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Happy Dog Puppy & Junior Wet: Salmon review

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

62.8/100Good

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

62.8/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceOutstanding

TransparencyOutstanding

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

Chicken

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 by-products: chicken neck, meat, liver, heart, stomach53%Itemised, with liver named. This is a chicken recipe with a salmon accent.
Salmon5%
Rice, potato2% (potato)
Chicken fat, rapeseed oil
Psyllium husk, mussel powder
Salmon oil
Eggshell powderThe calcium source: 1.97% of dry matter.
Cellulose
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.

Calcium at 1.97% of dry matter sits above what large-breed growth plans usually aim for.

Chicken makes up most of the meat, despite the salmon name.

Named ingredients

Meat and animal by-products (53% - chicken neck, meat, liver, heart, stomach), salmon (5%), rice*, potato (2%), chicken fat, rapeseed oil, psyllium husk*, mussel powder, salmon oil, eggshell powder, cellulose, chicory powder, yeast* (extracted), savory*, birch leaves*, chamomile* *) dried

Against the range

Meat: 53% named chicken parts, salmon 5%; 61% unattributed derivatives, 8% lamb in the Lamb
Protein, dry matter: 48.2%; 45.9% in the Lamb
Moisture: Declared, 77.2%; Not printed on the Lamb

The label that shows its working, and the higher scorer of the two.

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

109.7 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

11%

Fat

7.8%

Fibre

0.4%

Ash

2.2%

Moisture

77.2%

Dry weight

Protein

48.2%

Fat

34.2%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

9.6%

Carbs

6.2%

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

46.7%

Added water

12.2%

Carbs

25.2%

Veg

0.2%

Oils

12%

Other

3.6%