Heights Farm

Heights Farm Adult Extra Joint Care Grain Free: Turkey, Veg & Potato review

Name: Heights Farm Adult Extra Joint Care Grain Free: Turkey, Veg & Potato
Brand: Heights Farm

65/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

A grain-free joint-care kibble in duck and turkey, each led by a meat meal with a printed total for the headline animal. Glucosamine and green lipped mussel are on both lists. The meal is the dependable half, as the fresh share loses most of its water in the oven, and protein still lands at a good level.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs kept off grain, with peas, potatoes and sweet potatoes carrying the starch
Older dogs whose joints need support
Hungry, hard-working dogs on the duck, which declares 26% protein and 17% fat
Owners who want a total for the headline meat on the pack

Worth watching

Chicken fat and salmon oil in both, so neither keeps poultry or fish out of the bowl
Keep the duck portion in check for a steady, sofa-loving dog

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

How this scores

How we score

65/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

The duck is listed for adults and seniors, the turkey for adults, both for every size. The maker's chart starts a 15kg dog at 95 to 160 grams a day; weigh the first few bowls.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Turkey

The score, in context

Duck Vegetable 68.6
Turkey 65.0

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The two finish close enough that the animal is the thing to choose on.

What's in it

Turkey mealLeads, and holds its protein through the oven.
Peas, potatoes
Chicken fatPoultry beyond the turkey.
Freshly prepared turkeymin 38% total turkeyThe larger headline figure of the pair.
Sweet potatoes, cellulose, lucerne, unmolassed beet pulpCellulose is plain, mechanical fibre.
Full fat linseed, salmon oil
Dried cranberries, mannan oligosaccharides0.5% cranberries
Glucosamine, green lipped musselThe joint pair.
Seaweed, milk thistle, yucca, fruit and vegetable tailmin 44% vegetables

A complete table: zinc at 128 mg plus 33 mg as a chelate, manganese at 53 mg, vitamin E at 375 mg and L-carnitine at 250 mg per kilo, among others.

Named ingredients

Turkey meal, peas, potatoes, chicken fat, freshly prepared turkey (min 38% total turkey), sweet potatoes, cellulose, Lucerne, un-molassed beet pulp, full fat linseed, salmon oil (source of omega 3 fatty acids), dried cranberries (0.5%), mannan oligosaccharides, glucosamine, seaweed, milk thistle, dried carrots, green lipped mussel, yucca shidigera, blackcurrant, rosehip, pomegranate, kale, beetroot (min 44% vegetables).

Against the range

Headline meat: Min 38% turkey; Min 35% duck in the other.
Fat: 14%; 17% in the duck.
Fibre: Cellulose added; Not on the duck.
Additive table: Every figure printed; Two missing on the duck.

The leaner choice, with the more complete label of the two.

Both open with a named meat meal, bring freshly prepared meat of the same species further down and print a total for the two. Peas, potatoes and sweet potatoes replace cereal, and both declare a minimum of 44% vegetables. Chicken fat, salmon oil and full fat linseed supply the fat, and glucosamine and green lipped mussel do the joint work in both.

What varies is the animal, the fat level and a few small touches: apple and orange bioflavonoids in the duck, cellulose and cranberries in the turkey.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

386 kcal/100g

Protein

25%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

27.8%

Fat

15.6%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.9%

Carbs

44.4%

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

44.6%

Carbs

46.2%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

5.8%

Other

3.2%

Pricing & size