Wolf Of Wilderness

Wolf Of Wilderness Soft Adult: Silvery Lakes review

Name: Wolf Of Wilderness Soft Adult: Silvery Lakes
Brand: Wolf Of Wilderness

60.3/100Good

WetAdult

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

60.3/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

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

Main protein

Chicken

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 free-range chicken meat41%
Potato meal
Poultry protein, dried12%Water out, so it gives more than its place suggests. The bird is not named.
Guinea fowl10%The only place it appears in the range.
Beet pulp
Protein hydrolysatePoultry, chopped into fragments that are easier on a sensitive gut. Still counts as poultry on an elimination plan.
Linseed, fish oil, poultry fat, dried eggEgg is absent from Green Fields, High Valley and Wide Acres.
Dried berries, dried herbsLingonberry, blueberry and elderberry, with a nine plant herb blend from nettle to gentian root.
Yeast extract, chicory0.15% MOSBoth feed the gut bacteria, not the dog directly.
Sunflower oil, safflower oil

Every vitamin and trace mineral dosed one by one, with zinc both as an oxide and as a chelate of amino acids.

Calcium at 1.71% of dry matter, second highest in the range.

Named ingredients

Fresh free-range chicken meat* (41%), potato meal, poultry protein [dried] (12%), guinea fowl (10%), beet pulp [dried], protein hydrolysate [from poultry], linseed, fish oil, poultry fat, egg [dried], wild berries[dried] (0.3% cranberries, blueberries, elderberries), herbs [dried] (0.2% stinging nettle, blackberry leaves, common yarrow, fennel, caraway, camomile, mistletoe leaves, gentian root, centaury), yeast extract (0.15% mannan oligosaccharides, 0.05% beta-glucans), sunflower oil, safflower oil, chicory [dried] [source of inulin]. *Chicken from premium animal husbandry - with more space, straw and access to open-air grounds with predominantly vegetated areas

Against the range

Second animal: Guinea fowl 10%; Rabbit on Gnarled Oaks; none on Wide Acres.
Dried poultry protein: 12%; 10% where the others declare it.
Calcium, dry matter: 1.71%; 1.22% to 1.83% across the range.

A good pick for a dog that likes poultry and has not met guinea fowl before.

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

346.9 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

15%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

18%

Dry weight

Protein

32.9%

Fat

18.3%

Fibre

2.4%

Ash

8.5%

Carbs

37.9%

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

60.4%

Carbs

24.4%

Oils

2.3%

Other

12.8%

Pricing & size