Harringtons Superfoods Grain free Dry: Chicken with Vegetables review

1. Salmon 62.1
2. Turkey 61.7
3. Chicken 60.8

All three Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Naming the animal and printing its share holds the range steady; the plant-heavy base and a fresh meat share given only as a minimum stop it climbing.

• Dried chicken21%Already through the oven, so its protein will not shrink away.
• Chicken fat, freshly prepared chicken5%, min 4%Together with the dried chicken, a declared 30%.
• Sweet potato26%The largest single entry after the meat. Fibre and vitamin A with the energy, and steadier blood sugar than plain potato.
• Potato, peas, beansBeans 8%Peas and beans add protein of their own.
• Linseed4%Plant omega 3. Give a coat weeks to answer.
• Beet pulp3%Firms a stool up.
• Minerals
• Rosemary, spinach, pomegranate, blueberries1500mg/kgThe Superfood blend: a gram or two per kilo, so the recipe does not stand or fall on it.
• FOS, yeasts, seaweed1000mg/kg eachFOS is a genuine prebiotic; seaweed carries iodine.

Taurine at 1000 mg per kilo, selenium in the organic form only (the better absorbed of the two allowed), and zinc, iron, manganese, copper and iodine all dosed.

The only recipe in the range with no fish on the list.

Animals

Chicken only

Salmon and turkey both carry chicken too.

Carbohydrate, dry matter

52.2%

49.0% on the salmon, 50% on the turkey.

Linseed

4%

4% on the salmon, 3% on the turkey.

The one to pick when a dog needs one named bird and nothing beside it.

Each recipe declares 30% meat and shows the parts, with a dried meat leading the block. Sweet potato at 26% is the biggest single entry after that, with potato, peas and beans behind it. Linseed and beet pulp sit at 3% to 4%, and the botanical blend that names the range is measured in milligrams per kilo.

The animals overlap: the salmon and the turkey both carry chicken. Moisture is not declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Price per kilo

£3.83 (RRP)

Pack

1.7kg, 12kg

A 15kg dog eats

175 to 300 g a day, 240 in the middle

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£0.92

Budget end of the market for a dry food, though you pay a little more than the analysis alone would justify.