For our Woofin’ Good! dog food review we’ll take a look at the Chicken, Rice & Vegetables formula, but the ingredients are similar in Beef, Rice & Vegetable as well as the puppy formula.
I believe Woofin Good is made in Italy, and if that’s the case I can’t comment on Italian standards of pet food manufacture, and I can’t comment on whether the manufacture is reputable. Coles are the only retailer for the brand, so likely the importer as well. That makes this a home brand.
What the marketing says
According to the Coles website the “ingredients are carefully selected to give your dog the esstentials they need”. Apart from not being able to spell the word “essentials”, it’s not even a good marketing phrase. Our dogs deserve more than the essentials, don’t they? They deserve the best!!
A couple of statements which somewhat ring true are as follows:
- Salmon oil with omega 3 and 6 fatty acids promote healthy skin and shiny coat
- Made with added glucosamine and chondroitin to help maintain joint health
Let’s delve into the ingredients of Woofin Good dry dog food to find out what the marketing doesn’t say…
What the labelling really says
We find the first ingredient to be poultry meal, but there’s no way of knowing what ratio this ingredient is compared to the next four. There’s a couple of possibilities here – either the top five are in relatively equal proportions, or the top two make up the bulk of the food. The second ingredient is rice (likely white rice), and will likely be in a similar proportion to the poultry. It’s possible the oats as the third ingredient are also a similar portion, making the bulk of the food one part meat to two parts grain.
Rice and oats are fine for a dog in moderation, but it needs to be considered we shouldn’t feed our dogs excessive grains, and it’s likely these make up the bulk of this food. To combat this it’s worth varying the diet or supplementing it with other foodstuffs. Carbs turn to sugars, especially in less energetic dogs, and we all know sugars are bad for health.
Vegetables are a combination of peas, tomatoes, and carrots, or some variation of those ingredients. Carrot tops? Who knows? That said, there’s nothing wrong with these ingredients and they have nutritional value.
In the previous section we noted salmon oil was mentioned in the marketing as a good source of omega 3 and 6 for skin and coat, but in the ingredients we find the much more controversial canola oil listed as the primary oil. Salmon oil is actually way down the list, guaranteed to be sub 1% of the product, possibly even less. Makes you wonder why they market it so prominently.
It’s nice to see glucosamine and chondriotin added, which should go some way into maintaining joint health. That’s a good thing given poor quality dog foods are likely the root cause of joint problems in dogs.
Vitamins and minerals aren’t listed specifically, so very likely a pack/powder form sourced from whichever country offers the cheapest price. Natural prebiotic sounds good, but there’s likely a reason it’s listed using an ambiguous term. They don’t tell you what it is, and if it was decent they would tell you.
Have you fed Woofin’ Good dog food? If so let us know what you think in the comments!
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Woofin Good dog food review summary
Overall the ingredients aren’t too bad, but there are telltale signs Woofin Good favours budget ingredients over expensive premium ingredients. This is also reflected in the price, and supermarkets such as Coles know their consumers will always opt for cheap over quality. That said, Woofin Good seems to be one of the better offerings on the Coles shelves.
We hope our Woofin Good dog food review has been enlightening. If it has, please take the time to comment with any feedback. Have you fed Woofin Good? How have you found it? Let us know!
Ingredients
The ingredients of Woofin Good dry dog food as of February 2021 are as follows:
Poultry Meal, Rice, Oats, Beef Meal, Vegetables (Peas, Tomatoes, Carrots), Beet Pulp, Kelp Meal, Canola Oil, Fruit (Blueberries, cranberries), Salt, Vitamins and Minerals, Natural Antioxidant, Salmon Oil, Yucca Schidigera, Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Natural Prebiotic, Peppermint, Rosemary.
Guaranteed analysis
The guaranteed analysis of Woofin Good dry dog food as of February 2021 is as follows:
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I have been using the Joint Care chews for my Toy Poodle for a few years now, and recently had to take him to the vet.
The vet asked me his age (15) and said his joints were like that of a five to seven year old dog. It certainly does the job for him.
It’s good to hear your dog’s joints are good 🙂 I’m actually half-way through an article on joint support but haven’t published it yet. There’s also one on treats for arthritis which discusses how treats such as the Woofin Good Joint Care chews work – https://www.petfoodreviews.com.au/dog-arthritis-treats/
Hello,
Just want to express our disappointment in the hope that the quality could be restored. My puppy love the Woofin Good Dental Treat and she uses it daily. It is in fact the only dental care she really love. We were very happy that we finally found something she likes but recently unfortunately we have noticed the weight decrease in the product as well as the quality has changed. It is disappointing to notice this sudden inconsistency, we thought it was just a bad batch we bought but it kept getting smaller and smaller for the same price.
Hope this gets reviewed soon.
Regards
Andy
I agree with Nigel ie it is the only dry food my Australian Silky will eat and Coles hasn’t had it for ages. At least the charity dog food bin outside the supermarket is getting lots of dry dog food, with only one portion of it taken out!
How about reviewing the grain free variant.
I don’t think your statements are rude or not thought through. However Canola has been around for over 70 years. Not conceived and exported from Canada yesterday. Canola oil is good for humans and dogs.
“Canola oil in a pet diet contributes a significant amount of the essential nutrient linoleic acid. With its content of linolenic acid, it helps narrow the ratio of these two fatty acids to a level consistent with the values suggested by the US National Research Council (2006).”
https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/18-is-canola-oil-toxic#:~:text=Canola%20oil%20in%20a%20pet,National%20Research%20Council%20(2006).
Only dry food my Newfoundland likes and also the cans.!
Woofin Good kangaroo kibble was the only food my dog actually liked, after years of him not eating anything I bought and resorting to eating the cat food instead. Now I can’t find it in my local Coles, which is disappointing, going through more cat food again.
3 dogs were given a can of woofin good dog food and left it! Not sure what was wrong but they smell it and then left it! All of the 3 big dogs!
Can i give it to my cat??
Hi Paula, I wouldn’t advise giving a dog biscuit to your cat. Cats have more stringent requirements for protein and fat as well as amino acids like taurine which are often added to cat foods. Over the long term it could cause health problems.
Only 1 of 2 foods my dog will eat but what is it with availability? Very intermittent so extremely frustrating. Is there somewhere else beside Coles to buy it or will production going to improve?
I had used a can of Woofin Good dog food about 6 months ago for a dog I was sitting and found mould on the top. I was hesitant to use as I wouldn’t eat mould. I told the owner and they said they bought it from Coles and I thought it couldn’t be that bad, maybe a one off. Just now, I opened a tin for my boy and there was mould again. Needless to say I won’t be buying it again and it’s a shame because it’s hard to get a range of grain free brand varieties and flavours.
I actually find grain free to be the bane of my existence at the moment, it’s everywhere. I’m finding it hard to find any good grained recipes haha. To be honest Australia has way too many grain free dry foods, we need more grained dry foods.
Dogs are just as prone to mould as we are, they can take on the bacteria from fresh raw food, but once it’s mould infested they can get just as sick as us. Don’t ever feed mouldy food.
Try online pet food stores for more variety on cans. Pet Circle, Pet Warehouse, Budget Pets and Habitat Pet are my go to’s. Well except Warehouse as I had an issue with them and I’m boycotting haha.
But upon looking at reviews during that time, it seems like I was the only one with this issue. There was this powder on the food, it got into my eyes and ruined my vision for a few months. It got better but never 100%. They didn’t really care and getting a refund was impossible, so I got PayPal to refund me and that worked. But yeah their treatment of me was appalling. So 100% boycotting.
Hi Simone, that’s not good – mould can be harmful if fed to dogs. If you have a photo of the mould it would be worth adding it here, if you can.
My dog eats exclusively from Coles as that’s where my food comes from. He gets Woofin Good, Nood or Applaws for variation and to try and cover all needs. Woofin good is his favourite followed by Applaws then Nood, don’t judge by what your dog likes. I like McDonalds but that doesn’t make it good for me. No adverse results from any of them. Supermarket food vs pet store? I wouldn’t by food for myself from the pet store. Pet stores sell plenty of over priced yet way lower rated brands then the 3 I buy at the supermarket for half the price at the very least. I think your Coles statement was both rude and not thought through, based on your research. PS Canola oil is one of the best for human consumption, haven’t checked for dogs?
It’s good to hear your feedback Dale, and it’s been good to see in recent years how Coles have begun to stock some better options. I’ll stand by my statement about “essentials” if that’s the one you’re referring to, and also stand by canola oil as more “controversial” than an alternative like salmon oil.