Farm Food

Farm Food HE Scottish Salmon Oil review

Name: Farm Food HE Scottish Salmon Oil
Brand: Farm Food

51.4/100Good

Cold pressedPuppyAdult

Farm Food's usual cold-pressed base, finished with Scottish salmon oil at 1% and named down to the country it came from. The oil is a real addition. Underneath it sit corn, hemoglobin powder, wheat and rice, all ahead of an unnamed meat meal, and that keeps the food in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs whose coats do better with a marine oil in the bowl
One bag for the whole house. The label covers puppies, adults and older dogs
Small breeds and puppies, with the 6 mm mini chunk pressed alongside the regular pellet
Fast eaters. A pressed pellet softens once wet instead of expanding after it is swallowed
Large-breed puppies, with calcium declared at 1.09% of dry matter

Worth watching

Wheat and corn lead the recipe and whey powder brings dairy, so a grain or milk-sensitive dog is not the audience
Salmon oil runs through every pellet, which matters if fish is being kept out of the bowl
Most of the protein is blood powder and meat meal with no species attached

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

How this scores

How we score

51.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Declared complete for puppies, adults and seniors of every size. At 414 kcal per 100g it is dense, so weigh portions rather than going by the scoop.

Food type

Cold pressed

Life stage

Puppy, Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Farm Food HE Scottish Salmon Oil 51.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The base keeps this in the middle of the scale, and the salmon oil cannot lift what sits at the top of the label.

What's in it

Released cornStarch opened up before pressing, so it digests more easily and binds without high heat.
Hemoglobin powderDried blood protein, rich in protein and iron. Not often this high on a list.
Released wheat, released riceWheat is named outright, the grain most often tied to intolerance in dogs.
Meat mealNo species given.
Beef fatThe only named animal source in the base.
Whey powderMilk protein, so dairy is in.
Brewer's yeast, vegetable fibres, cold pressed sunflower oilYeast for B vitamins; the sunflower oil brings vitamin E.
Minerals, lecithin
Scottish salmon oil1%The long-chain omega 3 that no plant source supplies. Named to its country.
Inulin, vitamins and trace elementsInulin for prebiotic work in the gut.

Printed dose by dose, from vitamin A and D3 through the B group to vitamin C, choline, biotin and L-carnitine at 50 mg. Zinc and copper come as sulphates and chelates together, and the selenium is an organic form.

Calcium is declared at 1.09% of dry matter, a figure large-breed puppies are well served by.

Named ingredients

Released corn, hemoglobin powder, released wheat, released rice, meat meal, beef fat, whey powder, brewer's yeast, vegetable fibers, cold pressed sunflower oil, minerals, lecithin, 1% Scottish salmon oil, inulin, vitamins and trace elements.

Against the range

One recipe, pressed in a 6 mm mini chunk as well as the standard pellet. Three grains come before any animal ingredient, and the meat meal names no species.

Price and value

Bag sizes run 2kg, 4kg, 12kg and 15kg, and the 6 mm mini chunk comes in 2kg, 4kg and 12kg.

To put the portion in context, a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition needs about 840 kcal a day on the standard maintenance estimate (110 × bodyweight^0.75). That works out at roughly 203 grams of this pellet. The label's guide for a dog of 20 to 30kg gives 340 to 510 grams a day.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

414.5 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

50%

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

7.5%

Carbs

71%

Veg

0.8%

Oils

3.9%

Other

16.9%

Pricing & size

Pack size: 2 kg · 4 kg · 12 kg · 15 kg - plus "Mini chunk, suitable for puppies and small dog breeds (diameter of 6 mm)": 2 kg · 4 kg · 12 kg
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