Heights Farm

Heights Farm Puppy Large Breed Extra Joint Care review

Name: Heights Farm Puppy Large Breed Extra Joint Care
Brand: Heights Farm

71/100Excellent

DryPuppy

A grain-free growth kibble built on one bird, with a joint package added. Energy is declared at 393 kcal per 100g, ahead of the 376 typical for a puppy dry food. It sits in our Excellent band, and the calcium figure of 1.94% of dry matter is the one to talk through.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Chicken-fed puppies: meal, fresh meat, fat and liver all from one bird
A home that wants no cereal in the bowl
Puppies that burn through their food fast
Owners thinking about joints from the first bag, with glucosamine and green lipped mussel named
Itemised extras such as dried egg, chicken liver and marine algae for DHA

Worth watching

Calcium at 1.94% of dry matter, higher than most large-breed growth plans aim for
No dose beside the joint ingredients
Salmon oil and dried egg alongside the chicken, so it is not a single-protein diet
Marine algae and blackcurrant each printed twice, which looks like a printing slip

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

How this scores

How we score

71/100Excellent

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueExcellent

The details

Dog fit

Listed for large-breed puppies. Agree the portions with your vet given the calcium, and recheck them every few weeks as the puppy grows.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Heights Farm Puppy Large Breed Extra Joint Care 71.0

All one Excellent. Typical dry food: Good.

The chicken share and the itemised extras pull it up; the undosed joint package and the calcium figure stop it climbing further.

What's in it

Chicken mealWater already gone, so its weight carries into the kibble.
Pea starchThe main binder; the starch load is close to typical.
Freshly prepared chickenmin 44% total chickenWeighed before cooking; the label gives the combined figure.
Sweet potato, potato
Chicken fat, chicken liverFat named to species.
Beet pulp, dried egg, full fat linseed, yeastEgg adds an easily digested protein.
Salmon oil, pea protein, lucerne, mineralsSalmon oil is the second omega 3 source.
Marine algae, mannan oligosaccharidesAlgae for DHA, which growing brains and eyes need.
Glucosamine, green lipped musselUseful joint sources, but undosed.
Blackcurrant, yucca schidigera, rosemary, pomegranate

A short dosed panel: vitamins A, D and E, with vitamin E at 400mg and L-carnitine at 325mg per kilo.

Calcium converts to 1.94% of dry matter. Talk the first year's portions through with your vet.

Named ingredients

Chicken meal, Pea Starch, Freshly prepared Chicken (min 44% total Chicken). Sweet Potato, Potato, Chicken Fat, Chicken Liver, Beet Pulp, Dried Egg, Full fat linseed, Yeast, Salmon oil (source of Omega 3 fatty acids) Pea Protein, Lucerne, Minerals, Marine Algae (source of DHA), Mannan oligosaccharides, Marine algae, Glucosamine, Green Lipped Mussel, Blackcurrant, Yucca schidigera, Blackcurrant, Rosemary, Pomegranate.

Against the range

One grain-free growth recipe. Chicken meal and freshly prepared chicken are declared together at a minimum of 44% total chicken, with chicken fat and liver from the same bird. Pea starch, sweet potato and potato do the binding.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

393 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

15%

Fibre

3.25%

Ash

7.75%

Moisture

10%

Dry weight

Protein

31.1%

Fat

16.7%

Fibre

3.6%

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

40%

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

58.3%

Carbs

36.7%

Veg

0.1%

Oils

4.1%

Other

0.7%

Pricing & size