding hard food heavy work, as the pieces break up under a soft bite
Puppies through to seniors: all three are listed across the stages
Small and medium dogs, where a 1kg bag goes a fair distance

Worth watching

Salmon oil in all three, the venison and lamb included, so none is fish free
No calcium figure on any label; ask the maker before rearing a big-breed pup
A short added panel with no vitamin A or vitamin E declared, and no vitamin D3 on the coast recipe
Honey at 0.5% on every list, for a dog whose sugars are watched

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

How this scores

How we score

74.7/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. For a large-breed puppy, get the calcium figure from the maker before ordering.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Venison

The score, in context

From the Woodland 74.7
From the Meadow 74.6
From the Coast 74.1

All three Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The three sit close enough to read as one range, lifted by the meat share and held back by the short added panel.

What's in it

British venison85%A genuinely new meat for most dogs, and a very lean one.
Salmon oil4%The largest oil inclusion in the range, earning its place beside lean game.
Sweet potato
Honey0.5%A small sweetener, relevant for a dog whose sugars are watched.
Blackberry, mushroom0.5% each
Nettle, hawthorn berries0.5% eachThey give the recipe its name.
Psyllium husk, parsnip0.5%, not givenSoluble fibre to steady digestion.

Vitamin D3 at 800IU with zinc at 45mg, iron, manganese, copper and iodine.

No calcium figure on the label. Raise it with the maker before rearing a big-breed pup on it.

Named ingredients

British Venison (85%), salmon oil (4%), sweet potato, honey (0.5%), blackberry (0.5%), mushroom (0.5%), nettle (0.5%), hawthorn berries (0.5%), psyllium husk (0.5%), parsnip

Against the range

Protein, dry matter: 53.9%; The highest by a distance; the meadow is 36.1%.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 11.9%; Lowest of the three.
Salmon oil: 4%; 1% to 2% on the others.

The meatiest analysis of the three, and the novel-protein pick.

Each 1kg bag is 85% named British meat, with moisture declared between 16% and 17%, so very little of that share is water. Sweet potato is the only carbohydrate of any size, salmon oil carries the omega work on all three, and psyllium husk, honey and parsnip close every list.

What varies is the herb and berry tail, each item near half a percent and printed one by one. The added panel varies too: trace elements on all three, vitamin D3 on two, no vitamin A or vitamin E on any.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Protein

45%

Fat

18%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

16.5%

Dry weight

Protein

53.9%

Fat

21.6%

Fibre

Ash

9.6%

Carbs

11.9%

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

85%

Carbs

5.8%

Veg

2.7%

Oils

Other

2.5%

Pricing & size