Husse

Husse Valp Plus review

Name: Husse Valp Plus
Brand: Husse

50.8/100Good

DryPuppy

The every size recipe in the Husse puppy range, listed from toy to giant. Calcium is declared and converts to 1.3% of dry matter, inside the growth range, which is what makes that wide listing credible. It sits in our Good band, just under the middle of the puppy shelf.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Households rearing pups of different sizes on one recipe
A big pup, with calcium printed and in range
Hungry, quick growing puppies, at 414 kcal per 100g against a puppy kibble average of 376
Pups that do well on fibre: psyllium and fructo-oligosaccharides at 0.5% each, mannan-oligosaccharides at 0.1%

Worth watching

Maize twice over, as maize and maize protein
Salmon and salmon oil in a chicken led recipe

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

How this scores

How we score

50.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies of every size, with moisture declared at 8%. Work from the bag's growth chart and update the amount as the likely adult weight becomes clearer.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Husse Valp Plus 50.8

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A respectable analysis held under the shelf midpoint by a list that names less than it could.

What's in it

ChickenPlain chicken usually means fresh, and much of it leaves as water in the oven.
Rice, maizeCarbohydrate lands at 38.5% of dry matter, just under the typical.
Animal fatNo source given, the label's weakest moment.
Vegetable fibres, linseed
Maize protein, hydrolysed animal proteinMaize for the second time. The animal protein names no species.
Yeast, salmon, salmon oil, saltMarine omega 3s beside the linseed.
Fructo-oligosaccharides, psyllium0.5% eachPrebiotic and soluble fibre.
Dried whole eggs, potassium chloride, mannan-oligosaccharides0.1% MOS
Lecithin, sea algae, vegetable oil, fatty acid salt, rosemaryThe oil names no plant.

A well filled panel, iron at 200 mg/kg and zinc from two sources among it, with clinoptilolite at 10 g/kg as a processing aid.

Named ingredients

Chicken, rice, maize, animal fat, vegetable fibres, linseed, maize protein, hydrolysed animal protein, yeast, salmon, salmon oil, salt, fructo-oligosaccharides (0.5%), psyllium (0.5%), dried whole eggs, potassium chloride, mannan-oligosaccharides (0.1%), lecithin, sea algae, vegetable oil, fatty acid salt, rosemary.

Against the range

Chicken opens the list in its plain form, with rice and maize carrying the starch and maize protein behind them. The fats are animal fat and vegetable oil, neither with a source. Psyllium, a prebiotic pair and egg sit in the tail, and the omega 3s come from linseed, salmon and salmon oil.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

414 kcal/100g

Protein

29%

Fat

18%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

31.5%

Fat

19.6%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

38.5%

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

41.6%

Carbs

44.4%

Veg

4.2%

Oils

5.6%

Other

4.3%

Pricing & size