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Taste of the Wild

Owned by Diamond Pet Foods Kibble / retail 1 recall high

Grain-free-first brand with novel proteins (bison, boar, venison), manufactured by Diamond. One recall ever (2012, via the Diamond plant salmonella event). Full label data published.

Taste of the Wild is owned by Diamond Pet Foods (Schell & Kampeter). Of the 8 foods we hold, 8 publish a guaranteed analysis, 8 a calorie statement, 8 an ingredient list and 8 an AAFCO adequacy statement. Those counts are what the transparency mark above records — how we read a label.

Recall history

1 event on record, newest first. The marker is filled where the notice reports illness or death and hollow where it does not; that is read from the notice, not scored. Every event links to its own source.

  1. 2012

  2. 2012-05

    Taste of the Wild Illness not stated

    Salmonella (Diamond Gaston, SC plant co-manufacturing event)

    Dry dog food produced at the Gaston, SC plant

    Part of the Diamond 2012 recall; the only Taste of the Wild recall to date

    Source pawdiet.com ↗ Captured 2026-07-25 Methodology

All 32 events in the recall tracker

Taste of the Wild foods in the database

Protein is converted to a dry-matter basis so these rows compare to any other format on the site. The bar under each calorie figure spans the full 122-food range, with the tick at the median, so a bar here means what the same bar means anywhere else.

Dry-matter values computed from each label's guaranteed analysis. Hatched cells are values Taste of the Wild does not publish. Scroll horizontally to see all 4 columns.
Food Form Protein DM kcal / kg
Ancient Prairie with Roasted Bison & Venison Dry kibble 35.6% 3920
Appalachian Valley Small Breed with Venison Dry kibble 35.6% 3719
High Prairie Puppy with Roasted Bison & Venison Dry kibble 31.1% 3656
High Prairie with Roasted Bison & Venison Dry kibble 35.6% 3719
Pacific Stream with Smoke-Flavored Salmon Dry kibble 27.8% 3600
Sierra Mountain with Roasted Lamb Dry kibble 27.8% 3611
Southwest Canyon with Wild Boar Dry kibble 32.2% 3600
Wetlands with Roasted Fowl Dry kibble 35.6% 3750

tasteofthewildpetfood.com is the manufacturer's own site and the source everything above was captured from on . Manufacturers reformulate without announcing it, so the bag in your hand outranks this page.

Comparisons featuring Taste of the Wild

No head-to-head comparison featuring Taste of the Wild yet — which is a gap in our coverage, not a verdict on the brand. The 6 we have published are here, each with the date it was checked.

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Source tasteofthewildpetfood.com ↗ Captured 2026-07-25 Methodology