Wolf Of Wilderness

Wolf Of Wilderness Dry Adult Mini: Wild Hills review

Name: Wolf Of Wilderness Dry Adult Mini: Wild Hills
Brand: Wolf Of Wilderness

59.9/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

The brand's wild-country idea scaled down for smaller dogs, and both recipes sit in our Good band. Chicken heads each list, potato does the starch work with no cereal, and the mineral panel is printed in full. The berries and herbs at the end are the signature flourish; the chicken and the minerals are what the food stands on.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs, with a feeding table that starts at 1kg
Dogs kept off cereal
Alternating flavours. The two are built alike and change only the second animal
A delicate digestion, with yeast cell walls and chicory inulin on both labels
Small, keen dogs fond of chicken

Worth watching

Salmon in both recipes, so neither is fish free
Poultry fat named only to the bird family
Dense little kibbles: measure the scoop for a small dog that takes life gently

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

How this scores

How we score

59.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Written for small adults, with the table starting at 1kg. Weigh the portion from the maker's chart and go by how the dog looks after a fortnight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Wild Hills 59.9
Blue River 59.6

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Named chicken and a fully printed mineral panel hold both recipes level; the fresh-meat headline that loses its water and a fat named only to the bird family stop them climbing.

What's in it

Fresh chicken41%The bigger fresh headline of the pair, though the water bakes off.
Potato flakes
Duck protein, dried10%
Poultry protein9%Partly dried and hydrolysed; no bird named.
Dried beet pulp, linseed, dried apple
Poultry fatNamed only to the family.
Calcium carbonate, brewer's yeast, sodium chloride
Egg, driedA named allergen for a dog with a known trigger.
Salmon oil, sunflower oilSalmon oil keeps this bag from being fish free.
Yeast cell walls, chicory inulin, dried berries and herbs0.2%, berries 0.3%, herbs 0.2%Prebiotics, then the flourish.

A full vitamin panel with choline, sulphate trace minerals plus a further 50mg of chelated zinc, and selenium.

Duck and egg are both on this label, the wider of the two for a dog with a known trigger.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken (41%), potato flakes, duck protein [dried] (10%), poultry protein (9% partly dried and hydrolysed), dried beet pulp, poultry fat, linseed, apple [dried], calcium carbonate, brewer's yeast [dried], sodium chloride, egg [dried], wild berries [dried] (0.3% cranberries, currants, raspberries, elderberries), salmon oil, sunflower oil, yeast cell walls [dried] (0.2% beta-glucans and mannan-oligosaccharides), chicory inulin, herbs [dried] (0.2%: Yarrow herb, dandelion herb, dandelion root, camomile herb, nettle herb, ribwort leaves, St. John's wort).

Against the range

Fresh chicken: 41%; 25% on Blue River
Other animals on the label: Duck, unnamed poultry, egg, salmon oil; Salmon only on Blue River
Energy: 385 kcal per 100g; The denser of the two

More meat up front, at the cost of a longer list of animals.

Both recipes open on fresh chicken, with a dried protein behind it that carries the meat through the oven. Potato flakes bind, dried beet pulp brings the fibre, and there is no cereal on either label. Salmon oil appears on both as the omega source.

Each label closes on wild berries at 0.3% and seven hedgerow herbs, with yeast cell walls at 0.2% and chicory inulin for the gut. Protein converts to 29.3% and 28.3% of dry matter, and moisture is not declared, so those figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

385.3 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

16%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.6%

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

8.3%

Carbs

43.6%

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

64.2%

Carbs

28%

Veg

1.4%

Oils

2.8%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size