Wild Pet Food

Wild Pet Food Gentle Cold-Pressed: Beef + Insect Protein review

Name: Wild Pet Food Gentle Cold-Pressed: Beef + Insect Protein
Brand: Wild Pet Food

69.8/100Good

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Flavour

The softer-landing line from Wild: the insect protein and plasma the brand is known for, set on a potato base where its completes go meat-heavy. It feeds like a familiar cold-pressed pellet with an unfamiliar protein inside. All three recipes sit in our Good band, and the one weak spot on the label is a mineral line it never breaks down.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs new to cold pressing. The pellet is served dry and breaks apart in water without swelling
Owners keeping cereals off the label
A red meat, a poultry and a fish option on an otherwise identical recipe
Dogs of every build, toy breeds to giants
Owners happy with a mineral top-up in the mix

Worth watching

Potato at 20%, the biggest single entry after the meats
Insect protein at 15% in every recipe, which rules all three out of a single-animal exclusion plan
Minerals declared only as a 2% line
Brewer's yeast on all three lists, if yeast is something you track

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

How this scores

How we score

69.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. The daily amount is our estimate, so weigh portions for the first weeks and adjust by condition.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef + Insect Protein 69.8
Chicken + Insect Protein 69.0
Fish + Insect Protein 68.7

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

There is barely anything between the three, so let the animal make the choice.

What's in it

Beef28%Dehydrated before weighing.
Insect protein15%A complete protein farmed at a fraction of the environmental load of livestock.
Plasma5%The protein-rich fraction of dried blood, valued for palatability.
Beef tallow, beef liver4%, 3%Liver brings vitamin A and the B group.
Potato, sweet potato20%, 6%Potato does much of the work of holding the pellet together.
Peas, apple, carrot4% each
Linseed, beet pulp3% eachOmega 3 and a gentle fermentable fibre.
Minerals2%Nothing itemised behind it.
Brewer's yeast, seaweed1% eachB vitamins, and iodine from the seaweed.

Named ingredients

*Animal Ingredients - All dehydrated before weighing*, Beef 28%, Insect Protein 15%, Plasma 5%, Beef Tallow 4%, Beef Liver 3%, *Fruit/Veggie/Superfood Blend - All dehydrated before weighing*, Potato 20%, Sweet Potato 6%, Peas 4%, Apple 4%, Carrot 4%, Linseed 3%, Beet Pulp 3%, Minerals 2%, Brewer's Yeast 1%, Seaweed 1%

Against the range

Animals on the label: Beef, tallow and liver, plus insect and plasma; Chicken with liver; blue whiting with no liver.
Fat, dry matter: 12.8%; Richest; the chicken is 10.6%.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 39.9%; Between the fish at 37.6% and the chicken at 43.1%.

A dog with a bit of work in its day is the natural fit.

All three share one build. Insect protein at 15% and plasma at 5% sit beside the headline animal, and everything on the list is dehydrated before weighing, so the percentages compare with each other. No total is printed for the animal block.

The plant half is identical across the range: potato at 20%, sweet potato at 6%, then peas, apple and carrot, linseed, beet pulp, brewer's yeast and seaweed. Minerals come as a flat 2% line with nothing itemised. What changes is the animal and the fat that travels with it.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

368 kcal/100g

Protein

32%

Fat

12%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

34%

Fat

12.8%

Fibre

4.8%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

39.9%

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

44.7%

Carbs

32%

Veg

8.7%

Oils

3.9%

Other

10.7%

Pricing & size