Heights Farm

Heights Farm Adult Extra Joint Care: Lamb & Rice Kibble review

Name: Heights Farm Adult Extra Joint Care: Lamb & Rice Kibble
Brand: Heights Farm

58.7/100Good

DryAdultSenior

Flavour

Two dense kibbles that open with a named meat meal at 26% and stack a joint cupboard on top. Glucosamine and green-lipped mussel are on both labels, and the additive panel carries far more zinc than most kibbles of this kind. Both recipes sit in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

A dog taking the stairs a little more carefully these days
Active dogs that burn through dinner, with fat declared at 14%
Dogs that get on with rice, directly behind the meat meal
Owners who want a named meat meal opening the list

Worth watching

No dose on the glucosamine or green-lipped mussel, so the pack cannot tell you how much is in the bowl
Chicken fat and salmon oil in both, so neither is chicken-free or fish-free

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

How this scores

How we score

58.7/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

The chicken is listed for adults and the lamb for adults and seniors, all sizes. The two feeding charts differ a lot for similar energy, so weigh the first bags and let the waistline decide.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Chicken 60.7
Lamb 58.7

All two Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A named meat meal and a working-dog fat level hold both in Good; the plant half and the undosed extras keep them there.

What's in it

Lamb meal26%
Rice25%
Oats10%Fibre and slower energy.
BarleyThe one to check if gluten is off the menu.
Chicken fatChicken in a lamb recipe.
Prairie mealNothing on the label explains the term.
Peas, full fat linseed, egg, unmolassed beet pulpEgg is an easily used protein.
Yeast, salt, salmon oil
Glucosamine, milk thistle, nettle, seaweed, yucca, green-lipped musselThe joint case. Green-lipped mussel is the pick, but nothing here carries a dose; list position is the only guide.
Kale, beetroot, rosemary, mannan oligosaccharides

Zinc twice at 350 mg per kilo, as chelate and sulphate, carnitine at 600 mg and taurine at 1,000 mg per kilo.

Prairie meal is unexplained on a list that otherwise names its ingredients.

Named ingredients

Lamb Meal (26%), Rice (25%), Oats (10%), Barley, Chicken Fat, Prairie Meal, Peas, Full Fat Linseed, Egg, Unmolassed Beet Pulp, Yeast, Sodium Chloride, Salmon Oil, Glucosamine, Milk Thistle, Nettle, Seaweed, Yucca Schidigera, Green Lipped Mussel, Kale, Beetroot, Rosemary, Mannan, Oligosaccharides.

Against the range

Grain: Rice 25%, oats 10%, barley; Rice and maize on the chicken.
Carnitine and taurine: 600 mg and 1,000 mg per kilo; Carnitine at 135 mg and no taurine on the chicken.
Life stage: Adults and seniors; Adults only on the chicken.

The longer supplement list and the senior listing make this the pick for an older dog.

Both recipes open with a named meat meal at 26%, already dried, so the figure holds in the finished kibble. Rice follows at 25% or 26%. Protein lands at 26.7% and fat at 15.6% of dry matter on both.

The joint extras are shared: glucosamine and green-lipped mussel with milk thistle, nettle, seaweed and yucca, none of them dosed. Chicken fat and salmon oil appear on both lists. What changes is the grain behind the rice, maize in one and oats with barley in the other.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

385 kcal/100g

Protein

24%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

26.7%

Fat

15.6%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

8.9%

Carbs

45.5%

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

28.1%

Carbs

59.3%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

7.7%

Other

4.8%

Pricing & size