Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream Wet review

Taste of the Wild · Pacific Stream Wet · Wet food · All life stages

91 / 100Our label score

★★★★½4.5 of 5 stars, from the score

7.5%Crude protein (min)

346kcal per 13.2 oz

1FDA recall event for the brand

On the facts printed on its own label, Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream Wet scores 91 out of 100 on our rubric: top of the range we have scored. The panel opens with Whitefish, and the first ingredient signal earns 20 of its 20 points. At 7.5% crude protein it ranks 21 of the 21 Taste of the Wild recipes we scored for protein. Crude fat reads 3.5%.

Legumes appear on 3 separate lines of the panel (Dried Ground Peas, Peas, Pea Protein). Read together they would sit higher in the order than any one of them does alone, and they carry part of the protein figure with them. Its adequacy claim rests on formulation: balanced on paper against the AAFCO nutrient profiles rather than fed to dogs in a trial. The brand carries one FDA posted recall event in our check, set out below with its date.

The panel runs to 47 ingredient lines. 5 of them are animal source lines and 10 are plant lines. Salt appears at line 15 of 47: ingredients listed after salt are present in small amounts, a standard reading aid for long panels. The vitamin and mineral pack begins around line 29; the 19 lines from there on are mostly supplements, preservatives and functional extras rather than staple foods.

The label facts

Maker	Diamond Pet Foods
Format	Wet food
Life stage	All life stages
Full ingredient list, in label order	Whitefish Fish Broth Turkey Broth Water Sufficient for Processing Turkey Turkey Liver Dried Egg Whites Salmon Dried Ground Peas Potatoes Peas Potato Starch Guar Gum Natural Flavor Salt Pea Protein Sodium Phosphate Tricalcium Phosphate Potassium Chloride Inulin Tomatoes Sweet Potatoes Blueberries Raspberries Calcium Carbonate Taurine Choline Chloride Yucca Schidigera Extract Zinc Amino Acid Chelate Iron Amino Acid Chelate Xanthan Gum Thiamine Mononitrate Vitamin E Supplement Copper Amino Acid Chelate Manganese Amino Acid Chelate Sodium Selenite Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate Niacin Supplement D-calcium Pantothenate Vitamin A Supplement Riboflavin Supplement Biotin Vitamin B12 Supplement Potassium Iodide Pyridoxine Hydrochloride Vitamin D3 Supplement Folic Acid
Guaranteed analysis	Crude protein (min) 7.5% · crude fat (min) 3.5% · crude fibre (max) 1% · moisture (max) 82%
Dry matter reading	With the water taken out, the same analysis reads 41.7% protein and 19.4% fat. Dry matter is how wet and dry foods can be compared fairly.
Calories	924 kcal/kg, 346 kcal per 13.2 oz, as labelled
AAFCO adequacy	AAFCO and Sizes AAFCO Statement Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream Canine Recipe With Salmon in Gravy is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for growth and maintenance including growth of large size dogs (70 lbs. or more as an adult).
Price	Not listed. 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.

How the score breaks down

Signal	Points	What the label shows
First ingredient	20 / 20	Whitefish, a named whole animal protein, opens the panel.
Animal protein depth, first 10 ingredients	15 / 15	5 of the first ten ingredients are named animal ingredients.
Protein level for the life stage	15 / 15	Crude protein reads 41.7% on a dry matter basis (water removed), read against the all life stages stage the label claims.
Fat level fit	7 / 10	Crude fat reads 19.4% on a dry matter basis (water removed).
Whole foods versus filler-flagged ingredients	10 / 10	None of the rubric's flagged ingredients appears in the first ten.
Artificial colours and preservatives	10 / 10	No artificial colours, colour-retention chemicals or artificial preservatives appear in the panel.
AAFCO adequacy basis	8 / 10	Formulated to meet AAFCO profiles for all life stages, including growth of large size dogs.
FDA recall history	6 / 10	One FDA posted dog food recall event found for the brand in our November 2026 check.
Price tier	Not scored	Not scored in this round. We publish a price only when we have verified it from a dated listing.
Total	91 / 100	Scaled from 91 of 100 available points. Stars are the score divided by 20, rounded to the nearest half. The method is published in full on the dog food hub.

Ingredient notes: the first ten, one by one

Definitions below are written from AAFCO's ingredient definitions in our own words. They describe what an ingredient is, never what a brand claims about it. Names that appear in our ingredient dictionary link to it; the dictionary counts how many scored recipes carry each ingredient.

Whitefish. Whitefish is a named fish, bringing animal protein and, in oily species, omega 3 fats. Fish first panels suit dogs that react to land meats.
Fish Broth. Fish Broth is a cooking liquid from the named animal. It brings flavour and moisture, and in a wet food it is most of the weight in the can.
Turkey Broth. Turkey Broth is a cooking liquid from the named animal. It brings flavour and moisture, and in a wet food it is most of the weight in the can.
Water Sufficient for Processing. Water Sufficient for Processing is the base of a wet food. A wet panel is mostly water by design, which is why its analysis is read on a dry matter basis.
Turkey. Turkey is the named meat in fresh form. Panel order is set by weight before cooking, and fresh meat is mostly water, so its share of the finished food is smaller than its place at the top suggests.
Turkey Liver. Turkey Liver is organ tissue from a named animal. Organs are dense in vitamins, minerals and amino acids, and they are a normal part of what a dog is built to eat.
Dried Egg Whites. Dried Egg Whites has already had its water taken out before it is weighed in, so a kilo of it stands for several kilos of the fresh meat. It is one of the most protein dense forms an ingredient can take.
Salmon. Salmon is a named fish, bringing animal protein and, in oily species, omega 3 fats. Fish first panels suit dogs that react to land meats.
Dried Ground Peas. Dried Ground Peas is a legume bringing starch, fibre and plant protein together. Legumes help a panel reach its protein figure without meat, which is worth knowing when you read the protein line.
Potatoes. Potatoes is a starch binder. In grain free recipes it is usually what holds the kibble together in place of grain.

One pattern to see whole: legumes appear on 3 lines of this panel. Makers split one plant family across several named forms (whole, protein, starch, fibre), and each form is legal on its own line. Read as a family, they would rank higher in the order than any one line does.

Who it suits

Homes that want one bag to cover a puppy and an adult dog together
Owners who want a named whole meat, not a meal or a plant, at the top of the panel
Picky eaters and older dogs: wet food smells stronger and is easier to chew

Who should skip it

Owners who specifically want a food proven in feeding trials rather than by formulation
Large dog homes on a budget: wet food takes several cans a day at big-dog calories

The brand's recall record

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.

Other Taste of the Wild recipes we scored

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
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

Those are the twelve highest scoring of the 20 other Taste of the Wild recipes we scored. The full comparison, flagship review included, is on the Taste of the Wild brand review.

Feeding it

Switch foods gradually over about a week, mixing more of the new food into the old each day. Portion by calories, not by the look of the bowl: our feeding calculator works out a daily amount from your dog's weight, and this recipe's calorie line above is the number it needs.

What that means at the bowl, for a typical neutered adult (resting energy 70 times body weight to the power 0.75, times 1.6; treats come out of the same budget):

Dog's weight	Daily energy	Of this recipe, at 346 kcal a can
3 kg	about 255 kcal	about 0.7 cans
10 kg	about 630 kcal	about 1.8 cans
20 kg	about 1,059 kcal	about 3.1 cans
30 kg	about 1,436 kcal	about 4.2 cans

Puppies, pregnant dogs and very active dogs need more; older and weight watching dogs need less. The calculator linked above adjusts for those cases.

Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream Wet: our recipe review