Wildways

Wildways Senior Dry review

Name: Wildways Senior Dry
Brand: Wildways

73.6/100Excellent

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Grain-free senior kibble with the fat trimmed and the protein held up, both recipes in our Excellent band. A named meat opens each bag. The joint and heart additions carry printed doses.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs with joints to look after: glucosamine and chondroitin are dosed on both labels
Dogs kept off cereal
Owners who judge a food by what comes first
Fussier older eaters, helped by liver in both bags
A senior and an adult fed from the same bag

Worth watching

Salmon oil in both, so neither is fish free
Poultry fat and poultry liver in the beef recipe too
Egg shells in both, which puts egg on the list

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

How this scores

How we score

73.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of every size. The two labels ask for quite different daily amounts, so feed by the one on your bag and let the waistline settle it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Wildways Senior Dry 73.6
Beef 70.9

All two Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

What separates the two is mostly how much each label declares, and either one is a meat-forward food for a dog past the sprinting years.

What's in it

Fresh chicken40%Much of it water that leaves in the oven.
Chicken protein26%The dried protein that stays in the kibble.
Peas, chickpeas, pea flour10%, 4%In place of grain.
Salmon protein4%A second animal, and fish.
Pumpkin, dried apple pulp4% each
Poultry fat3%Names a bird family, not a species.
Chicken liver2%Keeps it appetising.
Salmon oil, egg shells1% eachMarine omega 3, and calcium from the shells.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate0.026%, 0.018%
Mannan-oligosaccharides, inulin, yucca, milk thistle, rosemary, curcuma0.015% down to 0.003%Gut support and trace botanicals.

A full vitamin panel with taurine at 1,500mg and L-carnitine, trace elements as chelates of protein hydrolysates and selenium from yeast.

No moisture declared, so the dry-matter figures rest on an assumed 8%.

Named ingredients

Fresh Chicken (40%), Chicken Protein (26%), Peas (10%), Salmon Protein (4%), Chickpeas (4%), Pumpkin (4%), Dried Apple Pulp (4%), Poultry Fat (3%), Chicken Liver (2%), Salmon Oil (1%), Eggs Shells (1%), Pea Flour, Glucosamine (0.026%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.018%), Mannan-oligosaccharides (0.015%), Inulin (a source of Fructo-oligosaccharides, 0.01%), Yucca Mojave (0.01%), Dried Milk Thistle (0.01%), Dried Rosemary (0.003%), Dried Curcuma (0.003%)

Against the range

Animals: Chicken, salmon; Beef with Buffalo: beef, buffalo, poultry liver
Protein, as fed: 29%; 27% on the beef
Fat, as fed: 12%; 13% on the beef
Moisture: Not declared; Declared at 10% on the beef

The higher-protein, lower-fat bag of the two, with chicken first.

Two grain-free senior kibbles, each opening with fresh meat at 40% and a block of dried protein behind it. Peas, chickpeas and pumpkin stand in for grain. Fat is trimmed against the brand's adult food, at 12% on the chicken and 13% on the beef.

Both carry glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, taurine, salmon oil, poultry fat and egg shells. The beef label declares more: moisture at 10% and calcium at 1.56% of dry matter. The chicken bag declares no moisture, so its dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

366 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

12%

Fibre

4.6%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

13%

Fibre

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

42.3%

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

73%

Carbs

14.7%

Veg

Oils

Other

0.3%

Pricing & size