Happy Dog

Happy Dog Light Control review

Name: Happy Dog Light Control
Brand: Happy Dog

61/100Good

DryAdult

Happy Dog's weight recipe, a lower-fat kibble for medium and giant breed adults with a few kilos to lose. Fat is held to 7%, fibre lifted to 6%, and L-carnitine is dosed in print. The bowl looks much the same while the dog takes in noticeably less.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Adult dogs on a diet, at 320.3 kcal per 100g
Medium and giant breed adults, who the recipe is written for
Dogs that beg between meals; lignocellulose is there to make the bowl go further
Owners who like figures against the meat, poultry 16% and lamb 4%
Fat metabolism support in print, with L-carnitine at 200 mg per kilo

Worth watching

Poultry, meat meal and hydrolysed protein with no species named
Fish meal at 5%, half of it salmon meal, so not fish free
Less energy per gram means a bigger-looking bowl, so weigh the portion

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

How this scores

How we score

61/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium and giant breed adults. The label gives a 15kg dog about 205 grams a day, a restrained portion meant to bring weight down.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Medium, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Happy Dog Light Control 61.0

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Judged as the lower-energy bowl it is meant to be, it comes through a general nutrition score better than most weight recipes.

What's in it

Dried animal proteins: poultry, lamb16%, 4%Counted after drying. Poultry gives the family, not the bird.
Maize, maize flour, rice, barleyCereal leads the plant side.
LignocellulosePurified, essentially indigestible fibre that fills the bowl. Named outright.
Fish meal5%Half salmon meal, for marine omega 3.
Meat meal, hydrolysed proteinNeither names an animal.
Desugared beet pulp, oils and fats, apple pomaceOils and fats could be from any plant or animal.
Potassium chloride, yeasts, sodium chloride, seaweed
Linseed, dried whole egg0.15%, 0.1%
Mussel meat0.02%
Milk thistle, artichoke, ginger and other herbs0.15% in total

L-carnitine at 200 mg per kilo to help carry fatty acids into the cells, with a B vitamin set, choline and the usual trace minerals.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Animal proteins* (16 % poultry, 4 % lamb), maize, maize flour, rice, barley, lignocellulose, fish meal (5 %, of which 50 % salmon meal), meat meal, hydrolysed protein, beet pulp* (desugared), oils and fats, apple pomace*, potassium chloride, yeasts*, sodium chloride, seaweed*, linseed (0.15 %), dried whole egg (0.1 %), milk thistle, mussel meat* (0.02 %), yeasts* (extract), artichoke, dandelion, ginger (0.015 %), birch leaves, stinging nettle, camomile, coriander, rosemary, sage, liquorice root, thyme, (total dried herbs 0.15 %). *dried.

Against the range

One lower-fat weight kibble. Dried poultry at 16% and lamb at 4% lead, then maize, maize flour, rice and barley, with lignocellulose, fish meal and meat meal behind. Several entries stay broad: poultry, meat meal, hydrolysed protein and oils and fats name no species.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

320.3 kcal/100g

Protein

25.5%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

6.5%

Dry weight

Protein

27.7%

Fat

7.6%

Fibre

6.5%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

51.1%

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

42.2%

Carbs

53.7%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

0.4%

Other

3.4%

Pricing & size