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Happy Dog Sano N review

We don't put a score on this food. It is a veterinary diet, formulated for a diagnosed condition and meant to be fed on a vet's advice. Your vet has seen your dog and we have not, so a number from us could only pull you towards their advice or away from it, and neither of those is ours to do. What follows is what the label declares, what the analysis works out at, and where to buy it, with no judgement attached to any of it.

Happy Dog sells Sano N through its dietetic line. It is a maize and rice kibble built around a deliberately low protein level, with potassium and salt declared on the list, for dogs whose feeding plan is set by a vet.

DryAdult

Happy Dog's dietetic kibble, built around a low protein level, and one we do not score. Protein is declared at 12.5%, converting to 13.6% of dry matter, and that low figure is the whole design. Potassium chloride and sodium chloride are printed side by side on the list.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog whose vet has set a restricted protein plan
Owners who want each trace element dosed on the panel
Households watching egg, which is declared plainly at 4%
Dogs of any size, with one recipe across the range

Worth watching

Meat meal and poultry fat do not name the animal, so the list will not clear a dog avoiding one meat
Salmon meal and beef fat put fish and beef in the bag

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

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, on a vet's advice. Take the daily portion from your vet, not from an energy estimate.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

What's in it

Maize, rice flour, potato flakesThe starch side does most of the work by weight.
Poultry fat, beef fatBeef is named; the bird is not.
Dried whole egg4%
Salmon meal4%Names its animal.
Meat meal2%No species given.
Hydrolysed liverThe coating that keeps the food appealing.
Beet pulp, apple pomaceThe fibre.
Potassium chloride, sodium chloride, calcium carbonateThe pairing a maker prints when electrolyte balance is part of the job.
Yeasts, barley, green oats, sunflowers, cress, parsley0.2% dried herbs in total

Vitamins A and D3, every trace element dosed individually, and L-tryptophan at 1000 mg per kilo.

No moisture declared, so the dry-matter figures assume a standard 8%.

Named ingredients

Maize, rice flour, potato flakes, poultry fat, beef fat, dried whole egg (4 %), salmon meal (4 %), meat meal (2 %), hydrolysed liver, beet pulp* (desugared), apple pomace*, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, calcium carbonate, yeasts*, barley, green oats*, sunflowers*, cress*, parsley*, (total dried herbs: 0.2 %); *) dried.

Against the range

One dietetic kibble on maize, rice flour and potato flakes, with protein held deliberately low. Egg and salmon meal are named; the meat meal and poultry fat leave the animal open.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

372.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

12.5%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

3.5%

Dry weight

Protein

13.6%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

3.8%

Carbs

65.2%

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

14.1%

Carbs

75.6%

Veg

Oils

7.9%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size