Husse

Husse Digest review

Name: Husse Digest
Brand: Husse

49.6/100Average

DryAdult

Husse Digest is a lamb and rice kibble for the small or medium adult whose digestion needs a quiet life. The digestive thinking is small and printed: prebiotic fibre, lecithin and a clay binder, with no long tail of botanicals. It comes out in our Average band, and for a dog that has struggled on busier recipes the plainness is the appeal.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small and medium adults with an unsettled gut
Dogs looking for a change from chicken
Owners who like a label that declares its moisture
Dogs that do better on smaller meals, at a declared 392 kcal per 100 grams
Gut extras named, with fructo-oligosaccharides at 0.3% and lecithin at 0.1%

Worth watching

Salt on a line of its own, for a dog whose sodium is being kept down
Salmon and salmon oil behind the lamb
Unnamed animal fat and hydrolysed protein, so lamb alone cannot be guaranteed for an elimination trial

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

How this scores

How we score

49.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small and medium adults. The bag's table gives 100 to 390 grams a day for dogs between 10kg and 30kg, so begin in the middle and adjust by condition.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Small, Medium

Main protein

Lamb

The score, in context

Husse Digest 49.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Carbohydrate a shade above typical holds protein and balance at Average, and no general reading shows how well a short list settles a dog that reacts to busier ones.

What's in it

LambHighly digestible; leads the list honestly, though not the only animal.
Rice, rice flourAbout as gentle a starch as a kibble can be built on.
Animal fatNo species given.
Linseed
SalmonBrings fish in. Good for a coat.
Yeast, vegetable fibres
Hydrolysed animal proteinNo species given.
Salmon oil, salt, potassium chlorideSalt as much for palatability as for minerals.
Fructo-oligosaccharides, lecithin0.3%, 0.1%Prebiotic fibre, and lecithin to help fats emulsify.
Sea algae, rosemary

Generous trace minerals spelled out, with iron at 201 mg and manganese at 63 mg per kilo, biotin at 1 mg, and clinoptilolite clay at 10 g as a binder.

Named ingredients

Lamb, rice, rice flour, animal fat, linseed, salmon, yeast, vegetable fibres, hydrolysed animal protein, salmon oil, salt, fructo-oligosaccharides (0.3%), potassium chloride, lecithin (0.1%), sea algae, rosemary.

Against the range

A single recipe. Lamb heads the list with rice and rice flour behind it, and moisture is declared at 8.0%, so the dry matter figures rest on the maker's own number. Animal fat and hydrolysed animal protein carry no species, and salmon and salmon oil bring fish in.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

392.4 kcal/100g

Protein

23%

Fat

14%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

7.9%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

25%

Fat

15.2%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

8.6%

Carbs

48.5%

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

45%

Carbs

42%

Veg

1.3%

Oils

5.8%

Other

5.9%

Pricing & size