Happy Dog

Happy Dog Flocken Vollkost review

Name: Happy Dog Flocken Vollkost
Brand: Happy Dog

37.8/100Average

DryAdult

The maker's plainest and one of its oldest recipes, a cereal-based complete food with meat meal in second place. Protein is declared at 28% and carbohydrate converts to 44.6% of dry matter, a shade under the shelf norm. It lands in our Average band because so much of the list will not say what animal it comes from.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Any adult dog. The bag prints no breed limit
Owners who want a recipe that has not changed course in years
Dogs that thrive on cereal, with maize flour and wheat leading
Hearty appetites, with poultry fat and beef fat both named
Some vegetables in the mix: flaked peas and carrots at 2% each

Worth watching

Meat meal second on the list with no animal attached
Wheat flour and wheat, so not for a dog kept off wheat
Fish meal, so it is not fish free
Hydrolysed liver with no species named

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

How this scores

How we score

37.8/100Average

Protein and processingPoor

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult dogs of all sizes; the label asks 230 grams a day at 15kg. Check the full list first for a dog with any protein sensitivity.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Happy Dog Flocken Vollkost 37.8

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The analysis is sound; it is the unnamed meat meal and liver that hold this to Average.

What's in it

Maize flour (roller-dried)First on the list, and much of why the kibble binds and browns.
Meat mealRendered and dried, a lot of protein in little weight. No animal is named.
Wheat flour, wheat
Poultry fat
Flaked peas, carrots2% eachThe vegetable content.
Poultry protein, beef fatA second animal entry, and a second named fat.
Calcium carbonate, haemoglobin, fish mealHaemoglobin adds iron-rich protein; fish meal the marine element.
Hydrolysed liver, monocalcium phosphateThe liver is a palatant, species unnamed.
Beet pulp (desugared), sodium chloride, apple pomace, potassium chlorideapple pomace 0.2%
Elderberries and herbs, savory to lavender flowers0.11% totalCharming, and not doing much work.

Vitamins and trace elements are listed by EU code but without doses, so you can see what is added but not how much.

Named ingredients

Maize flour (roller-dried), meat meal, wheat flour, wheat, poultry fat, flaked peas (2 %), carrots* (2 %), poultry protein*, beef fat, calcium carbonate, haemoglobin, fish meal, hydrolysed liver, monocalcium phosphate, beet pulp* (desugared), sodium chloride, apple pomace* (0.2 %), potassium chloride, elderberries, savory, marjoram, rosemary, sage, thyme, aniseed, basil, fennel, elderflowers, lavender flowers (total dried herbs: 0.11 %) *dried

Against the range

One long-standing recipe: maize flour, wheat flour and wheat around an unnamed meat meal, with poultry fat and beef fat for richness. Flaked peas and carrots are 2% each, and a herb list led by elderberries comes to 0.11% in total.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

368.1 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

44.6%

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

28.6%

Carbs

62.9%

Veg

2.2%

Oils

4.5%

Other

1.8%

Pricing & size