Taste of the Wild Dog Food Recall & Safety Review
Manufacturer: Diamond Pet Foods, Inc. (contract manufacturer) · Also known as: TOTW
Safety Status
Taste of the Wild was swept into Diamond Pet Foods' 2012 Salmonella recall as a precaution because it was manufactured at the same Gaston, SC plant; the company states its own product samples tested negative for contamination. In 2019, the FDA separately named Taste of the Wild as one of 16 brands under review in its ongoing (inconclusive) grain-free/DCM investigation — no recall resulted from that review.
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Taste of the Wild has some flagged concerns. These alternatives have a cleaner track record if you'd rather not take the risk.
- No FDA-verified recalls on record
- Risk score 7/100 — reviewed 2026-07-22
- No FDA-verified recalls on record
- Risk score 7/100 — reviewed 2026-07-22
- No FDA-verified recalls on record
- Risk score 12/100 — reviewed 2026-07-22
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Recall History (1)
- medium severityResolved
Precautionary recall as a brand manufactured at Diamond Pet Foods' Gaston, SC plant during that facility's Salmonella outbreak; company reports its own retained samples tested negative
Affected products: Taste of the Wild dry dog and cat food, production codes with '2' or '3' in the 9th digit and 'X' in the 10th/11th digit, best-by Dec. 9, 2012 – Apr. 7, 2013
Source: FDA CVMView source
Controversial Ingredients (1)
- Legume-heavy grain-free formulationlow concern
Named by the FDA in 2019 as one of 16 brands under review in its ongoing, inconclusive investigation into a possible link between grain-free diets and canine DCM; no recall or confirmed causal link has resulted
Safer Alternatives
Lower-risk brands from our own reviewed dataset, based on the same recall data shown on this page.
- No FDA-verified recalls on record
- Risk score 7/100 — reviewed 2026-07-22
- No FDA-verified recalls on record
- Risk score 7/100 — reviewed 2026-07-22
- No FDA-verified recalls on record
- Risk score 12/100 — reviewed 2026-07-22
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