Harley & Marley

Harley & Marley Senior Dogs & Weight Management review

Name: Harley & Marley Senior Dogs & Weight Management
Brand: Harley & Marley

66.7/100Good

DryAdultSenior

The brand's fish recipe, lightened for a slowing dog, and it lands in our Good band. Fat drops to 9.0% and fibre climbs to 5.5%, so an older dog still gets a proper bowlful. The fish share stays at 61.5%, itemised right down to the digest.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs easing off the exercise
Dogs carrying a few kilos too many whose owners want them to feel fed after a meal
Fish-eating homes with any size of dog, toy to giant
Owners avoiding grain. Sweet potato, potato and tapioca do the cereal's job
Senior hearts, if taurine matters to you: it is dosed at 500 mg per kilo

Worth watching

Fat at 10.1% of dry matter, so a still-busy older dog may need more than you expect
Fish oil and fish digest throughout, with no fish-free way to feed it

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

How this scores

How we score

66.7/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors from toy to giant. The label guide runs 180 to 360 grams for dogs from 10kg to 20kg, and the dog's waistline settles where in that range it belongs.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Fish

The score, in context

Harley & Marley Senior Dogs & Weight Management 66.7

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A genuinely fish-led recipe with nothing clever in the small print; the tapioca and pea starch keep the balance reading at Average.

What's in it

Fresh haddock, fresh hake15% eachCome in wet; the oven takes that back out.
Dehydrated trout, dehydrated fish14% eachCarry most of the finished protein. Trout is named; the other dehydrated fish is not.
Fish oil, fish digest2.5%, 1%
Sweet potato, potato, tapioca, pea starch, peasThe grain-free base. Tapioca and pea starch weigh on the balance reading.
Beet pulp, pea fibrePush the fibre up so a lighter bowl still fills the dog.
Sunflower oil, minerals
Brewer's yeast, yeast extract, chicory inulinB vitamins and food for the gut bacteria already there.
Yucca schidigeraTakes the edge off the smell at the other end.
Kale, turmeric, blueberries, broccoli, spinach, rosehip, carrotTrace level, the label's flourish.

Taurine at 500 mg per kilo, with zinc both as the oxide and in a chelated form, plus iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, all dosed in print.

Ash runs high at 13.5% of dry matter, normal for dehydrated fish with bone, and a figure for the vet where a diet is restricted.

Named ingredients

61.5% Fish (15% Fresh Haddock, 15% Fresh Hake, 14% Dehydrated Trout, 14% Dehydrated Fish, 2.5% Fish Oil, 1% Fish Digest), Sweet Potato, Potato, Tapioca, Pea Starch, Peas, Beet Pulp, Sunflower Oil, Minerals, Brewer's Yeast. Pea Fibre, Dehydrated Kale, Yeast Extract, Chicory Inulin, Yucca Schidigera, Dehydrated Turmeric, Dehydrated Blueberries, Dehydrated Broccoli, Dried Spinach, Dried Rosehip, Dried Carrot.

Against the range

One grain-free fish kibble for older and heavier dogs. Fish makes up 61.5% of the bag, every part itemised, and sweet potato, potato and tapioca stand in for cereal. Fat is held at 9.0% and fibre lifted to 5.5%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

363 kcal/100g

Protein

25.5%

Fat

Fibre

5.5%

Ash

12%

Moisture

11%

Dry weight

Protein

28.7%

Fat

10.1%

Fibre

6.2%

Ash

13.5%

Carbs

41.5%

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

61.5%

Carbs

37.2%

Veg

0.3%

Oils

0.5%

Other

0.5%

Pricing & size