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Taste of the Wild · dry

Taste of the Wild Southwest Canyon Adult review

A solid, honest dry food. Just 18% declared meat content, and the label keeps too much vague. Feeding it costs about 91p a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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ODF Score 62/100 Good
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Top 67%scores higher than 33% of rated foodsacross all 3075 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£0.91per day for a 10 kg dogcheaper than 21% of dry foods
18%declared meat content
United Kingdombrand origin

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 67/100 across 19 ingredients (declared percentages used for 2, position estimates for the rest). Legumes carry 41% of the recipe. The FDA found no causal link between legume-rich diets and canine heart disease (DCM), though some cardiologists advise caution - noted for information, not scored.
26.7 / 40
Label clarity
Vague category terms on the label (egg products, sea fish meal) - naming points withheld; percentages cover 22% of the recipe (+1.3); meat sources named (+2); variable-composition wording - fixed-formula points withheld.
3.3 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 22% (added up from every named meat on the label).
7.8 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 37% dry matter (moderate); fat 16.7% DM in the healthy band; fibre 5.0% DM (+2); ash 8.7% DM - sensible mineral load (+1.6); functional extras: omega-3 source, pre/probiotics (+2).
8.4 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.1 · scored August 19, 2026 · full methodology public
62 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 62 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 26.7 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10.

The label declares 18% meat, which is a low figure, and a declared low figure is still more honest than silence, and the ingredient list leans on vague groupings instead of naming what is actually in the bag.

At about 91p a day to feed a 10kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it broadly does.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

Beef 18%lamb mealegg productswild boar 4%sea fish meal

Fruit & veg

peaschickpeaspea mealtomato pulptomatoesblueberriesraspberries

Oils & fats

rapeseed oilsalmon oil a source of DHA

Supplements & extras

brewer's yeastlinseedmineralsdried chicory rootsyucca schidigera extract
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label
Additives (as declared on the label)
Nutritional additives: Vitamin A (10,000 IU), vitamin D3 (750 IU), vitamin E (150 IU), taurine (0.1%), iron [as ferrous amino acid chelate hydrate] (9mg), copper [as copper(II) amino acid chelate hydrate] (1.05mg), iron [as ferrous sulphate monohydrate] (18mg), copper [as copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate] (1.75mg), iodine [as potassium iodide] (1.485mg), manganese [as amino acid manganese chelate, hydrate] ( 2.1mg), manganese [as manganese (II) oxide] (7.7mg), manganese [as manganese (II) sulphate, monohydrate] (4.48mg), zinc [as amino acid zinc chelate, hydrate] (11.25mg), zinc [as zinc sulphate, monohydrate] (26.625mg), selenium [as sodium selenite] (0.018mg). Sensory additives: Natural aroma.

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
2 kg--
12.2 kg--
24.4 kg--

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 10 kg adult dog needs about 154 g a day = £0.91 / day, £27.66 / month.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 10 kg dog works out near 534 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 347 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £5.88 / kg, for the daily cost, then by 30.4 days for the month.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

32.2 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

16.7 % DM
Directory average: 14.8

Est. carbs

37.4 % DM
Directory average: 45.2

Fibre

5 % DM
Directory average: 3.6

Ash

8.7 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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