Wolf Of Wilderness

Wolf Of Wilderness Soft Adult: Blue River review

Name: Wolf Of Wilderness Soft Adult: Blue River
Brand: Wolf Of Wilderness

66.7/100Good

WetAdultSenior

Flavour

A semi-moist range: soft, pliable pieces that keep and pour like a dry food. All six recipes sit in our Good band. Named fresh meat leads every label, and behind it the poultry runs deep, chicken included in all six.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs with worn teeth or a delicate jaw. Every piece squashes between finger and thumb
The ease of a bag with the appeal of something softer, and nothing to chill or defrost
A change of protein: salmon, lamb, beef, rabbit and guinea fowl across the six
Older dogs, on the four labels that list seniors
Picky eaters, for whom a soft aromatic piece usually beats a hard one

Worth watching

Chicken in all six, the salmon, lamb and beef recipes included
Fish oil or salmon oil throughout, so none is fish free
On Blue River, Green Fields and High Valley the front-of-pack meat is 21%, with chicken close behind

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

How this scores

How we score

66.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, with four of the six covering seniors too. Read the label for chicken before ordering if your dog has ever reacted to it.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Blue River 66.7
Green Fields 61.7
Wide Acres 61.3
Gnarled Oaks 61.0
High Valley 61.0
Silvery Lakes 60.3

All six Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

The six sit close together, so pick on the protein your dog needs, since the scores barely separate them.

What's in it

Fresh salmon21%Real fish, and more than an oil.
Fresh chicken meat20%
Sweet potato, dried19%The base.
Salmon meal10%Concentrated fish behind the fresh.
Poultry protein, dried10%Water out, so it gives more than its place suggests. The bird is not named.
Potato starch, beet pulp, linseedLinseed for plant omega 3.
Protein hydrolysatePoultry, chopped into fragments that are easier on a sensitive gut. Still counts as poultry on an elimination plan.
Brewers' yeast, dried egg
Dried berries, dried herbsLingonberry, blueberry and elderberry, with a nine plant herb blend from nettle to gentian root.
Yeast extract, chicory, fish oil, sunflower oil0.15% MOS

Every vitamin and trace mineral dosed one by one, from vitamin A to selenium as sodium selenite.

Named ingredients

Fresh salmon (21%), fresh chicken meat (20%), sweet potato [dried] (19%), salmon meal (10%), poultry protein [dried] (10%), potato starch, dried beet pulp [desugared], linseed, protein hydrolysate [poultry], brewers' yeast [dried], egg [dried], wild berries [dried] (0.8%, lingonberries, blueberries, elderberries, black & red currants), herbs dried, yeast extract (0.15% mannan oligosaccharides, 0.09% beta-glucans), chicory [dried] [a source of inulin], fish oil, sunflower oil.

Against the range

Fish: Fresh salmon 21%, salmon meal 10%; Oil only on the other five.
Energy: 329.4 kcal per 100g; The least dense; Green Fields reaches 359.1.
Fat, dry matter: 15.2%; The leanest; up to 20.1% elsewhere.

The only recipe with real fish in it, and the range's top scorer.

Every recipe is semi-moist at 18% moisture, soft enough to squash between finger and thumb with no fridge needed. Two shapes run through the six: Blue River, Green Fields and High Valley open with a named fresh meat at 21% and fresh chicken at 20% behind it. Gnarled Oaks, Silvery Lakes and Wide Acres lead with fresh chicken at 41%.

Dried poultry protein and a poultry hydrolysate appear on every label, and fish oil or salmon oil on all six. Potato or sweet potato is the base. In dry matter, protein sits at 31.7% to 32.9%, fat at 15.2% to 20.1% and carbohydrate at an estimated 37.4% to 40.0%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

329.4 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

12.5%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

8.3%

Moisture

18%

Dry weight

Protein

32.9%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

Ash

10.1%

Carbs

38.8%

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

64.1%

Carbs

32%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

0.1%

Other

3.7%

Pricing & size