Wolf Of Wilderness

Wolf Of Wilderness Dry Junior: Green Fields review

Name: Wolf Of Wilderness Dry Junior: Green Fields
Brand: Wolf Of Wilderness

67.8/100Good

DryPuppyAdult

Flavour

The brand's grain-free, potato-bound recipe rewritten for a dog that is still growing. Chicken heads all three labels and declared protein sits higher than the adult bags. All three land in our Good band; what separates them is the second animal and the joint support.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Growing dogs that need more protein than an adult bag, at 30% or 31% declared
Puppies that do better without cereal; potato flakes do the starch job
Owners who want joints thought about early, with glucosamine and chondroitin on Blue River and Wild Hills
Homes with an adult dog too. Green Fields and Wild Hills are labelled for both stages

Worth watching

No calcium figure on any of the three, so ask the maker before rearing a large-framed pup
Salmon oil in every recipe, so none suits a puppy kept off fish

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

How this scores

How we score

67.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies, two of them for adults as well. Growing dogs eat more than our 15kg figure against bodyweight, so feed by the label chart for the expected adult weight.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy, Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Green Fields 67.8
Wild Hills 66.9
Blue River 64.8

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Recognisably the same food built three ways, with only a few points between them.

What's in it

Fresh chicken meat25%
Potato flakes
Poultry protein15%Bird not named.
Poultry fat, pea proteinPea protein lifts the figure without adding animal.
Dried lamb protein4%The second animal here.
Beet pulp, linseed, apple pulp, brewer's yeast, salmon oil
Calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, sodium chlorideAdded to balance the minerals, on this recipe only.
Wild berries, sunflower oil0.3% (berries)
Yeast cell walls, dried wild herbs0.2%, 0.03% each herb

Mostly sulphate minerals with a glycine-chelated zinc, and selenium as sodium selenite.

No calcium figure printed. If your pup is heading for a large frame, ask the maker first.

No glucosamine or chondroitin, the only bag in the range without them.

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken meat (25%), potato flakes, poultry protein (15%), poultry fat, pea protein, dried lamb protein (4%), dried beet pulp, linseed, dried apple pulp, dried brewer's yeast, salmon oil, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, wild berries (0.3%, consisting of cranberries, redcurrants, elderberries, raspberries), sunflower oil, dried yeast cell walls (0.2%: beta-glucans and mannan-oligosaccharides), dried wild herbs (0.03% mugwort, 0.03% St John's wort, 0.03% nettle leaves, 0.03% camomile, 0.03% yarrow, 0.03% coltsfoot, 0.03% dandelion root).

Against the range

Other animals on the label: Lamb protein at 4%; Salmon or duck in the others
Plant protein: Pea protein; Peas and pea flour on Wild Hills, none on Blue River
Joint support: None; On the other two

The highest scorer by a nose, and the one to choose if lamb suits your dog.

Fresh chicken opens every label, at 25% to 33%, with a dried poultry or chicken protein behind it that does much of the protein work once the fresh weight steams off in the oven. Potato flakes bind all three and no cereal appears anywhere. Salmon oil is the omega source throughout.

Brewer's yeast and yeast cell walls run through the range, with berries and herb blends at fractions of a percent. What varies is the second animal, the plant protein and the joint support: dosed on Blue River, listed without doses on Wild Hills, absent from Green Fields.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382.6 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

40.2%

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%

Carbs

41.4%

Veg

1.7%

Oils

8.6%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size