Wolf Of Wilderness

Wolf Of Wilderness Dry Junior: Wild Hills review

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

66.9/100Good

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

66.9/100Good

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 meat26%
Potato flakes, peas
Chicken protein12%
Poultry fat, hydrolysed poultry protein5% each
Duck protein4%The second animal.
Linseed, apple pulp, brewer's yeast
Hydrolysed liver2%Purely to keep the bowl interesting.
Salmon oil, pea flour
Sea buckthorn, wild berries, herbs, ginger root0.2%, 0.1% each
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, MOS, inulin, Mojave yuccaJoint pair listed, but no doses printed.

Mostly sulphate minerals with a glycine-chelated zinc at 50mg, and sodium selenite for selenium.

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

Named ingredients

Fresh chicken meat (26%), potato flakes, peas, chicken protein (12%), poultry fat (5%), partially dried and hydrolysed poultry protein (5%), duck protein (4%), linseed, dried apple pulp, brewer's yeast, hydrolysed liver (2%), salmon oil, pea flour, dried sea buckthorn (0.2%), dried wild berries (0.1% blueberries, 0.1% cranberries), dried wild herbs (0.1% thyme, 0.1% rosemary), dried ginger root (0.1%), glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, mannan-oligosaccharides, inulin, Mojave yucca.

Against the range

Other animals on the label: Duck protein and hydrolysed liver; Salmon or lamb in the others
Joint support: Listed, no doses; Dosed on Blue River, absent on Green Fields
Plant protein: Peas and pea flour; Pea protein on Green Fields

The most varied bowl of the set, for a pup that gets bored.

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

381.9 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.6%

Ash

7.5%

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

16.3%

Fibre

2.8%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

40.1%

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

49%

Carbs

34.1%

Veg

3.3%

Oils

6.1%

Other

7.5%

Pricing & size