Healthy Paws

Healthy Paws Adult: British Free-run Chicken & Brown Rice Senior/light review

Name: Healthy Paws Adult: British Free-run Chicken & Brown Rice Senior/light
Brand: Healthy Paws

51.1/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

A British grain-inclusive kibble that names its meat and prints a figure for it, and all five recipes sit in our Good band. The five differ from one another more than the shared bag suggests: the meats, the fats and even the target dog change from recipe to recipe.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog who has gone off their usual meat. Chicken, turkey, lamb, game and rabbit with duck are all here
Older or lighter dogs on the chicken recipe, which doses glucosamine and MSM at 355 mg per kilo and chondroitin sulphate at 250 mg
Dogs that get on well with grain
Owners after a less common meat: the game declares 33% as dried duck, venison and rabbit
Fish-free homes, who have the lamb, the only recipe without salmon oil
Small dogs, for whom the game recipe is written and sized

Worth watching

Chicken fat and chicken stock in the rabbit and duck recipe, which rules it out for a chicken-free trial
Gentle protein for a dry food, between 20.7% and 22.8% of dry matter
Carbohydrate estimated at 48.4% to 54.4% of dry matter, above the 46.2% usual for the category
Garlic on every list at under half a percent, far below any level that troubles a dog

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

How this scores

How we score

51.1/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size, with the chicken recipe also written for seniors and the game for small dogs. Check which recipe you are lifting off the shelf, since the bags look alike and the meats and fats do not.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Game 55.6
Rabbit 54.1
British Turkey 53.3
Grass Fed British Lamb 52.5
British Free-run Chicken 51.1

All five Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The game recipe leads on the strength of its bigger meat share, and the recipes leaning hardest on rice finish lowest.

What's in it

Dried chicken21%Already oven-dried, so the declared figure lands near what reaches the bowl.
Brown rice, white rice, oatsThe rice does most of the carrying; oats add fibre and a slow release of energy.
Beet pulp
Sunflower oil, chicken fat, chicken stockchicken fat 3%The poultry stays chicken all the way down.
Alfalfa
Salmon oil, minerals, vitamins, linseedMarine and plant omega 3 together.
Garlic0.47%A long way from the doses that cause dogs trouble.
Carrot, cranberry, dandelion, cleavers, parsley, blueberryThe same herb and berry tail as the rest of the range.
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate355, 355 and 250 mg/kgThe joint trio, dosed in print. No other recipe here carries it.

Vitamins A, D3, C and E, iron, zinc, manganese and copper as sulphates, calcium iodate and sodium selenite, plus methionine.

Named ingredients

Dried Chicken 21%, Brown Rice, White Rice, Oats, Beet Pulp, Sunflower Oil, Chicken Fat 3%, Chicken Stock, Alfalfa, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Vitamins, Linseed, Garlic 0.47%, Carrot, Cranberry, Dandelion, Cleavers, Parsley, Blueberry, Glucosamine (355mg/kg), Methylsulfonylmethane (355mg/kg), Chondroitin Sulphate (250mg/kg).

Against the range

Joint support: Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin in print; None of the other four doses them.
Protein and fat, as declared: 19.5% and 12%; The lightest of the five.
Life stage: Adult and senior; The others are written for adults.
Meat: 21% dried chicken; 25% to 33% on the others.

The one to pick for an older or less active dog.

Four of the five lists open with dried meat, declared from 21% dried chicken up to 33% game, and every recipe names its animal and prints a figure for it. Brown rice and white rice carry most of the energy, with oats or millet alongside. The herb and berry tail is the same on every bag, and garlic sits in it at under half a percent.

Salmon oil and linseed cover the omega side on all but the lamb. The additive panel is dosed in print and identical across the range: sulphate trace elements, sodium selenite and added methionine, with no chelates.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

345.2 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

19.5%

Fat

12%

Fibre

4.5%

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

21.2%

Fat

13%

Fibre

4.9%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

54.4%

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

24.3%

Carbs

66.4%

Veg

1.5%

Oils

6.2%

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size