Barking Heads

Barking Heads Golden Years Wet: Chicken & Salmon review

Name: Barking Heads Golden Years Wet: Chicken & Salmon
Brand: Barking Heads

76.6/100Excellent

WetAdultSenior

One of the more convincing senior wet foods we have scored, in our Excellent band. The 85% animal content is broken out line by line: chicken 40%, chicken broth 25%, salmon 20%. Carbohydrate stays low for a recipe with this many vegetables, which senior foods often get wrong.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Senior dogs that need tempting, with two named animals and a broth making up most of the pack
Owners who want every animal counted
Stiffening joints: salmon oil and green lipped mussel extract are both on the list
An older dog that has gone quiet on the water bowl. The recipe is 78% moisture
Grain-free homes, as sweet potato and vegetables carry the starch

Worth watching

Chicken and salmon together, so neither can anchor an elimination trial
Green lipped mussel adds a shellfish to a list that already has fish
No calories declared; the energy figure is our estimate

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

How this scores

How we score

76.6/100Excellent

Protein and processingExcellent

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. On wet food alone a 15kg dog takes 600 to 825 grams a day, so check how many packs that means before ordering a case.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 76.6

All one Excellent. Typical wet food: Excellent.

It does the wet-food basics properly and keeps the starch lower than most senior recipes manage.

What's in it

Fresh deboned chicken40%Part of the 85% on the front, counted out.
Chicken broth25%
Fresh salmon20%A second animal, so not a single-protein food.
Sweet potato, carrots, courgette, spinach, tomatoSeasoning the recipe; carbohydrate stays at an estimated 14.5% of dry matter.
Salmon oilOmega 3 for joints, skin and coat.
Sunflower oil
Green lipped mussel extractA shellfish, long used in joint supplements.
Seaweed, lucerne, parsley, celery, chicory rootChicory for its prebiotic inulin.
Nettle, turmeric, aniseed, green tea
Minerals

A short, fully dosed panel: vitamins D3 and E with zinc, manganese, copper and iodine.

No calcium figure published, so the mineral picture stops at the panel.

Named ingredients

85% Chicken & Salmon includes - Fresh Deboned Chicken (40%), Chicken Broth (25%), Fresh Salmon (20%), Sweet Potato, Carrots, Courgette, Spinach, Tomato, Salmon Oil, Sunflower Oil, Green Lipped Mussel Extract, Seaweed, Lucerne, Parsley, Celery, Chicory Root, Nettle, Turmeric, Aniseed, Green Tea, Minerals

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

93.7 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

Fat

Fibre

1.5%

Ash

2.3%

Moisture

78%

Dry weight

Protein

40.9%

Fat

27.3%

Fibre

6.8%

Ash

10.5%

Carbs

14.5%

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