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Taste of the Wild · High Prairie Canine Recipe with Roasted Bison and Roasted Venison · Dry food, grain free · Adult maintenance
High Prairie builds its protein from an unusually long bench of animal ingredients: buffalo, lamb meal, chicken meal, egg, bison and venison all appear in the first ten. The result is 32% protein with no grains and none of the cheap filler ingredients our rubric flags, at a calorie level that suits active dogs.
Two cautions belong on the record. The recipe is grain free and built on peas, and grain free diets remain part of an open FDA investigation into diet associated heart disease, so this is a food to discuss with your vet rather than choose on score alone. The brand's manufacturer also carries a 2012 Salmonella recall in FDA records, which our recall signal counts.
| Maker | Diamond Pet Foods |
|---|---|
| Format | Dry food, grain free |
| Life stage | Adult maintenance |
| First 10 ingredients, in label order |
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| Guaranteed analysis | Crude protein (min) 32% · crude fat (min) 18% · crude fibre (max) 4% · moisture (max) 10% |
| Calories | 3,719 kcal/kg, 422 kcal/cup, as labelled |
| AAFCO adequacy | Formulated to meet AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance. |
| Price | Not listed in this round. We publish a price only when we have verified it from a dated listing, and we had not for this recipe when the label was read. |
| Signal | Points | What the label shows |
|---|---|---|
| First ingredient | 20 / 20 | Water buffalo, a named whole meat, is the first ingredient. |
| Animal protein depth, first 10 ingredients | 15 / 15 | Seven named animal ingredients in the first ten, including lamb meal, chicken meal, egg product, roasted bison and roasted venison. |
| Protein level for the life stage | 15 / 15 | 32.0% crude protein (min) sits in the top band. |
| Fat level fit | 10 / 10 | 18.0% crude fat (min) sits at the top of the 14 to 18% band. |
| Whole foods versus filler-flagged ingredients | 10 / 10 | No flagged ingredients in the first ten; the carbohydrate base is sweet potato and peas. |
| Artificial colours and preservatives | 10 / 10 | No artificial colours or preservatives appear in the label facts we publish; the fat is preserved with mixed tocopherols. |
| AAFCO adequacy basis | 7 / 10 | Formulated to meet AAFCO profiles for adult maintenance. |
| FDA recall history | 6 / 10 | One FDA posted recall event found (2012, at the brand's manufacturer). |
| Price tier | Not scored | Not scored in this round: no verified price data yet. |
| Total | 93 / 100 | Scaled from 93 of 100 available points. The method is published in full on the dog food hub. |
The review above covers this brand's flagship recipe in full. We also read and scored 21 more Taste of the Wild recipes from their own labels, each with its own page, its own ingredient notes and the same rubric:
| Recipe | Score / 100 | Protein | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Prairie | 94 | 32% | Dry food |
| Ancient Wetlands | 94 | 32% | Dry food |
| High Prairie | 93 | 32% | Dry food |
| Wetlands | 93 | 32% | Dry food |
| High Prairie Puppy | 91 | 28% | Dry food |
| High Prairie Wet | 91 | 8% | Wet food |
| Pacific Stream Wet | 91 | 7.5% | Wet food |
| Southwest Canyon Wet | 91 | 9% | Wet food |
| Wetlands Wet | 91 | 8% | Wet food |
| Appalachian Valley Small Breed | 90 | 32% | Dry food |
| Ancient Stream | 89 | 30% | Dry food |
| PREY Turkey Limited Ingredient | 89 | 30% | Dry food |
| Southwest Canyon | 88 | 29% | Dry food |
| Ancient Mountain | 86 | 25% | Dry food |
| Pacific Stream Puppy | 86 | 27% | Dry food |
| Pine Forest | 86 | 28% | Dry food |
| PREY Angus Beef Limited Ingredient | 86 | 27% | Dry food |
| PREY Trout Limited Ingredient | 86 | 27% | Dry food |
| Sierra Mountain Wet | 84 | 8% | Wet food |
| Sierra Mountain | 84 | 25% | Dry food |
| Pacific Stream | 83 | 25% | Dry food |
2012: FDA records list a Salmonella recall of dry dog foods made by Diamond Pet Foods (Schell and Kampeter), the manufacturer of this brand, covering production from that period.
The 2012 event sits with the manufacturer rather than this recipe, and it is old. We count it because quality systems belong to the maker, and we label it as a manufacturer event so readers can weigh it fairly.
See the full dog food recall tracker for recent events across all brands.
Change foods gradually over about a week, mixing increasing amounts of the new food into the old, so the change does not upset your dog's stomach. Portion by calories, not by the look of the bowl: our feeding calculator works out a daily amount from your dog's weight. And because no ingredient list can answer what is safe for a dog to eat as a treat or a table scrap, check our Can Dogs Eat section before sharing food off your own plate.
Label read November 2026. Scores follow the rubric published on the dog food hub. This review is general information about a product label, not veterinary advice, and it is not a feeding trial: we score what a buyer can verify from the label and the public record.
Last updated: November 2026. Checked against the sources named on this page.