Wild Pet Food Lean 80/20 Complete review

Our Outstanding band is where this one finishes, well clear of the Good band that describes the middle of the cold-pressed field. Three things lift it there. The declared animal fraction is huge, a rare meat is named in full instead of folded into a blend, and the carbohydrate estimate sits far below what holding a pellet together normally demands. Protein and processing, nutritional balance and transparency all read Outstanding, with value settling in our Outstanding band alongside them.

Ingredients, as declared: *Animal Ingredients (All of UK origin) - 80% - All dehydrated before weighing*, Rabbit 79%, Whole Egg 1%, *Fruit/Veggie/Superfood Blend - 20% - All dehydrated before weighing*, Cold-Pressed Sunflower Oil 3%, Carrot 3%, Sweet Potato 3%, Kelp Seaweed 2.5%, Spinach 2.5%, Ground Chia Seeds 2%, Pumpkin 1%, Apple 1%, Blackcurrant 1%, Herb, Botanicals & Superfood Blend 1% (Oregano 0.1%, Chicory Root 0.1%, Ginger 0.1%, Turmeric 0.1%, Black Pepper 0.1%, Echinacea Root 0.1%, Algae Omega 3 Powder 0.1%, Broccoli 0.1%, Green Lipped Mussel Powder 0.1%, Natural Probiotic (Gut Friendly Bacteria - Bacillus Velezensis) 0.0023%)

Rabbit at 79% is the whole proposition. It is a lean, highly digestible meat, close to what a dog would meet in the wild. So few foods use it that most dogs come to it with no history of exposure at all. That is the practical appeal for a dog whose owner suspects chicken or beef: a meat the immune system has never had cause to argue with.

The animal side is otherwise a single line, whole egg at 1%, which brings high quality protein and a little fat. There is no liver here and no plasma, so the micronutrition leans harder on the plant fifth than it does on Wild's other completes. That is a point to understand, not a worry. The mineral and vitamin work here is spread across the kelp, the chia, the spinach and the botanicals, with no offal to concentrate it.

The plant fifth is itemised down to the last pinch. Cold-pressed sunflower oil, carrot and sweet potato sit at 3% each. Kelp seaweed and spinach follow at 2.5%, ground chia seeds at 2%, then pumpkin, apple and blackcurrant at 1%. A 1% blend of herbs, botanicals and superfoods closes it. Each element is broken out at 0.1%: chicory root, echinacea root, oregano, turmeric, green lipped mussel powder, black pepper, ginger, broccoli and algae omega 3 powder. A live bacterial culture sits at 0.0023%. Kelp brings the iodine. Chia and the algae powder bring the omega 3, and chicory root the prebiotic fibre.

The analysis is where the name earns itself. Protein converts to 52.1% of dry matter while fat sits at 8.5%, a ratio you almost never see outside a working greyhound's bowl, and carbohydrate lands at 25.7% against 43.2% for the typical cold-pressed food. Ash comes in at 10.6% of dry matter, though no calcium figure is printed beside it, so the mineral detail behind that number is left unstated.

Glucosamine at 1000mg and chondroitin at 500mg are declared for joint support. Both are cartilage components and not exotic extras, and both are routinely added to foods aimed at older and larger dogs. The doses are printed on their own, without the quantity of food they refer to, so treat them as declared amounts rather than something you can convert.

£8.56 a kilo. Bags come in 2.5kg, 6kg, 12kg and 18kg, with a 40kg bulk option for bigger households.

For a moderately built 15kg adult on the usual maintenance estimate of about 840 kcal a day (110 × bodyweight^0.75), a portion works out at 228 grams, which is £1.95 a day.