Husse

Husse Puppy Balanced Growth review

Name: Husse Puppy Balanced Growth
Brand: Husse

59.4/100Good

DryPuppy

A chicken-led growth kibble written to cover a whole litter, from a toy pup to a giant one, and a Good-band food. The figure that matters most for big pups is printed and in range: calcium at 1.3% of dry matter. A real salmon presence sits beside the linseed.

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Our view

Likely to suit

One bag for a whole litter, with no shelf of size-specific recipes
Big pups. Calcium at 1.3% of dry matter is inside the range growth asks for
Puppies that thrive on chicken
Quick-growing pups, at an estimated 380 kcal per 100g
Gut support named and dosed: psyllium and inulin at 0.5% each, MOS at 0.1%

Worth watching

Rice and maize do the binding, so it is no grain-free plan
Dried salmon and salmon oil sit beside the chicken, for a pup that reacts to fish

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

How this scores

How we score

59.4/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyAverage

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size. Weigh against the bag's growth chart and let your pup's shape settle the amount.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Husse Puppy Balanced Growth 59.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Three pillars read Good and transparency Average, which leaves it tucked in with the middle of the puppy field.

What's in it

Dried chickenWeighed after the water has gone, so it lands close to what the kibble holds.
Rice, maizeThe binders.
Animal fatNo species named.
Maize protein, hydrolysed animal proteinMaize protein adds to the plant share; the hydrolysed protein names no animal.
Linseed2%
Dried salmon, salmon oil1% oilA real marine element, more than a token drop.
Brewer's yeast, minerals
Psyllium husks, inulin, vegetable fibres0.5% eachInulin is the named source of FOS.
Dried eggs
Mannan-oligosaccharides, marine algae0.1% MOS

Generous on vitamins A, D3, E and C, with zinc, manganese and the other trace minerals dosed; sepiolite is a clay that keeps the kibble flowing.

Moisture is not printed and the energy figure is our estimate.

Named ingredients

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

Against the range

Dried chicken leads, with rice and maize doing the binding and maize protein behind them. The fat side mixes an unnamed animal fat with linseed, dried salmon and salmon oil. Calcium converts to 1.3% of dry matter. Moisture is not printed, 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

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.6%

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

43.7%

Carbs

45.1%

Veg

0.8%

Oils

5.9%

Other

4.6%

Pricing & size