Barking Heads

Barking Heads Adult Wet Food: Bowl Lickin' Chicken review

Name: Barking Heads Adult Wet Food: Bowl Lickin' Chicken
Brand: Barking Heads

76.9/100Excellent

WetAdult

Flavour

Four cans, one construction, all in our Excellent band. Each declares 85% named animal content and names the broth after the same animal, so the moisture arrives carrying flavour. Only the animal changes from can to can.

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Our view

Likely to suit

An owner who reads the can for its meat share
Dogs kept off grain. Sweet potato and peas do the binding
Rotating flavours without changing anything else in the bowl
Adult dogs of any size, from toy breeds to giants

Worth watching

Salmon oil in every recipe, so even the beef, chicken and lamb cans carry fish
Several cans a day for a bigger dog fed wet alone; many owners serve these alongside a dry food

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

76.9/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. For a dog kept strictly off fish, note the salmon oil on every label before ordering a case.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chop Lickin' Lamb 77.2
Hair Necessities Salmon 77.0
Beef Waggington 76.9
Bowl Lickin' Chicken 76.9

All four Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

All four finish ahead of the typical wet food and only fractions apart, so your dog's palate can cast the deciding vote.

What's in it

Fresh deboned chicken60%
Chicken broth25%Same animal as the meat.
Peas, sweet potatoGrain-free binding.
Carrot, courgette
Sunflower oil, salmon oilSalmon oil for omega 3, so a chicken can that still carries fish.
Seaweed, lucerne, parsley, celery, chicory root, nettle
Turmeric, aniseed, minerals

Vitamin D3 at 450 IU and vitamin E at 40 mg per kilo, with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine.

Named ingredients

85% Chicken includes - Fresh Deboned Chicken (60%), Chicken Broth (25%), Peas, Sweet Potato, Carrot, Courgette, Sunflower Oil, Salmon Oil, Seaweed, Lucerne, Parsley, Celery, Chicory Root, Nettle, Turmeric, Aniseed, Minerals

Against the range

Fibre: 1.5%; The highest of the meat cans; beef and lamb 0.6%.
Protein, dry matter: 42.9%; Beef and lamb 47.6%, salmon 40.0%.
Vegetables: Peas, sweet potato, carrot, courgette; Each can has its own set.

Level with the rest on our reading, with a little more fibre than the other meat cans.

Every can is built the same way: 60% fresh meat or fish plus 25% broth from the same animal, which adds up to the 85% on the front. Sunflower oil and salmon oil go into all four, so every can carries a little fish. No grain appears anywhere; the binding comes from vegetables.

The vegetables change from can to can and stay in a supporting role. In dry matter, protein runs from 40.0% to 47.6% and carbohydrate from 6.7% to 22.0%. A herb tail in trace amounts closes every label.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

96.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

Moisture

79%

Dry weight

Protein

42.9%

Fat

33.3%

Fibre

7.1%

Ash

9.5%

Carbs

7.2%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

100%

Pricing & size