Wolf Of Wilderness

Wolf Of Wilderness Elements: Vast Oceans review

Name: Wolf Of Wilderness Elements: Vast Oceans
Brand: Wolf Of Wilderness

68.1/100Good

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

68.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

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

Herring

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 herring40%
Dried herring protein16.4%
Potato flakes, peas, potato starch
Dried beet pulp
Salmon oil3.6%The most in the range, and still fish.
Protein hydrolysate [from yeast], sunflower oil
Dried seaweed1%Adds iodine.
Lignocellulose, dried brewers' yeast
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.

Named ingredients

Fresh herring (40%), dried herring protein (16.4%), potato flakes, peas, potato starch, dried beet pulp, salmon oil (3.6%), protein hydrolysate [from yeast], sunflower oil, dried seaweed (1%), lignocellulose, dried brewers' yeast, dried yeast cell walls (0.2%, beta-glucans and mannan oligosaccharides), dried wild berries (0.2% currants, aronia berries), dried herbs (0.2% yarrow, dandelion root, camomile, nettle leaves, ribwort plantain, St. John's wort), chicory inulin (0.1%).

Against the range

Meat: 40% fresh herring, 16.4% dried; The only recipe that is fish from top to bottom.
Fat, dry matter: 13.0%; Leanest; up to 18.5% on Fiery Volcanoes.
Energy: 362 kcal per 100g; Lowest of the four.
Seaweed: 1%; Only here.

An easy first choice for a dog off land meats, or one whose weight needs watching.

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

362 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

12%

Fibre

Ash

8.2%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.9%

Carbs

44.4%

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

56.4%

Carbs

35.2%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

4.5%

Other

2.9%

Pricing & size