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Taste of the Wild Ancient Wetlands Canine Recipe with Roasted Fowl Dry Dog Food

Top 5 ingredients of Taste of the Wild Ancient Wetlands Canine Recipe with Roasted Fowl Dry Dog Food are Duck, Duck Meal, Chicken Meal, Grain Sorghum, and Millet. According to the guaranteed analysis, we calculated the starch ratio as 31.0%.

Composition of one cup as fed: protein 32.0%, fat 18.0%, fiber 3.0%, moisture 10.0%, ash, assumed 6.0%, starch, derived 31.0%
32%
18%
10%
31%
  • protein
  • fat
  • fiber
  • moisture
  • ash, assumed
  • starch, derived
Starch works out at 31.0% of this cup, below the kibble average. Protein comes in at 32.0%. One cup carries 425 kcal.
PROTEIN
32.0%
STARCH, DERIVED
31.0%
KCAL / CUP
425
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FIRST 5 OF 55 COMPONENTS

Our read The ingredients

High in poultry, light on its probiotic promise

Signature feature

K9 Strain Probiotics

Our proprietary K9 Strain Probiotics are developed specifically for dogs and added after the cooking process to ensure viability.

Taste of the Wild says

What it is Five dried bacterial cultures, 29th to 33rd on the list, added after the kibble is cooked. The bag guarantees 80 million live cultures per pound.

Our grade

  1. Marketing
  2. Modest
  3. Meaningful

That works out to about 20 million per cup, while dog probiotic supplements usually dose in the billions. Adding them after cooking is sensible, but the amount is too small to settle a troubled gut.

Modest Real, but smaller than the pack makes it sound.

Duck, duck meal and chicken meal lead and carry the protein. The roasted quail and duck the bag sells sit 11th and 12th, behind natural flavor.

  • 1 Duck
  • 2 duck meal
  • 3 chicken meal
  • 11 roasted quail
  • 12 roasted duck
  • 18 Salt

Guaranteed
Analysis

As printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Calories
3,750 kcal/kg
Crude Protein (min.)
32.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
18.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
Starch ratio (calculated)
31.0%

425 kcal per cup.

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Complete guaranteed
analysis

Every row printed on the bag, measured “as fed”

Crude Protein (min.)
32.0%
Crude Fat (min.)
18.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)
3.0%
Moisture (max.)
10.0%
DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid) (min.)
0.05%
Zinc (min.)
150 mg/kg
Selenium (min.)
0.4 mg/kg
Vitamin A (min.)
15,000 IU/kg
Vitamin E (min.)
150 IU/kg
L-Carnitine (min.)*
100 mg/kg
Taurine (min.)*
0.12%
Omega-6 Fatty Acids (min.)*
2.8%
Omega-3 Fatty Acids (min.)*
0.6%
Glucosamine (min.)*
750 mg/kg
Chondroitin Sulfate (min.)*
250 mg/kg
Total Microorganisms (Lactobacillus plantarum, Bacillus subtilis, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Enterococcus faecium, Bifidobacterium animalis in descending amounts)*
not less than 80,000,000 CFU/lb

*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.

NUTRITION, DRY MATTER
NUTRIENT AS FED DRY M. READING
PROTEIN 32.0% 35.6% HIGH
FAT 18.0% 20.0% n/a
FIBER 3.0% 3.3% n/a
CARB (EST.) 31.0% 34.4% TYPICAL
STARCH RATIO 31.0% KIBBLE AVG 38.0%

Our read The label

More protein than most kibble, and rich in fat

The number

140mg

DHA, at least, in 2.5 cups, a day's ration for a 45 lb adult. Enough to count, though short of a fish oil supplement.
  1. How was it proven?

    Formulated

    Built on paper to AAFCO levels for all life stages, including large-breed puppies. Sound for growth, but no feeding trial stands behind it.

  2. Is it a high-protein food?

    Yes

    About 18% more protein than the average dry food we list, and fat still supplies 41% of the calories, more than protein does.

Feed it to
Active adults and growing puppies, large breeds included, that do well on poultry and grains.
Skip it for
Dogs allergic to chicken or egg, dogs on a low-fat diet or with pancreatitis, and less active dogs prone to weight gain.
PRICE BY BAG SIZE

What a bag costs

BAG LOWEST PRICE PER LB WHERE
5 lb $19.99 $4.00 Chewy
14 lb $39.99 $2.86 Chewy lowest of 2 stores
28 lb $58.99 $2.11 Amazon lowest of 5 stores

Prices are from our check on Sep 27. Prices change often; the store’s price at checkout is the one that counts. We may earn a commission on some links.

HOW MUCH TO FEED

Daily portion calculator

Weight
45 lb
Weight goal
OF THIS FOOD, PER DAY
2.5CUPS
    1,076 kcal287 g

    Calculated from the resting energy formula vets use and this food’s actual calorie density (425 kcal per cup). A starting point to adjust from, not a prescription.

    RECALL HISTORY // TASTE OF THE WILD

    1 FDA Recall On Record

    MAY 5, 2012
    POTENTIAL SALMONELLA

    Expansion to batches of nine brands of dry dog and cat food made at Gaston, SC plant Dec 9 2011 - Apr 7 2012 Matched by brand. The notice lists the exact products and lots.

    None in the last three years. Older events stay on the record. See the recall log

    OTHER BRANDS // CLOSEST ON THE LABEL

    Similar recipes from other brands

    Other kibble recipes with the closest protein, fat and starch as fed, the way the bag prints them. Prescription diets are left out.

    PRICE PER POUND

    Lower-priced alternative

    Iams ProActive Health Adult High Protein Dry Dog Food
    Iams $1.51/lb
    Iams ProActive Health Adult High Protein Dry Dog Food
    PROTEIN30% FAT18% STARCH32%

    $1.51/lb vs $2.11/lb for this recipe. A similar protein, fat and starch profile for less per pound, from the lowest price per pound we have saved for each. Prices change; check before you buy.

    One honest caveat. These figures are what a label will tell us: protein, starch, the top of the ingredient list, flagged additives and the brand’s recall record. They cannot tell you whether your dog will do well on this food. Allergies, gut sensitivity, age and health conditions all matter more than any of it, and none of them are printed on a bag. If your dog is thriving on a food whose figures read lower than this one, that is not a mistake, and we would not switch on our say-so.

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