Wolf Of Wilderness Soft Junior review

This one lands in our Good band, with Outstanding for transparency, Average for protein and processing, and Good for both nutritional balance and value. There is no semi-moist cohort to hold it up against, so everything comes from the label itself. Fresh chicken named at the front, deliberate added calcium and a mineral panel dosed line by line pull upward, while the dried potato base and the unnamed poultry entries keep it from going higher. A puppy eating eagerly and growing at a steady rate is the measure that actually matters.

Ingredients, as declared: Fresh chicken meat (41%), sweet potato [dried] (19%), poultry protein [dried] (18%), potato [dried], poultry fat, protein hydrolysate (1.5% from poultry), dicalcium phosphate, peas [dried], fish oil, chicken liver [fresh], yeast extract (0.15% mannan oligosaccharides, 0.09% beta-glucans), wild berries [dried] (0.3% lingonberries, blueberries, elderberries), herbs [dried] (0.2% nettle leaves, blackberry leaves, common yarrow, fennel, caraway, chamomile flowers, mistletoe leaves, gentian root, centaury), chicory [dried, source of inulin], safflower oil, sunflower oil.

Fresh chicken at 41% is the biggest entry on the label, with dried poultry protein at 18% behind it. Dried protein has already had its water taken out. That is why it counts for more in the finished analysis than its percentage implies. It is a category term, not a named bird. That is the single place where this label stops short of the detail the rest of it offers.

Growth needs minerals, and this recipe adds them deliberately. Dicalcium phosphate sits in the main ingredient list, and calcium converts to 1.59% of dry matter, a level that suits a large breed puppy putting on frame slowly and steadily. A printed calcium figure on a puppy food is worth as much to you as any claim on the front of the bag.

Steady is the word for the analysis, and there is nothing showy in it. Protein converts to 32.9% of dry matter and fat to 19.5%, with the estimated carbohydrate at 36.2%, most of it from the dried sweet potato at 19%, the dried potato behind it and the peas. Energy comes in at 352.5 kcal per 100g, so these pieces carry a good deal more than their softness suggests.

The fat comes from several sources, with poultry fat leading. The fish oil is there for the long chain omega 3s. Safflower and sunflower oils supply the linoleic acid. Fresh chicken liver is on the list as well. Most puppies fall on it, and for copper and B12 there are few denser natural sources.

The careful tail this range is known for is all here. Dried wild berries sit at 0.3%, with a nine herb blend at 0.2% running from nettle leaves to gentian root. Yeast extract supplies 0.15% mannan oligosaccharides with beta glucans alongside them, and chicory brings the inulin. The vitamins and trace minerals behind them each carry a dose. Zinc appears twice, as an oxide and again in an amino acid chelate, the second form usually chosen because it absorbs more readily.

£4.71 a kilo.

No single daily figure is worth quoting for a puppy, because the portion keeps moving: what suits a twelve week old will underfeed the same dog at six months. Follow the label's guide for your puppy's weight today and its expected adult size, and revisit it every couple of weeks as the growth chart moves. Let the shape over the ribs have the final word.