Healthy Paws

Healthy Paws Adult: Rabbit, Duck & Brown Rice review

Name: Healthy Paws Adult: Rabbit, Duck & Brown Rice
Brand: Healthy Paws

54.1/100Good

DryAdult

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

54.1/100Good

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

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Rabbit

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 rabbit and dried duck26%Two animals sharing one figure.
Brown rice25.9%
White rice, oats
Chicken fat
Beet pulp, sunflower oil
Chicken stock
Alfalfa, salmon oil, minerals, vitamins, linseed
Garlic0.46%
Carrot, seaweed, cranberry, dandelion, cleavers, parsley, blueberry

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

Chicken fat and chicken stock rule this one out for a chicken-free trial.

Named ingredients

Dried Rabbit and Dried Duck 26%, Brown Rice 25.9%, White Rice, Oats, Chicken Fat, Beet Pulp, Sunflower Oil, Chicken Stock, Alfalfa, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Vitamins, Linseed, Garlic 0.46%, Carrot, Seaweed, Cranberry, Dandelion, Cleavers, Parsley, Blueberry.

Against the range

Fibre: 5%; The highest in the range.
Animal fat and stock: Chicken; The turkey and lamb keep fat and stock to their own animal.
Protein, dry matter: 20.7%; The lowest of the five.

Good for a dog who does better with a little more bulk, as long as chicken is no problem.

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

353.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

19%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

20.7%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

5.4%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

52.2%

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

28.2%

Carbs

63.2%

Veg

1.1%

Oils

6.3%

Other

1.2%

Pricing & size