Husse

Husse Senior review

Name: Husse Senior
Brand: Husse

44.6/100Average

DryAdultSenior

A cereal-based chicken kibble for medium and large dogs in old age, in our Average band. Wheat in two forms, maize and two rices do the carrying, with salmon, egg and glucosamine further down. Read it as a competent everyday food for a big old dog.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Medium and large dogs in their senior years
A little joint help: glucosamine at 500 mg per kilo
Dogs that have always done well on a cereal-based kibble
Omega 3 from both sides, salmon and salmon oil beside linseed
A lean profile for a dog doing less than it used to

Worth watching

Wheat second and wheat meal third on the list
Added salt, for a dog whose sodium is being watched
The hydrolysed animal protein and the animal fat name no species
Carbohydrate at 56.5% of dry matter against 46.2% typical

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

How this scores

How we score

44.6/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyGood

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for medium and large adults and seniors. The label's table runs from 100 to 360 grams a day for dogs of 11kg to 30kg, so let the waistline decide inside that spread.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium, Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Husse Senior 44.6

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Chicken at the front is the strong point; the cereal block and a few unnamed entries leave it a step under the typical dry food, with nothing badly done.

What's in it

ChickenUndried, so a good share of its weight is water that goes in the oven.
Wheat, wheat mealWheat carries gluten. Most dogs handle it; if yours has form, start here.
Maize, rice flour, rice
Vegetable fibres, linseed
Animal fat, hydrolysed animal proteinNeither names a species.
Salmon, salmon oilMarine omega 3.
Yeast, dried whole eggsB vitamins, and a little very digestible protein.
Salt, potassium chlorideSalt added as a flavour enhancer.
FOS, lecithin, sea algae, rosemary0.3% FOS
Glucosamine500 mg/kg, with no chondroitin beside it.

A well-filled panel: iron at 201 mg, zinc in two forms, vitamin E at 500 mg and vitamin C, plus clinoptilolite, a manufacturing mineral that is not a nutrient.

Named ingredients

Chicken, wheat, wheat meal, maize, rice flour, rice, vegetable fibres, linseed, animal fat, hydrolysed animal protein, salmon, salmon oil, yeast, dried whole eggs, salt, fructo-oligosaccharides (0.3%), potassium chloride, lecithin, sea algae, glucosamine (500 mg/kg), rosemary.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

373 kcal/100g

Protein

22%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

23.9%

Fat

9.8%

Fibre

3.3%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

56.5%

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

37.3%

Carbs

59%

Veg

1.6%

Oils

0.7%

Other

1.4%

Pricing & size