Heights Farm Fussy Dog (Sensory Bowl): Wild Boar with Superfoods review

1. Chicken 64.0
2. Wild Boar 64.0
3. Chicken 63.5
4. Venison 63.5

All four Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Nothing separates the four on our pillars; the trays lift the pairing, and the kibble is the more ordinary half.

• Tray: wild boar60%
• Tray: broth29.8%
• Tray: sweet potato, kale, chicory5%, 3%, 1%
• Tray: minerals, curcuma, spirulina0.1% each
• Kibble: rice, oatsThe same light kibble under every tray.
• Kibble: beef meal, chicken meal12% eachTwo animals under every tray, whatever the tray's meat.
• Kibble: beet pulp, peas, chicken liver, alfalfa, chicken fat, yeast, salmon oilSalmon oil means no bundle is fish free.
• Kibble: glucosamine, green-lipped mussel1,000mg/kg, 500mg/kgJoint support dosed in print.

The kibble carries the fuller panel, zinc sulphate at 400 mg per kilo among it; the tray adds zinc, copper, manganese, iodine and vitamin D3.

Tray meat

Wild boar 60%

The meatiest tray, level with the chicken.

Tray plants

Sweet potato, kale, chicory

Each tray has its own mix.

Tray minerals

Iodine 1.4mg, copper 0.5mg

Iodine 0.75mg and copper 1.5mg on the chicken trays.

About as far from an everyday bowl as this range goes.

Every bundle pairs the same light rice and oats kibble, with beef and chicken meal at 12% each and salmon oil, with a wet tray. Each tray leads with a named species at 45% to 60%, then broth at close to 30%, which carries the smell that brings a reluctant dog to the bowl.

Behind the meat, each tray takes its own route through fruit and vegetables at 1% to 5%, and a trace of something like ginger or green tea gives it a distinct smell. Calcium converts to 2.22% of dry matter on the kibble, a plentiful figure that suits the adult label.

Price per kilo

£8.46 (RRP)

Pack

1 kg trial pack + 1 x 300 g tray, 5 kg + 5 x 300 g trays

A 15kg dog eats

140 to 280 g a day, 210 in the middle

Cost per day, 15kg dog

£1.78

Fair value for the quality on offer, with the trays included in the daily cost.