Husse Adult Vitality review

Our scoring puts this food level with the middle of the adult dry category, both in the Good band. You do not have to dig far into the label to see why. Protein converts to 24.5% of dry matter and fat to 10.9%, both gentle for a kibble, while carbohydrate is estimated at 55.2% of dry matter where the typical adult dry food runs at 46.2%. Value reads Good, as does protein and processing, while nutritional balance and transparency both read Average. That is the food in a line: nothing here is done badly, and nothing is pushed hard either. For a middle-aged dog with a middle-of-the-road week, that is frequently the point.

Ingredients, as declared: dried chicken, maize, brown rice, rice, peas, vegetable fibres (4%), hydrolysed animal protein, linseed, animal fat, minerals, dried salmon, salmon oil, brewer's yeast, dried eggs, inulin (0.3%, source of fructo-oligosaccharides), marine algae, glucosamine (250 mg/kg), chondroitin sulphate (250 mg/kg).

Dried chicken takes the top position, and because it is dried rather than fresh, there is no water to subtract before you judge it. Behind it, maize, brown rice and rice mean the starch side of this recipe is broad, which is what pushes the carbohydrate estimate to 55.2% of dry matter.

Peas sit fifth. Whole peas bring fibre, a spread of vitamins and a little plant protein with them. At that position they count as a real ingredient. Vegetable fibres at 4% add the bulk that keeps digestion regular.

The joint pair comes with its doses printed: glucosamine at 250 mg per kilo and chondroitin sulphate at the same. Both are aimed at cartilage as a dog ages. Taurine at 1000 mg per kilo is the amino acid the heart muscle leans on, and L-carnitine at 400 mg has its role in fat metabolism. None of that is unusual on a modern label, but seeing the figures spelled out is worth having.

Omega 3 comes from linseed on the plant side and from dried salmon with salmon oil on the marine side, so a coat has both forms to work with. Inulin at 0.3% is a prebiotic aimed at the large intestine, and marine algae closes the list.

The unnamed entries deserve their mention. Animal fat and hydrolysed animal protein both do real jobs, the hydrolysed protein making the kibble taste of something worth eating. Neither says which animal it came from. If your dog is working through a defined exclusion list, that is the gap to keep in mind.

£5.00 a kilo, sold as one 12kg bag and as a twin pack holding two of them.

As a guide, a 15kg adult dog in moderate condition eats about 246 grams a day, assuming around 840 kcal a day (110 × bodyweight^0.75, the standard maintenance estimate), which lands at £1.23 a day. The bag's own guide gives 120 to 280 grams for a 10kg to 20kg dog. Treat those as bookends, and your dog's shape decides where inside them to sit.