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Happy Dog Puppy & Junior Wet: Lamb review

Name: Happy Dog Puppy & Junior Wet: Lamb
Brand: Happy Dog

56.4/100Good

WetPuppy

Flavour

A two-recipe growth line that is heavily meat based and nearly free of starch. The salmon recipe itemises its meat and declares its moisture; the lamb recipe keeps that to itself. Both sit in our Good band, a step below the typical wet puppy food.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Growing dogs that want meat, not starch, with protein at 45.9% and 48.2% of dry matter
Puppies that drink too little
Topping up a kibble diet with aroma and moisture
Owners who like taurine and L-carnitine dosed in print

Worth watching

Calcium at 2.05% and 1.97% of dry matter, above what large-breed growth plans usually aim for
Salmon oil in both, so neither anchors a fish-free elimination diet

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

How this scores

How we score

56.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a pup that will grow big, check the calcium against the feeding plan before making either the main meal.

Food type

Wet

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Salmon 62.8
Lamb 56.4

All two Good. Typical wet food: Excellent.

There is less between the two than the labels suggest; the gap is about what each label says.

What's in it

Meat and animal derivatives61% (lamb 8%)Most of the meat is unattributed, and nothing on the pack says which end of the range it is.
Rice4%A token of starch.
Eggshell powderThe calcium, and plenty of it: 2.05% of dry matter.
Psyllium husksFibre.
Mussel powder
Canola oil, salmon oilFat runs to 39.1% of dry matter.
CelluloseBulk fibre.
Chicory powder, yeast extract, savory, birch leaves, camomile

Taurine at 1000 mg and L-carnitine at 300 mg per kilo, with vitamins E and B1 and vitamin D3.

Calcium at 2.05% of dry matter sits above what large-breed growth plans usually aim for.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 78%.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal derivatives (61 %, of which 8 % lamb), rice* (4 %), eggshell powder, psyllium husks*, mussel powder, canola oil, salmon oil, cellulose, chicory powder, yeasts* (extract), savory*, birch leaves*, camomile* *) dried

Against the range

Meat: 61% derivatives, 8% lamb; 53% itemised chicken parts plus 5% salmon in the Salmon
Fat, dry matter: 39.1%; 34.2% in the Salmon
Carbohydrate, dry matter: 2.3%; 6.2% in the Salmon
Moisture: Not declared; Declared at 77.2% on the Salmon

The leaner on starch and the richer in fat, though you take the meat on trust.

Both recipes are almost all meat, with rice and potato reduced to a token, and carbohydrate converts to 2.3% and 6.2% of dry matter against 13.6% typical of a wet puppy food. Eggshell powder supplies the calcium in each, and plenty of it. Salmon oil runs through both, and the tail is short: psyllium, chicory, mussel powder, yeast and three dried herbs.

What varies is the meat and how it is declared. The lamb recipe names only 8% of its 61% meat share; the salmon recipe itemises its chicken parts and adds salmon at 5%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

110.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

10.1%

Fat

8.6%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

2.4%

Dry weight

Protein

45.9%

Fat

39.1%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

10.9%

Carbs

2.3%

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

64.5%

Added water

21%

Carbs

Veg

0.3%

Oils

1.7%

Other

8.5%

Pricing & size