Harringtons

Harringtons Just 6 Dry: Chicken review

Name: Harringtons Just 6 Dry: Chicken
Brand: Harringtons

63.6/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A short-list kibble in the plainest sense, with all three recipes in our Good band. One named animal, two roots, peas and the mineral pack, with nothing unexplained tagging along. Since they share one plan, pick the animal your dog likes best.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Owners who want a short list with nothing vague on it
Dogs better off without cereal: the starch is dried potato and sweet potato
Rotating recipes, since only the animal changes
Dogs kept off land meats, who can have the salmon

Worth watching

Fish in all three, as the chicken and lamb carry salmon oil
Carbohydrate at 51.6% to 53.7% of dry matter, above the 46.2% usual for adult dry food

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

How this scores

How we score

63.6/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. All three carry fish, so check that first; after that, choose by the animal your dog likes.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Chicken 63.6
Lamb 63.0
Salmon 62.8

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The short list and the size of the declared meat block do the work, and a starch load above the category norm holds all three back.

What's in it

Freshly prepared chicken21%Mostly water, which the oven takes out.
Dried chicken24%The share that actually survives into the kibble.
Salmon oil, chicken fat2% eachThe salmon in the title is this oil, not a second meat.
Chicken gravy1.5%
Dried potato21%In place of cereal.
Sweet potato19%
Peas9%Fibre and some plant protein of their own.
Vitamins & MineralsDosed in print, zinc and selenium each in two forms.

Zinc as sulphate and as the more readily absorbed amino acid chelate, selenium as selenite and selenised yeast, vitamin E at 500 mg.

Named ingredients

Chicken & Salmon (50.5%; Freshly Prepared Chicken 21%, Dried Chicken 24%, Freshly Prepared Salmon Oil 2%, Chicken Fat 2%, Freshly Prepared Chicken Gravy 1.5%), Dried Potato (21%), Sweet Potato (19%), Peas (9%), Vitamins & Minerals

Against the range

Meat: Chicken, 21% fresh and 24% dried; Lamb 22% and 24%; salmon 23% and 23%
Protein, as fed: 24%; Highest of the three; the salmon is 22%
Added fat: Chicken fat 2%; Rapeseed oil 1% on the other two

The richest in protein of the three and the natural default.

Every recipe gives 50.5% to the meat block and prints the fresh and dried shares inside it. The dried share, close to a quarter of the recipe, is what survives into the kibble. Dried potato and sweet potato bind it, with peas behind, and there is no wheat, maize or rice.

Salmon oil is in all three at 2% to 3%. Protein runs from 23.9% to 26.1% of dry matter and carbohydrate from 51.6% to 53.7%. The mineral pack, vitamin E at 500 mg and the tocopherol preservative are the same throughout.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

343.8 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

24%

Fat

11%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

26.1%

Fat

12%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

51.6%

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

38.5%

Carbs

49%

Other

12.5%

Pricing & size