Wolf Of Wilderness

Wolf Of Wilderness Dry Adult: Wild Hills review

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

66.7/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Eight grain-free kibbles with wilderness names, and seven are one recipe wearing different coats. Fresh chicken does the work underneath, and the animal on the front arrives at 4%. All eight land in our Good band with little between them, so buy whichever meat suits your dog.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Rotation feeders, since only the animal on top changes
Dogs kept off grain
Dogs that do well on chicken, the base of every recipe
Active adults, with fat at 14.0% to 16.0%
Owners after something unusual, from wild boar and venison to herring and duck

Worth watching

The named animal is a 4% flavour on seven of the eight
Salmon oil in every bag, so none is fish free
Unnamed poultry protein or fat on several labels, a problem for an exclusion diet
Dried egg in the free-range chicken and salmon only

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

How this scores

How we score

66.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, and several for seniors too. On an exclusion diet, read the poultry protein and poultry fat entries before choosing a bag.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Blue River 68.8
Wild Hills 66.7
Oak Woods 64.4
Great Desert 64.1
Deep Seas 64.0
Sunny Glade 63.8
Green Fields 63.4
Blue River Free-Range Chicken 62.5

All eight Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The spread is narrow because the recipes barely differ, and none of the gaps is wide enough to steer a healthy dog away from the meat it prefers.

What's in it

Fresh chicken meat25%The real base of the recipe, whatever the front of the bag shows.
Potato flakesThe main starch; nothing cereal-based on the list.
Chicken protein15.4%Names its bird.
Pea protein
Poultry fatBird not named.
Duck protein4%The named animal.
Dried beet pulp, linseedFibre, and plant omega 3.
Salmon oil, sunflower oilMarine omega 3, so not fish free.
Yeast cell walls, chicory inulin0.2%Beta-glucans and MOS, food for the gut flora.
Dried wild berries, dried wild herbs0.3%; 0.03% each herbAtmosphere more than nutrition.

Vitamins and trace minerals each given a figure, with sulphates and a glycine-chelated zinc. The label prints an original and a new recipe panel, so figures depend on the bag.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken meat (25%), potato flakes, chicken protein (15.4%), pea protein, poultry fat, duck protein (4%), dried beet pulp, linseed, apple pomace (1.8%), sodium chloride, monocalcium phosphate, dried wild berries (total 0.3%: cranberries, blackcurrant, elderberries, raspberries), yeast cell walls (0.2%, a source of beta-glucans and mannan-oligosaccharides), salmon oil, sunflower oil, chicory inulin, dried wild herbs (0.03% yarrow, 0.03% dandelion herb, 0.03% dandelion root, 0.03% camomile, 0.03% nettle, 0.03% plantain leaves, 0.03% St. John's wort).

Against the range

Named animal: Duck protein 4%; Another animal at 4% on six others
Ash: 9.0% declared; Highest of the eight
Energy: 364 kcal per 100g; Lowest of the eight, so portions run a little larger

The duck option, with every dried bird named apart from the fat.

Seven of the eight are one recipe: fresh chicken meat at 25%, potato flakes, a dried protein concentrate between 12.5% and 18.9%, peas or pea protein and poultry fat. The animal from the front of the bag follows at 4%. Linseed and salmon oil carry the omega 3s on all of them, with yeast cell walls and wild berries and herbs at the tail.

The eighth, the free-range chicken and salmon, puts fresh chicken at 41% and adds dried egg. No label prints moisture, so dry matter assumes 8%. Several leave the bird in poultry protein or poultry fat unnamed.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

363.5 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

27.2%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.8%

Carbs

44.5%

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

44.4%

Carbs

43.3%

Veg

Oils

5.3%

Other

Pricing & size