Harringtons

Harringtons Dry Puppy: Rich in Chicken & Rice review

Name: Harringtons Dry Puppy: Rich in Chicken & Rice
Brand: Harringtons

59.6/100Good

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Flavour

A familiar British growth kibble in three recipes that share almost everything except the meat on the front. All three land in our Good band. The extras are small but printed with their doses, and the fats come from a named blend.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A pup with a straightforward appetite and no particular sensitivities
Households happy with cereal in the bowl
Owners who like the small extras dosed, seaweed at 1000mg/kg and yucca at 100mg/kg
A fat and omega top-up, with chicken fat at 5% and the omega blend at 1.8%

Worth watching

No calcium figure on any label
Freshly prepared chicken in the salmon and turkey bags too, so none suits a pup kept off chicken

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

How this scores

How we score

59.6/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. For a large or giant pup, ask Harringtons for the calcium figure, then follow the pack's chart and step down as growth slows.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Rich in Salmon 61.2
Rich in Chicken 59.6
Rich In Turkey 58.5

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The range holds the middle of a crowded puppy field; unnamed meal and the missing calcium figure keep the ceiling down.

What's in it

Chicken and meat meals32%Dried chicken at 14% and freshly prepared chicken at 4% named inside. The rest has no animal beside it.
MaizeSecond on the list, the base of the kibble.
Rice5.6%
Maize proteinLifts the protein from the plant side.
Oats15%
Chicken fat5%Chicken again, whatever the front of the bag says.
Omega blend: salmon oil, vegetable oil, linseed1.8%Named, which most blends are not.
Minerals
Seaweed, FOS, yucca extract1000mg/kg, 100mg/kg, 100mg/kgSmall, but dosed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, all dosed per kilo.

No calcium figure on the label, the first number to look for on a growth food for a big pup.

Named ingredients

Chicken & Meat Meals 32% (Including: Dried Chicken 14% & Freshly Prepare Chicken 4%), Maize, Rice (5.6%), Maize Protein, Oats (15%), Chicken Fat (5%), Omega Blend: Salmon Oil, Vegetable oil & Linseed (1.8%), Minerals, Seaweed (1000mg/kg), FOS (100mg/kg), Yucca Extract (100mg/kg)

Against the range

Named meat: 14% dried chicken, 4% fresh chicken; 7% dried salmon or turkey, plus 4% chicken.
Energy: 382 kcal per 100g; 359 on the salmon, 383 on the turkey.

The best attributed of the three, with the most of its meat named and dried.

Each bag opens with 32% or 33% of meat meals, only a slice of it named to an animal, and freshly prepared chicken at 4% sits inside all three. Maize builds the base, with rice at 5.6% and oats behind it. Chicken fat and a named omega blend of salmon oil, vegetable oil and linseed look after the fats.

Protein is 30.0% on every recipe, 32.6% of dry matter. Seaweed and yucca extract are dosed on all three, and none prints calcium.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

382 kcal/100g

Protein

30%

Fat

13%

Fibre

3.5%

Ash

8.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

32.6%

Fat

14.1%

Fibre

3.8%

Ash

9.2%

Carbs

40.3%

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

32%

Carbs

51%

Veg

Oils

10.7%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size