Husse

Husse Senior Mini review

Name: Husse Senior Mini
Brand: Husse

39.4/100Average

DryAdultSenior

The brand's senior thinking, put into a small-breed bag, and in our Average band. Chicken opens the list with wheat and maize behind it. The better half of the label is the lower half, where salmon, egg and glucosamine at 500 mg per kilo come in. For a small older dog already settled on cereal-based food it is an easy bowl to fill.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Small older dogs. The kibble and the 7 kg bag are both scaled to them
Stiff joints in an ageing small breed, glucosamine printed at 500 mg per kilo
A picky older dog, with hydrolysed animal protein and yeast there to keep the bowl interesting
Homes where a cereal-based recipe has always suited the small dog
Owners who want a full vitamin and mineral panel in print

Worth watching

Wheat twice near the top, so it does not suit a dog with a wheat problem
Fish twice over, as salmon and salmon oil
Added salt, if your dog's sodium is being kept down

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

How this scores

How we score

39.4/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyAverage

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for small adult and senior dogs. An 8kg dog sits nearer the label's own 72 to 150 grams a day; weigh it out and adjust from there.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Small

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Husse Senior Mini 39.4

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

A narrow miss on the Good band, held back by heavy cereals and unnamed entries more than by anything in the care of the recipe.

What's in it

ChickenIn its plain form, so much of that weight is water that leaves in the oven.
Wheat, wheat meal, maize, rice flour, riceThe starch side, and plenty of it. Wheat carries gluten.
Vegetable fibres, linseedLinseed brings plant omega 3.
Animal fat, hydrolysed animal proteinNeither names its species.
Salmon, salmon oilMarine omega 3.
Yeast, dried whole eggsEgg is quality protein.
Salt, potassium chloride, lecithinSalt is added for palatability. It matters most for a dog with a heart history.
Fructo-oligosaccharides0.3%Food for the gut bacteria.
Sea algae, glucosamine, rosemaryGlucosamine at 500 mg/kg, a dose specific enough to hold the maker to.

A thorough panel: zinc in two forms at 108 mg and 12 mg per kilo, iron at 201 mg, vitamin E at 500 mg and vitamin C at 200 mg. Clinoptilolite is a clay used in manufacturing.

The energy figure is our estimate, at 336 kcal per 100g; nothing is printed on the bag.

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

335.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

22%

Fat

Fibre

Ash

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