Safety and recall record
We found 2 recalls for this brand line since 2016. Older and less related recalls count for less.
- 2017Moderate. Wellness 12.5 oz canned cat foods: possible foreign material. Source−1.4
- 2017Serious. Wellness 95% Beef Topper for dogs: elevated beef thyroid hormone. Source−3
Nutrition standards (WSAVA)
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association guidelines tell owners to ask a pet food company who formulates its food and how qualified they are, who makes it, what quality checks it runs, and whether it publishes research. If a company can't or won't answer, WSAVA says to be cautious. We use the answers each maker gave the Pet Nutrition Alliance, which puts those questions to pet food companies.
Wellness Pet Company (listed as WellPet) did not answer the Pet Nutrition Alliance survey, so there's no public answer on who formulates this food, who makes it or how it's checked. Following WSAVA's advice to be cautious, it scores 0 of 25 here. That isn't proof of a problem with the recipe, and if the company publishes its answers we'll re-grade it.
What owners say
Rated 4.5 out of 5 across 2,321 ratings on Chewy. Ratings from a small number of shoppers get pulled toward the average, so for scoring this counts as 4.49.
Value
At $69.22 for 30 lb, this costs $1.42 per 1,000 kcal, about the middle of the dry dog foods we graded.
For a 40 lb neutered adult dog (about 985 kcal a day), that works out to about $1.40 a day, before treats.
Details
| Size priced | 30 lb |
|---|---|
| Price checked | $69.22 at Chewy, October 2026 |
| Unit cost | $1.42 per 1,000 kcal |
| Calories | 3,584 kcal/kg, 427 kcal per cup |
| First ingredients | Deboned chicken, chicken meal, brown rice, sorghum, dried yeast |
Grades compare products within the same category only. We don't test products ourselves or judge individual recipes, and every food here is sold as complete and balanced. Nutrition standards rate the maker against WSAVA's questions, using answers collected by the Pet Nutrition Alliance in 2022. How we grade.