Barking Heads

Barking Heads Adult Wet Food: Hair Necessities Salmon review

Name: Barking Heads Adult Wet Food: Hair Necessities Salmon
Brand: Barking Heads

77/100Excellent

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

77/100Excellent

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

Salmon

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 salmon30%
Fresh sardine30%A second fish, worth knowing if you count species.
Salmon broth25%
Sweet potato, pumpkin, carrotLead the carbohydrate, the highest in the range.
Sunflower oil, salmon oil
Seaweed, lucerne, parsley, celery, chicory root
Cinnamon, turmeric, aniseed, minerals

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

The only can with no land meat in it.

Named ingredients

85% Salmon & Sardine includes - Fresh Salmon (30%), Fresh Sardine (30%) Salmon Broth (25%), Sweet Potato, Pumpkin, Carrot, Sunflower Oil, Salmon Oil, Seaweed, Lucerne, Parsley, Celery, Chicory Root, Cinnamon, Turmeric, Aniseed, Minerals

Against the range

Animals on the label: Salmon and sardine; One land meat in each of the other three.
Moisture: 75%; 79% on the rest.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 22.0%; 6.7% to 11.4% on the meat cans.
Energy: 105 kcal per 100g; The most energy dense here.

The one to pick for a dog that does better off land meats.

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

105.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10%

Fat

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

Moisture

75%

Dry weight

Protein

40%

Fat

24%

Fibre

Ash

Carbs

22%

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