Wolf Of Wilderness

Wolf Of Wilderness Elements: Fiery Volcanoes review

Name: Wolf Of Wilderness Elements: Fiery Volcanoes
Brand: Wolf Of Wilderness

67/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

One wild setting and one animal per bag, and all four recipes sit in our Good band. Fresh meat leads every label at 40%, with a dried form of the same animal directly behind it. Potato binds the biscuit where most kibbles would use cereal.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs being taken through the animals one at a time, since each bag names a single species twice
A fish-led bowl in Vast Oceans, where every animal ingredient comes from the sea
Settled adults and older dogs, the two stages every label is written for
Dogs kept off cereal: potato carries the starch across the range
Larger dogs, as the printed feeding table reaches an 80kg dog

Worth watching

Salmon oil in every recipe, the lamb and beef included
Egg powder at 0.2% in Rough Storms
Lignocellulose in three of the four, purified fibre that adds bulk and little else
Not labelled for puppies; a growing dog wants the brand's Junior bags

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

How this scores

How we score

67/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The label's chart is written for a low-activity dog, so a busier dog will want a little more than it prints.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Rough Storms 68.2
Vast Oceans 68.1
Fiery Volcanoes 67.0
Rocky Canyons 67.0

All four Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Four close scores: Vast Oceans and Rough Storms edge the set, and the low carbohydrate is what the whole range is buying.

What's in it

Fresh lamb meat40%Mostly water before the oven.
Dried lamb protein14.8%The lamb that actually reaches the bowl.
Potato flakes, dried peas, potato starchThe binding side, with no cereal.
Lamb fat4.5%The only named fat in the range that comes from its own headline animal.
Dried beet pulp, lignocelluloseFibre, the second a purified plant powder.
Protein hydrolysate [from yeast], potato proteinYeast, so no hidden animal. Potato protein appears only here.
Linseeds, sunflower oil, dried brewers' yeast
Salmon oil0.7%Marine omega 3, and the reason this lamb bag is not fish free.
Yeast cell walls, wild berries, six herbs, chicory inulin0.2% down to 0.1%Inulin is the prebiotic; the berries and herbs are the brand's flourish.

Vitamins A, D3, E, C and the B group, with copper, iron, manganese and iodine as sulphates or iodate, zinc partly as a glycine chelate at 60mg, and selenium as sodium selenite. Clinoptilolite, the volcanic mineral of the name, is declared at 5000mg.

Named ingredients

Fresh lamb meat (40%), dried lamb protein (14.8%), potato flakes, dried peas, lamb fat (4.5%), potato starch, dried beet pulp, protein hydrolysate [from yeast], potato protein, linseeds, sunflower oil, dried brewers' yeast, lignocellulose, salmon oil (0.7%), dried yeast cell walls (0.2%, beta-glucans and mannan-oligosaccharides), dried wild berries [currant pomace, aronia berry pomace] (0.2%), dried herbs [common yarrow, dandelion root, camomile, nettle leaves, ribwort, St John's wort] (0.2%), chicory inulin (0.1%).

Against the range

Meat: 40% fresh lamb, 14.8% dried; Same 40% fresh lead on all four.
Fat, dry matter: 18.5%; Richest of the four; Vast Oceans is 13.0%.
Clinoptilolite: 5000mg; Only this recipe carries it.
Potato protein: Yes; The only recipe to use it.

The richest bowl of the four, and the only one whose fat comes from the lamb itself.

Every recipe opens with one fresh animal at 40% and the same animal dried directly behind it: lamb, beef, duck or herring. The dried entry is what survives the oven. Potato flakes and potato starch bind all four in place of cereal, with peas in two, and the protein hydrolysate is declared as yeast, so it hides no unnamed animal.

Salmon oil runs through all four, from 0.6% to 3.6%, so none is fish free. Dried beet pulp carries the fibre, with lignocellulose behind it in three. Carbohydrate converts to between 40.2% and 44.4% of dry matter, every recipe under the 46.2% typical of adult dry.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

381.8 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

17%

Fibre

Ash

8.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.3%

Fat

18.5%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

9.7%

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

54.8%

Carbs

36.7%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

5.6%

Other

2.7%

Pricing & size