Husse

Husse Adult Active Life Small Breeds review

Name: Husse Adult Active Life Small Breeds
Brand: Husse

59.5/100Good

DryAdult

A rich chicken kibble for little dogs with a busy diary, at roughly 380 kcal in every 100 grams. Dried chicken heads the list, so its place in the ranking is its place in the finished food. Two animal entries with no species named keep it in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small dogs with a lot of energy to burn
An honest meat entry at the front, dried chicken with its water already gone
Little dogs kept off heavy starch
Prebiotics named and measured: inulin at 0.5%, mannan-oligosaccharides at 0.1%
Trace minerals fully dosed, zinc at 65 mg and iron at 50 mg per kilo

Worth watching

Animal fat and hydrolysed animal protein with no species, so no help on an exclusion plan
Dried salmon and salmon oil, so fish runs through a chicken recipe
Maize third on the list, which a small number of dogs react to
A dense kibble: keep the scoop level for a small dog with a quiet routine

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

How this scores

How we score

59.5/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small breed adults. Most will be well under 15kg, so feed from the label's rows for a dog between 5kg and 10kg.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Husse Adult Active Life Small Breeds 59.5

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A dried meat lead and a full printed panel earn it the category's middle; protein that is solid, not spectacular, keeps it there.

What's in it

Dried chickenAlready dried, so its ranking holds in the finished food.
Rice, maizeWell tolerated by most dogs.
Animal fatNo species named.
Linseed2%Plant omega 3.
Hydrolysed animal proteinA palatant, also with no species.
Vegetable fibres
Dried salmon, salmon oiloil 1%The marine omega 3, which a dog uses more directly.
Brewer's yeast, minerals
Inulin, mannan-oligosaccharides0.5%, 0.1%Prebiotic fibres for the gut bacteria.
Dried eggs, marine algae

Vitamins A, D3, E and C with iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc and selenium, all dosed per kilo, plus L-carnitine at 300 mg; preserved with tocopherols and rosemary extract.

Named ingredients

Dried chicken, rice, maize, animal fat, linseed (2%), hydrolysed animal protein, vegetable fibres, dried salmon, salmon oil (1%), brewer's yeast, minerals, inulin (0.5%, source of fructo-oligosaccharides), dried eggs, mannan-oligosaccharides (0.1%), marine algae.

Against the range

One recipe. Dried chicken leads, with rice and maize carrying the starch, and carbohydrate is estimated at 39.1% of dry matter against 46.2% typical. Fat is 18% and protein 31.5% of dry matter. The animal fat and the hydrolysed animal protein name no species, and no moisture is declared, so the dry matter figures assume 8%.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

380.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

29%

Fat

18%

Fibre

1.8%

Ash

7.2%

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

Ash

7.8%

Carbs

39.1%

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

47.2%

Carbs

39.7%

Veg

2.9%

Oils

6.1%

Other

4.1%

Pricing & size