Wildways

Wildways Senior Wet: Beef with Venison review

Name: Wildways Senior Wet: Beef with Venison
Brand: Wildways

75.9/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

Wildways' wet recipes tilted towards the older dog, with the meats named and numbered on every label. Two of the three sit in our Excellent band. The turkey with salmon, built light at 3.5% fat, sits just under in Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs that need a lighter dinner, on the turkey with salmon
Unusual protein plans: wild boar and venison are both named
Owners who want percentages, with a printed share on every headline meat
Digestion that wants a little more fibre
Two-dog homes with one older dog. Every recipe is labelled for adults and seniors

Worth watching

The beef with venison is led by fresh chicken at 33%, with beef at 26% and venison at 4%
Salmon or salmon oil on all three labels, a point for any dog kept away from fish
Egg powder and derivatives of vegetable origin, both on the beef with venison only

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

How this scores

How we score

75.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. For a dog avoiding chicken, read the beef with venison label before ordering; the front of the pack does not tell you.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Beef

The score, in context

Beef 75.9
Wildways Senior Wet 74.2
Turkey 68.5

Three recipes across Excellent and Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

Two recipes reach Excellent and the lean turkey with salmon sits a step behind, lean on purpose and still honestly built.

What's in it

Fresh chicken33%Leads the recipe, ahead of the meats in the name.
Fresh beef26%
Venison4%
Broth
Pumpkin, apple, pea flour4%, 3%
Derivatives of vegetable origin1.4%The one unspecific entry across the three labels.
Lignocellulose1%Purified plant fibre; it explains crude fibre at 16.0% of dry matter, high for wet food.
Egg powder1%Compact, high quality protein.
Minerals and vitamins, salmon oil0.8%, 0.5%
MOS, inulin, kale, thyme0.5% down to 0.3%Prebiotic fibres for the gut bacteria.

Vitamins A, D3, E and B1 with biotin, plus taurine at 800 mg, an amino acid for heart and eye function worth supporting in an older dog.

Calcium at 1.87% of dry matter, the top of the range's spread.

Named ingredients

Fresh Chicken (33%), Fresh Beef (26%), Venison (4%), Broth, Pumpkin (4%), Apple (3%), Pea Flour, Derivatives Of Vegetable Origin (1.4 %), Lignocellulose (1%), Egg Powder (1%), Minerals and Vitamins (0.8%), Salmon Oil (0.5%), Mannan-oligosaccharides (0.5%), Inulin (source of Fructo-oligosaccharides 0.5%), Kale (0.5%), Thyme (0.3%).

Against the range

Meat: Chicken 33%, beef 26%, venison 4%; Single named lead meats on the other two.
Fibre, dry matter: 16.0%; 4.1% and 4.5% on the other two.
Plants: Pumpkin, apple, kale; Blackberries on the other two.
Taurine: 800 mg; Not printed on the other two.

The busiest label here, in a useful way, and the top scorer of the three.

Every animal is named and every headline meat carries a share. Protein converts to between 38.6% and 40.0% of dry matter across the three, so switching between them changes little. Lignocellulose at 1% is on all three, and so is fish, as salmon or salmon oil.

The two 400g recipes take blackberries and a little pea flour and calcium carbonate; the 300g beef with venison swaps to pumpkin, apple and kale and carries the longest list. The added panels differ from recipe to recipe.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

106 kcal/100g

Protein

10.7%

Fat

7.2%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

2.3%

Moisture

73.2%

Dry weight

Protein

39.9%

Fat

26.9%

Fibre

16%

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

8.6%

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

64%

Added water

19.8%

Carbs

4.6%

Veg

7.5%

Oils

0.5%

Other

3.6%