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Happy Dog NaturCroq: Duck & Rice review

Name: Happy Dog NaturCroq: Duck & Rice
Brand: Happy Dog

46.3/100Average

DryAdult

Flavour

The brand's everyday line, built on one frame with a different animal on each bag. Nine of the ten sit in our Average band, held there by cereal high on the list and moderate meat shares. Beef & Rice finishes well clear in Good.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Rotating proteins across the week on one frame
Dogs that have never had trouble with wheat or maize
Multi-dog homes, as most of the range is fed from toy breeds to giants
Busy dogs with a real appetite. Active carries 18% fat
A small breed puppy, an older dog or a large breed, each with a recipe here

Worth watching

Wheat and maize high on nearly every recipe
Poultry protein in the duck, lamb and salmon, usually above the animal on the front
Poultry fat and beef fat on all ten labels
Haemoglobin and hydrolysed liver with no species named

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

How this scores

How we score

46.3/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Adult recipes cover every size, with Puppy for small breeds and XXL for large and giant dogs. Start from the label table and let your dog's waistline do the rest.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Duck

The score, in context

Beef 57.7
Puppy 47.6
Active 47.3
Lamb 46.8
Duck 46.3
XXL Large Kibble 44.6
Salmon 43.5
Balance 43.1
Chicken 41.7
Senior 40.9

Ten recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Scores spread wider than the shared design suggests: nine sit in Average and Beef & Rice climbs clear, so the recipe you pick matters more than the line.

What's in it

Poultry proteinAhead of the duck.
Wholegrain wheat, wholegrain corn, wheat flour, cornmeal
Duck protein8%Behind the cereal block.
Rice flour8%
Wholegrain barley, beet molasses pulp
Poultry fat, beef fat, liver hydrolysate
Sunflower oil, apple pomace, yeast0.8% oil
Rapeseed oil, salts, green herbs0.2% oil, 0.3% herbs

Vitamins and trace minerals dosed in print, with zinc and iron both at 80 mg per kilo.

Poultry protein outranks the duck, so this is no help to a dog avoiding chicken or turkey.

Named ingredients

Poultry protein *, wholegrain wheat, wholegrain corn, wheat flour, cornmeal, duck protein * (8%), rice flour (8%), wholegrain barley, beet molasses schnitzel * (sugar-free), poultry fat, beef fat, liver hydrolysate, sunflower oil (0.8%), apple pomace * (0, 6%), yeast *, potassium chloride, rapeseed oil (0.2%), sodium chloride, green oats *, sunflower *, cress *, parsley *, (total green herbs: 0.3%);*) dried.

Against the range

Named animal: Duck protein, 8%; Behind poultry protein, as with lamb and salmon.
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 57.6%; The highest in the line.
Additive panel: Dosed in print; Shared only with Salmon & Rice.

A duck-flavoured recipe more than a duck-based one.

Ten recipes on one frame: a declared meat protein, a block of wheat and maize, and poultry fat and beef fat for energy. Beet pulp and apple pomace follow, then a green tail of oats, cress and parsley totalling 0.3%. Poultry protein turns up on all ten and outranks the named animal on the duck, lamb and salmon.

What changes is the animal on the front and how much of it there is, from salmon protein at 5% to poultry protein at 23% in Chicken & Rice. Haemoglobin and hydrolysed liver are used as palatants without a species, and meat meal mostly arrives without an animal attached.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

339 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

22%

Fat

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

5.5%

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

Carbs

57.6%

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

39.3%

Carbs

55.2%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

2.2%

Other

3.1%

Pricing & size